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Mac OS X 10.7 “Ceiling Cat” Alpha Build

September 16th, 2009 - Fun

mac os x 10.7

The next super secret Mac OS X alpha is in the works! In an obvious jab at the feline obsession with Mac OS X build names, a satirical image of a 10.7 build installer has appeared on Flickr, titled…. Mac OS X 10.7 Ceiling Cat! I’ve never really understood Apple’s cat naming system, if anyone does please explain it to me, but Ceiling Cat does make you wonder what cat name we’ll see in the upcoming versions of Mac OS X.

Via Flickr

Posted by: Paul Horowitz

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Comments: 8

Comment from AppleIsCatBiased
Time: September 16, 2009, 11:01 am

the whole cat crap has gone too far, what’s next Mac OS X Litter Box? this is the dumbest thing I have ever seen, but mostly because it’s so close to TRUTH that it just makes me cringe. How about a cool codename for once Apple?

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Comment from Eurobubba
Time: September 16, 2009, 11:58 am

Ocelot, definitely.

Comment from ryall
Time: September 16, 2009, 6:36 pm

10.7 is actually codenamed “Def Leopard”

Comment from Juan
Time: September 17, 2009, 5:57 pm

Ceiling Cat is watching you Automate.

Comment from james
Time: December 5, 2009, 2:29 pm

i heard os10.7 was codenamed sabertooth

Comment from The Truth
Time: December 9, 2009, 4:15 am

OK, so imagine this: You’re Apple Computer, Inc. (still) and it’s December 1997. You’ve just blocked British Mac-clone maker Shaye from licensing Mac OS 8, thereby putting it pretty much out of luck for new products; in fact, Shaye will revert to selling genuine Apple gear at the end of the year. Still, there’s something kind of catchy about Shaye’s branding… something vaguely feline: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Lion and Lynx. Nice ring to those “big cat” names. Mrowr!

Info from:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/10/where-os-x-big-cat-code-names-really-come-from/

Comment from Dave Mandell
Time: January 24, 2010, 3:50 pm

The cat names were internal (though they may have come from the link above originally, it wasn’t a marketing decision at inception). All MacOS’s, much like just about every other piece of software made by every other company, have/had codenames. With OSX, they just made them public is all.

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