Can you name the Mac OS X Codenames?

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Mac OS X Codenames Quiz

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Created by: aoltarsh -
Contributed: September 24th, 2009
Published: October 16th, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: Computer Quizzes, mac, forename, codename, version, code

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	PSU840:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 16:19 GMT	0 points
	hmm, what were the bonus answers?

	HPZ:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	11 points
	@PSU840: the public beta was "Kodiak." I don't know what the other bonus is. It's not Lion, Cougar, Ocelot, or Ceiling Cat.

	nathanmiller:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 16:35 GMT	0 points
	'Hera' is the Server codename.

	brianc:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	5 points
	I'm surprised they haven't just tried to use the codename "Betterthanvista" yet. I'm sure Steve Jobs suggests it every time and someone has to talk him out of it

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	chrispaz:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 17:38 GMT	2 points
	God bless Mac OS.

	Quinntertainer:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 17:42 GMT	11 points
	AKA name as many wild cats as possible.

	capncokenojoke:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 18:21 GMT	-2 points
	my name is capncokenojoke, and i am NOT a PC. hooray for mac.

	IrichOspN:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 20:17 GMT	6 points
	Eventually they'll run out of cat species... I wonder what the succession plan looks like for that one.

	gracie:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 20:51 GMT	5 points
	irichospn, they only need three more for 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9. I imagine they'll go with a different theme for OS 11.

	Djibouti:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 21:23 GMT	9 points
	Fun fact: there is no animal that is officially called the "panther". Although it is sometimes used colloquially to describe the cougar or leopard, it actually comes from Panthera (Pantera) which is a genus of cats that includes the Big 4 (Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar).

	davidr:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 21:47 GMT	6 points
	@gracie: There's no reason to assume that 10.9 will be followed by 11.0. Version numbers are not decimal fractions, even though they're separated by decimal points. `10.9' just means `version 10, release 9' so it can be followed by 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12.

	Quinntertainer:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 22:41 GMT	12 points
	@IrichOspN: My guess is that they will move on to fictional cats Mac OSX 10.10 "Top Cat" Mac OSX 10.11 "Meowth"

	Rackie:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 00:30 GMT	-3 points
	And then once they've run out of fictional cats, they can move onto fictional dogs, then fictional monkeys... they can use those Sporcle games as guidelines :)

	Mockenrue:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 02:16 GMT	4 points
	I actually guessed "Hobbes" after Leopard, thinking perhaps they'd already gone the fictional route, seeing as I don't really pay attention to Mac OS releases. Maybe next year.

	schouw:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 07:25 GMT	6 points
	LOL at "Meowth".

	mike5816:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 22:11 GMT	1 point
	Lions and tigers, but no bears. Oh my!

	k3lit0:	Oct 19th, 2009 at 03:04 GMT	1 point
	Wow, kind of sad I forgot the first one. :(

	PurppuraSuihku:	Aug 19th, 2010 at 21:49 GMT	1 point
	I tried ocelot as well at some point :)

	Grego:	Aug 18th, 2011 at 17:44 GMT	1 point
	the only reason I know any of these is from hearing my pretentious friends babble about their expensive updates.

	cowboysmith:	Dec 4th, 2011 at 01:14 GMT	1 point
	Apple has released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.