MacOS is the only one of Apple's operating systems to have had its branding changed before. Apple released Mac OS X 10.0 in 2001, and gave the versions that followed both numbers and names that initially were big cats and then changed to California regions and landmarks.

Apple may drop traditional OS version numbers, switching to year-based names starting with the expected debut of “iOS 26.”

Apple Inc. is planning the most sweeping change yet to its operating system names, part of a software overhaul that extends to all its devices.

Apple could make a big change to the way it numbers its operating systems, with a year-based system renaming iOS 19 as iOS 26, and macOS in the same way.

Mark Gurman of Bloomberg reports that Apple will switch its operating system version numbering scheme from the current mess to identifying them by years. It’s about time.

Macworld Thirty years ago, the first Mac clones rolled off an assembly line in Austin, Texas. If you’re not of a certain age, you might not even believe that there were once Mac clones. For most of its existence,

Every year heading into WWDC, one thought on many Mac fans' minds is what Apple will choose as the name for the next version of macOS.

Apple Filing Protocol is one of Apple's original file-sharing technologies. Its client software will soon be gone from macOS forever.

Will Apple acknowledge the bumpy rollout for Apple Intelligence or forge right ahead with details on its next-gen operating systems? Here's what we expect to see in Cupertino on June 9.