After Ventura, what name for the next macOS version?

We will likely know the name of the next version of macOS when it is released.WWDC from early June 2023. The conference will also allow Apple, in passing, to say more aboutiOS 17, iPadOS 17 and possibly new Macs.

According to the latest news, moreover, this new macOS successor to Ventura should not have any significant new features to highlight. It could above all be asmooth evolution compared to its predecessor.

Until then, and without being able to really guess what will be on the menu, we can try todetermine the name. Because at Apple, each version of macOS, for a good number of years now, has had a name defining it other than by its number, as you well know. For a time, the nomination theme wasbig cats(Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger, Cheetah, etc.). Then, the Californian firm, since 2013 and macOS 10.9 (Mavericks), chose to turn to geographical locations in California, including Ventura, Mojave, Sierra and High Sierra.

We can then have fun betting on the name of the next macOS 14 on this basis. Knowing that in addition, Apple has already registered and protected, with the American trademark and patent office,a good batch of names corresponding to the same theme: Shasta, Miramar, Redwood, among others, as 9to5Mac's Parker Ortolani reminded us on Twitter yesterday.

there are 15 names of places in California Apple trademarked but never used, to date every name they have used was one of those trademarks

UNUSED:
Diablo
Condor
Tiburon
Farallon
Miramar
Rincon
Pacific
Redwood
Shasta
Grizzly
Skyline
Redtail
Sonoma
Sequoia
Mammoth

USED:
Ventura…

— Parker Ortolani (@ParkerOrtolani)April 21, 2023

Here are the possible names for macOS 14. As a reminder, before the release of macOS 13 Ventura, rumors had counted on aduel Monterey vs Mammoth. It is therefore possible thatMammoth wins this timefor macOS 14. For information, it is a Californian ski resort (full name: Mammoth Lakes).

However, other names seem much more attractive to me. What do you say?

Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.