List of Apple codenames
The 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 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.
Accessories
- AirTags, a Tile-like personal item tracking hardware & app - AirTags, Apple Tags, B389
- AirPods - B188
- AirPods - B288
- AirPods Pro - B298
- AirPods Studio - B515
- AirPort Express 802.11n - K31
- Apple IIe Card for the Macintosh LC - Double Exposure
- A rumored augmented reality and virtual reality device - T288
- Apple II 3.5" Disk Controller Card - NuMustang
- Apple Color OneScanner 600/27 - Rio
- Apple Color OneScanner 1200/30 - New Orleans
- HomePod - B238
- Built-in iSight - M33
- External iSight - Q8
- Lightning Digital AV Adapter - Haywire
- Magic Trackpad 2 - D67'
- Time Capsule - Wilma, M52''
Apple TV
- Apple TV - iTV
- Apple TV - K66
- Apple TV - J33
- Apple TV#4th generation - J42 –
- Apple TV 4K - J105
- Apple TV 6th generation & new Apple TV Remote - T1125
Apple Watch
- Apple Watch - Gizmo, N27 and N28
Apple A series processors
- Apple A6 and A6X – Swift
- Apple A7 – Cyclone
- Apple A8 and A8X – Typhoon
- Apple A9 – Twister
- Apple A10 Fusion – 2 Hurricane cores and 2 Zephyr cores
- Apple A11 Bionic – 2 Monsoon cores and 4 Mistral cores
- Apple A12 Bionic – 2 Vortex cores and 4 Tempest cores
- Apple A13 Bionic – Cebu, with Thunder and Lightning cores
- Apple-designed chips for Mac computers – Kalamata or Star
Computers
Apple
- Cortland – Apple IIGS
- Tenspeed – Apple II ROM 3
Macintosh
- Aladdin – Macintosh SE simulation
- Aladdin – Macintosh SE FDHD
- Aladdin – Macintosh Quadra 605
- Amazon – Macintosh Quadra 950
- Apollo – Macintosh Classic II
- Atlantic – Macintosh IIcx
- Aurora – Macintosh IIcx
- Aurora II – Macintosh IIci
- Becks – Macintosh II
- Blackbird – Macintosh IIfx
- Brazil 16c – Macintosh IIvx
- Brazil 32c – Macintosh IIvi
- Cabernet – Macintosh II
- Chablis – Macintosh SE
- Chablis – Macintosh SE FDHD
- Civic – Macintosh Classic
- Cobra – Macintosh IIcx
- Cobra II – Macintosh IIci
- Crusader – Macintosh Quadra 630
- Cyclone – Macintosh Quadra 840AV
- Darwin – Macintosh Quadra 900
- Dragonkok – Macintosh LC 580
- Eclipse – Macintosh Quadra 900
- Elsie – Macintosh LC
- Elsie III – Macintosh LC III
- Erickson – Macintosh IIsi
- Espirit – Macintosh Portable
- Evo 200 – Macintosh Quadra 700
- Fafnir – Macintosh SE/30
- Fat Mac – Macintosh 512k, 512ke
- Foster Farms – Macintosh LC II
- Four Square – Macintosh IIfx
- Freeport – Macintosh SE
- Freeport – Macintosh SE FDHD
- Fridge – Macintosh Quadra 800
- F-16 – Macintosh IIfx
- F-19 – Macintosh IIfx
- Green Jade – Macintosh SE/30
- Hook – Macintosh LC 520
- Hook 33 – Macintosh LC 550
- IIce – Macintosh Quadra 700
- IIex – Macintosh Quadra 900
- IIxi – Macintosh IIfx
- Ikki – Macintosh II
- Laguna – Macintosh Portable
- LD50 – Macintosh TV
- Lisa – Macintosh XL
- Little Big Mac – Macintosh II
- Macintosh – Macintosh 128K
- Malibu – Macintosh Portable
- Maui – Macintosh SE
- Maui – Macintosh SE FDHD
- Milwaukee – Macintosh II
- Montana – Macintosh Classic II
- Mr. T – Macintosh Plus
- Oceanic – Macintosh IIsi
- Optimus – Macintosh LC 575
- Pacific – Macintosh IIci
- Paris – Macintosh II
- Peter Pan – Macintosh TV
- Pinball – Macintosh LC
- PlusPlus – Macintosh SE
- PlusPlus – Macintosh SE FDHD
- Pomona – Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
- Premise 500 – Macintosh Quadra 900
- Primus – Macintosh Quadra 605
- Prism – Macintosh LC
- Quadra 1000 – Macintosh Quadra 840AV
- Raffica – Macintosh IIsi
- Ray Ban – Macintosh IIsi
- Reno – Macintosh II
- Shadow – Macintosh Quadra 700
- Show Biz – Macintosh Quadra 630
- Show & Tell – Macintosh Quadra 630
- Slice – Macintosh Color Classic
- Smoke and Mirrors – Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
- Spartacus – Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
- Speedbump 610 – Macintosh Quadra 610
- Speedbump 650 – Macintosh Quadra 650
- Spike – Macintosh Quadra 700
- Spock – Macintosh IIx
- Stealth – Macintosh IIfx
- Stingray – Macintosh IIci
- Stratos – Macintosh IIx
- Tempest – Macintosh Quadra 660AV
- Typhoon – Macintosh Quadra 840AV
- Uzi – Macintosh II
- Vail – Macintosh LC III
- Weed Whacker – Macintosh IIfx
- Wombat 33 – Macintosh Quadra 800
- XO – Macintosh Classic
- Zone 5 – Macintosh IIfx
- Zydeco'' – Macintosh Quadra 950
eMac
- Northern Lights – eMac
- P69 – eMac
- Q86J – eMac
iBook
- Bismol – iBook
- Lanai – iBook
- Marble – iBook G3
- P1 – iBook
- P1.5 – iBook
- P29 – iBook
- P54 – iBook
- P72B – iBook
- P72B – iBook
- P73D – iBook
- P92 – iBook
- Q72 – iBook G4
- Q72B – iBook G4
- Q73 – iBook G4
- Q73B – iBook G4
- Son of Pismo – iBook
iMac
- MacMan and Columbus – iMac G3
- C1 – iMac
- Elroy – iMac
- Fino – iMac G5 20"
- Hero – iMac G5
- Horizon – iMac G4
- J30 – iMac
- J31 – iMac
- Kihei – iMac, iMac DV, iMac DV+, iMac DV SE
- Kiva – iMac
- Life Savers – iMac
- M23 – iMac G5 20"
- P7 – iMac, iMac DV, iMac DV+, iMac DV SE
- P79 – iMac G4
- P80 – iMac G4
- Q26B – iMac G4
- Q26C – iMac G4
- Q45C – iMac G5 17-inch
- Q45D – iMac G5 20-inch
- Q87 – iMac G5 iSight
- Tailgate – iMac
- Tessera – iMac G4
Mac mini
- Kaleidoscope – Mac Mini
- Q88 – Mac mini
- Twiggy – Mac mini
Mac Pro
- J90 – Mac Pro
- K5B – Mac Pro & Mac Pro Server
MacBook
- Stealth – MacBook
- M42 – MacBook
MacBook Air
- J11 – MacBook Air
- J13 – MacBook Air
- J41 – MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
- MacBook Pro 13" - J52
- Macbook Pro 13" - J130
- MacBook Pro - K90I
- MacBook Pro - K91
- MacBook Pro - K92
- MacBook Pro - K90IA
- MacBook Pro - K91A
- MacBook Pro - K92A
- 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display- D1
- 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display - D2
- MacBook Pro - J44
- MacBook Pro - J45
- MacBook Pro - J53
PowerBook
- 101 – PowerBook G3
- 102 – PowerBook G3
- 103 – PowerBook G4
- AJ – PowerBook Duo 2300c/100
- Ansel – PowerBook Duo 250
- Asahi – PowerBook 100
- Blackbird – PowerBook 540, 540c, 550c, 500 with PowerPC
- Blackbird LC – PowerBook 520, 520c, 550c, 500 with PowerPC
- BOB W – PowerBook Duo 210, 230
- Brooks – PowerBook 160
- Cinnamon – PowerBook Duo 210, 230
- Colt 45 – PowerBook 145
- Colt 45 – PowerBook 145B
- Comet – PowerBook 2400c
- Converse – PowerBook 180
- Dart LC – PowerBook 165
- Dartanian – PowerBook 180
- DBLite – PowerBook Duo 210, 230
- Derringer – PowerBook 100
- Epic – PowerBook 1400c, 1400cs
- Escher – PowerBook Duo 270c
- Gemini – PowerBook Duo Dock/Plus/II
- Hammerhead – PowerBook G4
- Hokusai – PowerBook 180c
- Hooper – PowerBook 3400c
- Ivory – PowerBook G4
- Jedi – PowerBook 150
- Kanga – PowerBook G3
- Lombard – PowerBook G3
- Mercury – PowerBook G4
- Mighty Cat – PowerBook 2400c
- Monet – PowerBook 165c
- Mustang – PowerBook 5300 Series
- M2 – PowerBook 5300
- Nautilus – PowerBook 2400c
- Omega – PowerBook 190
- Omega – PowerBook 190cs
- Onyx – PowerBook G4
- P25 – PowerBook G4
- PDQ – PowerBook G3
- Pismo – PowerBook
- PowerBook 3500 – PowerBook G3
- P8 – PowerBook G3
- P88 – PowerBook G4 Titanium
- P99 – PowerBook G4
- Q16 – PowerBook G4
- Q16A – PowerBook G4
- Q41 – PowerBook G4
- Q41A – PowerBook G4
- Q51 – PowerBook G5
- Q54 – PowerBook G4
- Q54A – PowerBook G4
- Road Warrior – PowerBook 170
- Rosebud – PowerBook 100
- Spruce Goose – PowerBook 540/540c
- SR-71 – PowerBook 540, 540c, 550c, 500 with PowerPC
- Tim – PowerBook 170
- Tim Lite – PowerBook 140
- Wallstreet – PowerBook G3
- Yeager – PowerBook Duo 280/280c
PowerMac
- Artemis – Power Mac G3 All-in-One
- Kansas – Power Macintosh 8600
- Kansas – Power Macintosh 9600
- Autobahn – Power Macintosh 9500
- BHA – Power Macintosh 7100
- Bongo – Power Macintosh 5200 LC, 5300 LC
- Carl Sagan – Power Macintosh 7100
- Catalyst – Power Macintosh 7200
- Chimera – Power Macintosh 5400
- Clockwork – Power Mac G4
- Cold Fusion – Power Macintosh 8100
- Crusader – Power Macintosh 6200
- Cupid – Power Macintosh 4400, 200 Mhz
- Cypher – Power Mac G5
- El Capitan – Power Macintosh G3 enclosure
- Elixir – Power Macintosh 6300
- Excalibur – Power Macintosh 5400
- Flagship – Power Macintosh 8100
- Frosty – Power Macintosh 4400, 160 MHz
- Gazelle – Power Macintosh 6500
- Gossamer – Power Macintosh G3 beige logic board
- Hacksaw – Power Macintosh 6400
- Halo – unreleased Hi-end Power Macintosh project
- InstaTower – Power Macintosh 6400
- LAW – Power Macintosh 7100
- Medusa2 – Power Mac G4
- Montana – Power Macintosh 7300
- Montana 7600 – Power Macintosh 7600
- Mystic – Power Mac G4
- Nichrome – Power Mac G4
- Nitro – Power Macintosh 8500
- Omega – Power Mac G5
- Phoenix – Power Macintosh 5500
- Piltdown Man – Power Macintosh 6100
- Project E – Power Mac G4
- P5 – Power Mac G4
- P57 – Power Mac G4
- P58 – Power Mac G4
- P9 – Power Mac G4 Cube
- PowerExpress – Power Mac 9700 Prototype
- Q37 – Power Mac G5
- Q77 – Power Mac G5
- Q78 – Power Mac G5
- Quicksilver – Power Mac G4
- Rebound – Power Macintosh 5200/5300 LC
- Rubicon – Power Mac G4 Cube
- Sawtooth – Power Mac G4
- Silk – Power Mac G3
- SnakeBite – Power Mac G4
- Stumpy – unreleased Hi-end Power Macintosh enclosure, prototype of El Capitan
- Tangent – Power Mac G4
- Tanzania – Power Macintosh 4400, 150 MHz
- Titan – Power Mac G4
- TNT – Power Macintosh 7500
- Trailblazer – Power Macintosh 5200/5300 LC
- Transformer – Power Macintosh 5200/5300 LC
- Trinity – Power Mac G4 Cube
- Tsunami – Power Macintosh 9500
- Yikes! – Power Mac G4 logic board
- Yosemite – Power Mac G3 logic board
- Yosemite 1.5 – Power Mac G3 Rev.2 logic board
iPad
- J1 – iPad
- J2 – iPad
- J72 – iPad Air
- J82 – iPad Air 2
- J85 – iPad mini with Retina display
- J96 – iPad Mini 4
- J98 and J99 – iPad Pro
- K48 – iPad
- K93 – iPad 2
- K94 – iPad 2
- K95 – iPad 2
- P101 – iPad
- P103 – iPad
- P105 – iPad Mini
- P107 – iPad Mini
- Purple or Purple 1 – Prototype tablet in 2004
iPhone
- iPhone – M68 and Purple or Purple 2
- iPhone 3G – N82
- iPhone 3GS – N88
- iPhone 4 – N90
- iPhone 4 – N92
- iPhone 4S – N94
- iPhone 5 – N41 and N42
- iPhone 5C – N48
- iPhone 5S – N51 and N53
- iPhone 6 – N61
- iPhone 6 Plus – N56
- iPhone SE – N69
- iPhone 6S – N71
- iPhone 6S Plus – N66
- iPhone 7 – D10
- iPhone 7 Plus – D11
- iPhone 8 – D20
- iPhone 8 Plus – D21
- iPhone X – D22 and Ferrari
- iPhone XR – N84 and Star or Lisbon or Hangzhou
- iPhone XS – D32
- iPhone XS Max – D33
- iPhone 11 – N104
- iPhone 11 Pro – D42
- iPhone 11 Pro Max – D43
- iPhone SE – D79
iPod
- iPod - Dulcimer
- iPod Classic - M25
- iPod Touch - N45
- iPod Touch - N72
- iPod Touch - N18
- iPod Touch - N81
- iPod Touch - N102
Other
- Brick – Apple's aluminum unibody manufacturing process
- Garta & T288 – An augmented reality device & prototype
- Luck & Franc – Apple Glasses, an augmented reality device
- Nexus – Retail Store Initiative
- Magnolia – Apple facility including a regenerative thermal oxidizer to reduce pollution
- Titan – Apple Car
Software
Applications
- AR app - Gobi
- Mac App Store - Firenze
- Apple Music Fuse –
- iMessage – Madrid
- iTunes - iMusic
- Safari - Alexander
- QuickTime - Warhol
- Spotlight - Matador
- Swift Playgrounds - Serenity
audioOS
audioOS 11
audioOS 12
audioOS 13
iOS
The codename convention for iOS are ski resorts.iOS 1
iOS 2
iOS 3
iOS 4
iOS 5
iOS 6
iOS 7
iOS 8
iOS 9
iOS 10
iOS 11
iOS 12
iOS 13
iOS 14
Mac OS System
Mac OS System is often cited as having multiple codenames.- System 6.0.4 – Antares
- System 6.0.5 – Big Deal
- System 6.0.6 – SixPack
- System 6.0.8 – Terminator
- System 7 – Blue, Big Bang, M80, Pleiades
- System 7.0 – Furnishings 2000
- System 7.0.1 – Road Warrior, Beta Cheese
- System 7.1 – Cube-E, I Tripoli
- System 7.1.1 – Jirocho
- Prototype of System 7.1 for x86 processors – Star Trek
- System 7.5 – Mozart, Capone
- System 7.5.1 – Danook, Thag
- System 7.5.2 – Marconi
- System 7.5.2 – Unity
- System 7.5.3 Revision 2.1 – Buster
- System 7.5.3 Revision 2.1 – Son of Buster
- System 7.6 – Harmony
- System 7.6.1 – Ides of Buster
Mac OS and Mac OS Server
Mac OS 8 and 9
- Mac OS 8.1 – Bride of Buster, Scimitar
- Mac OS 8.5 – Allegro
- Mac OS 8.5.1 – Rick Ford Release, The
- Mac OS 8.6 – Veronica
- Mac OS 8 – Tempo
- Mac OS 9.0 – Sonata
- Mac OS 9.0.4 – Minuet
- Mac OS 9.1 –Fortissimo
- Mac OS 9.2 –Moonlight
- Mac OS 9.2.1 –Limelight
- Mac OS 9.2.2 –LU1
Mac OS X
- Mac OS X Developer Preview 3 – Bunsen
- Mac OS X Developer Preview 4 – Gonzo
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Public Beta – Kodiak
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah – Cheetah, Cyan
- Mac OS X Public Release 1 – Hera
- Mac OS X Public Release 2 – Beaker
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther – Pinot
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger – Merlot
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger – Chardonnay
- Mac OS X 10.4.1 Tiger – Atlanta
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard – Chablis
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion – Barolo
- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion – Zinfandel
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks – Cabernet
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite – Syrah
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan – Gala
Mac OS X Server
- Mac OS X Server 1.0 – Rhapsody
- Mac OS X Server 10.2 Jaguar – Tigger
macOS
- macOS Sierra 10.12 – Fuji
- macOS High Sierra 10.13 – Lobo
- macOS Mojave 10.14 – Liberty
- macOS Catalina 10.15 – Jazz
tvOS
tvOS 9
tvOS 10
tvOS 11
tvOS 12
tvOS 13
watchOS
- watchOS often follows the codename convention for beaches.
- Betas - all betas carry the following codenames, succeeded by the word "Seed". For example, watchOS 3.2 beta is known as ElectricSeed.
- Burrito – Apple Watch sleep tracking
watchOS 1
watchOS 2
watchOS 3
watchOS 4
watchOS 5
watchOS 6
Technologies
- Switching to x86 architecture and the Intel chip platform - Marklar
- A system shell for stereo AR-enabled apps - StarBoard
- Apple Pay - Stockholm
- AppleShare - Killer Rabbit
- CarPlay - Stark
- CoreMediaIO - Tundra
- Dictation Services - Ironwood
- Face ID - Pearl
- HFS - Turbo File System
- iCloud - Ubiquity
- iOS app support in macOS - Marzipan
- Toolbox ROM version $077D - SuperMario
- MacInTalk 3.2 Text to Speech - Gala Tea
- PowerPC Modern Memory Manager PowerPC - Figment
- 32-Bit QuickDraw - Jackson Pollock
- QuickDraw GX - Skia
- Reality Operating System - rOS
- ThunderBolt - T29
- Touch ID - Mesa