We don't yet know what Mac OS 10.9 will use as a name. For instance tigers, lions and jaguars are all under the same genus but cheetahs have their own and snow leopards have their own whereas cougars are technically pumas. If you really want to know more you can go to Wikipedia's page on big cats and there you can see how all of the different big cats are related. For instance leopard and snow leopard are not related. It is also important to note that tiger names are kind of weird. For instance a puma, cougar and mountain lion are technically the same animal and a leopard and a panther are technically as well. It is also interesting to note that Apple has already repeated cats because of course some of these names refer to the same animal. As a matter of fact the version before Cheetah, the beta version of Mac OS X was known as Kodiak referring to a bear, not a tiger. Actually the original version of Mac OS X was Cheetah and that was also something that was just used internally. So before Jaguar there was Puma, but Puma was never actually used as a name for Mac OS X at all. But they became so popular in the press that Apple decided to go with them as part of their marketing. They weren't something that was used outside. Originally the tiger names were just these names that the software developers used inside of Apple. This was the first time that Apple actually used the tiger name. Now before Leopard we had Tiger and before that was Panther and before that was Mac OS X 10.2 which was Jaguar. There is no relation between the versions and any indication of how big the jump is. So there is really no relation because they have a similar name like Leopard and Snow Leopard or Lion and Mountain Lion. There was a big leap between the two of them. It is a full version different.įor instance between 10.6 and 10.5 you had Leopard and Snow Leopard. It is important not to read too much into the names because each version of Mac OS X is very different than the previous one. Before that we had Lion and before that was Snow Leopard. Of course we are at Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. So let's look at the history of the cat names. So it is important to know that they are one and the same thing. The name isn't used here.īut if we go to the Mac AppStore you will see that it is used. It won't tell you that it is Mountain Lion. If you go can choose Apple and About This Mac you will get a window like this that identifies your operating system by the numbers. So no matter which way you hear it you know if they are referring to your version or an older one or a newer one. Now it is important if you have a Mac to be able to identify your operating system and also know the cat name and the number. Other's refer to it by just its number, 10.8. Some people refer to it by just the cat name, Mountain Lion. If you have a new Mac you may know that you have Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. On today's episode let's take a look at Mac OS X Cat Names. Video Transcript: Hi this is Gary with MacMost Now. Check out MacMost Now 862: Mac OS X Cat Names at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
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