This list of Apple codenames covers the codenames given to products by Apple Inc. during development. The codenames are often used internally only, normally to maintain the secrecy of the project. Occasionally a codename may become the released product's name. Most of Apple's codenames from the 1980s and 1990s are provided by the book Apple Confidential 2.0.[1]
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AirTag | B389, Durian | April 30, 2021 | [2][3] |
AirPods (1st generation) | B188 | ||
AirPods (2nd generation) | B288 | ||
AirPods Pro | B298 | [4] | |
AirPods Max | B515 | [5] | |
AirPort Base Station (1999) | Pogo | ||
AirPort Express 802.11n (5th generation) | K31 | [6] | |
Apple IIe Card for the Macintosh LC | Double Exposure | ||
Apple Vision Pro | N301 | [7] | |
Apple II 3.5" Disk Controller Card | NuMustang | ||
Apple Color OneScanner 600/27 | Rio | ||
Apple Color OneScanner 1200/30 | New Orleans | ||
Beats Flex | B372 | ||
HomePod | B238 | ||
HomePod mini | B520 | ||
Built-in iSight (2005) | M33 | ||
External iSight (2003) | Q8 | ||
Lightning Digital AV Adapter | Haywire | ||
Magic Trackpad 2 | D67 | [8] | |
MagSafe (iPhone) | B390 | ||
Time Capsule | Wilma, M52 |
In chronological order:
The first Macintosh was released in 1984:
The first eMac was released in 2002
The first iBook was released in 1999.
The first iMac was released in 1998.
The first Mac mini was in 2005.
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The internal codenames for the CPU cores of Apple silicon A series and M series chips are named after islands, with the cores named after wind and weather patterns.[64]
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The classic Mac OS is often cited as having multiple codenames. The codename convention for Mac OS 8 and 9 mostly follow musical terminology.
The codename convention for iOS are ski resorts.[80][19][87]
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Mac OS X / OS X / macOS editThe internal codenames of Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2 are big cats. In Mac OS X 10.2, the internal codename "Jaguar" was used as a public name, and, for subsequent Mac OS X releases, big cat names were used as public names through until OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion", and wine names were used as internal codenames through until OS X 10.10 "Syrah".[88] For OS X releases beginning with 10.9, and for macOS releases, landmarks in California were used as public names.[89] For OS X releases beginning with 10.11, and for macOS releases, varieties of apples were used as internal code names.[88]
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the new internal code names for the updated MacBook Pro line are K90IA (13-inch), K91A (15-inch), and K92A (17-inch). The A in the codename signifies this next MacBook Pro refresh as being relatively minor.
The current 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is codenamed D2, and its smaller sibling is in fact, as predicted this morning, dubbed D1 internally.
Apple's top secret codename for the iPad was K48, according to the FBI's complaint.
The next iPhone, which has been referred to internally by the code name N41, has been in the works for more than a year, a person familiar with the matter said.
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OS X 10.9, which is internally codenamed "Cabernet,"...
OS X 10.10 is internally codenamed Syrah