Apple code names

Most Apple code names aren't public. Mac software, be it OS X Jaguar or macOS Sierra is the lone exception. The rest, including project code names like the switch to Intel (Marklar), iPhone (Purple), Apple Watch (Gizmo), and the upcoming (Titan), operating systems like iOS (ski resorts) and watchOS (beaches), and apps and services like Safari (Alexander), CarPlay (Stark), Spotlight (Matador), iCloud (Ubiquity), and Apple Music (Fuse), are all internal.

Once they've shipped, though, the code names often come out. And while knowing the names doesn't really matter, for any fan of legend and lore, discovering them is still pretty cool.

Latest about Apple code names

null

macOS and OS X version code-names

By Rene Ritchie last updated

Apple has always used public-facing code names for macOS — née OS X — starting with the original, bear-branded beta.

Apple Macos
null

iOS version code names

By Rene Ritchie last updated

iOS doesn't have public code names the way OS X does, but it does have internal code names and they're all shades of awesome cool.

iOS
null

tvOS version code names

By Rene Ritchie last updated

tvOS doesn't have public code names the way the Mac does, but it does have internal code names all its own.

Apple
Apple Watch Bands

watchOS version code names

By Rene Ritchie last updated

watchOS doesn't have public code names the way macOS does, but it does have internal code names — and they're beach-ing!

Apple Watch
null

Former head of iPod, Tony Fadell, talks about his early days at Apple, his feelings about Scott Forstall, and the future

By Rene Ritchie last updated

Apple
null

Apple announces departure of SVP of iOS, Scott Forstall and SVP of retail, John Browett

By Rene Ritchie last updated

Apple
null

It's not about HTML5 or skeuomorphism, it's about usability

By Rene Ritchie last updated

Apple
null

Apple car version code names

By Rich Edmonds last updated

Apple
null

Newly revised 'Iconic' coffee table book makes perfect gift for Apple enthusiasts

By Peter Cohen last updated

Apple
null

"Project Purple" and the pre-history of the iPhone

By Rene Ritchie last updated

iPhone
null

Shockingly, Steve Jobs wasn't against the idea of an iPad mini...

By Rene Ritchie last updated

iPad Mini
null

Scott Forstall reveals why Apple made the iPhone

By Rene Ritchie last updated

Don't miss this. Seriously.

iPhone
null

Multitude of reports allege SVP of iOS, Scott Forstall, was asked to leave Apple

By Rene Ritchie last updated

Apple
null

Scott Forstall and early iPhone engineers to speak at Computer History Museum

By Rene Ritchie last updated

iPhone
null

Apple Board Member Jerome B. York, 1938-2010

By IM Staff last updated

Apple
null

Titanium PowerBook G4: The Power and The Sex

By Stephen Hackett last updated

The MacBook Pro of today owes a lot to the machines that came before it. In particular, 2001's Titanium PowerBook G4.

Apple
null

Nine notebooks worth remembering

By Stephen Hackett last updated

Love your iPad, or your current MacBook Pro? These Mac notebooks helped pave the way.

Apple
null

OS X evolution: The long road to Mavericks

By Peter Cohen last updated

Apple Macos
null

Tracing the 'SE' name through history

By Stephen Hackett last updated

Apple
null

The rise and fall of Apple's all-in-one machines

By Stephen Hackett last updated

Apple's used the all-in-one design for Mac models from day one, but the concept has evolved heavily since 1984.

Macs
12Archives