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First OS X 10.10 Banner Goes Up at Moscone Featuring Yosemite

Friday May 30, 2014 2:07 pm PDT by Juli Clover
Apple is continuing to decorate the Moscone Center ahead of its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, and following the addition of outside banners and the first iOS 8 banner, the inaugural OS X 10.10 banner has just appeared, with a photo courtesy of The Verge.

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The mountainous background of the banner suggests OS X 10.10 will be receiving a land-related name to complement the water-based name given to OS X 10.9, possibly Yosemite or El Cap, as the image appears to feature the national park's El Capitan rock formation. We detailed some of the names Apple has apparently filed for trademarks on back in April.

Some trademarked land-themed names include Yosemite, Redwood, Mammoth, California, Diablo, Miramar, El Cap, Redtail, Condor, Grizzly, Tiburon, Skyline, Shasta, and Sierra. Newly discovered trademarked names also include Mojave, Sonoma, Ventura, and Sequoia.

Because OS X Mavericks only introduced minor visual changes, OS X 10.10 is expected to feature a more drastic redesign, adopting a "flatter" look and taking on some iOS 7-style design elements. While little is known about the operating system at this point, we will get our first glimpse of the operating system on Monday June 2 at 10 AM Pacific Time, when Apple kicks off the Worldwide Developers Conference with its keynote presentation.

Apple will be live streaming the event both on the web and on the Apple TV. MacRumors will also provide a live blog, live tweets via the MacRumorsLive Twitter account, and a spoiler free page for those who want to watch the full keynote at a later time.

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3bs
63 months ago
I might be in the minority but I preferred cat names to be honest.
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pk7
63 months ago

But what does it mean? /sarcasm


Clearly OS X 10.10 is going to rock.
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Menopause
63 months ago
OS X The Mountain On Which Mountain Lion Lives
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jrswizzle
63 months ago

The name Yosemite would be an amazing way to honor the 150th anniversary of Yosemite, which coincidentally is today!

On June 30, 1864, amid the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act to protect Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. From the beginning, this act was a legacy for our nation.
(http://www.nps.gov/featurecontent/yose/anniversary/)


Isn't today May 30th?
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AngerDanger
63 months ago
Great, now I'm going to forever associate OS 10.10 with…

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iCore24
63 months ago
This finally ends all those annoying forums saying it has to be OSXI.

It is OSX .10

This is not suppose to follow the mathematics rules!
Rating: 21 Votes
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TheThing
63 months ago
They already knew the new name at WWDC 13

Watched the Keynote from one year ago. They placed a nice easteregg there!!

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JohnMantooth
63 months ago
How about MacOS Yosemite Sam?



EDIT: Oh... late to that party.

*backs away quietly*
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Cougarcat
63 months ago
Had a feeling it would be Yosemite. A good name for a UI overhaul release.

I might be in the minority but I preferred cat names to be honest.


Me too, but they were running out...I would have preferred them moving on to celestial objects. "OS X Orion" has a nice ring to it.
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proline
63 months ago

I might be in the minority but I preferred cat names to be honest.

Get over it. Times change.
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