Software
Classic Mac OS
6.0.4: Antares
6.0.5: Big Deal
6.0.6: SixPack
6.0.8: Terminator
6.0a9: juggler
6.0.6a15: pinball/ray ban
7.0: Blue, Big Bang, M80, Pleaides, Furnishings 2000
7.0a9: sanjose
7.0b4: superbeta
7.0.1: Road Warrior, Beta Cheese
7.1b7: shuswap
7.1: Cube-E, I Tripoli
7.1.1b6: surcease
7.1.1: Jirocho
Prototype of System 7.1 for x86 processors: Star Trek
7.5b2: mozart
7.5b5c3: capone
7.5.1: Danook, Thag
7.5.2: Unity
7.5.3 Revision 2.1: Buster, Son of a Buster
7.5.3 rev.3s1c3: moriarty
7.6: Harmony
7.6.1: spinal, Ides of Buster
7.6.1: spittle
7.7a2: speedy
7.7a3c1: strikesback
8.0a4: subatomic
8.0a5: spooky
8.0b2: surreal
8.0.1d5c3: shangrila
8.0: Tempo
8.1d9: sequoia
8.1b4: salute
8.1b2: steve
8.1a4: sumptuous
8.1: Bridge of Buster, Scimitar
8.2d8: snowman
8.2a2: southpark
8.2a4: sequins
8.5a8: scantling
8.5b2c2: scimitar
8.5b6: semifinal
8.5.2d5: hans
8.5: Allgero
8.5.1: The Rick Ford Release
8.6b3: harald
8,6b3: hammerfest
8.6a3c2: horatio
8.6: Veronica
8.7a6c2: sarah
8.7b3c2: signed
8.7a3: stoneage
9.0b4c3: sealed
9.0: Sonata
9.0.4: Minuet
9.1: Fortissimo
9.2d8: slurm!
9.2: Moonlight
9.2.1: Limelight
9.2.2: LU1
Unix-based Mac OS, AKA Post-OS 9.2.2 versions of Mac OS
Dev. Preview 3: Bunsen
Dev. Preview 4: Gonzo
Public Release 1: Hera
Public Release 2: Beaker
10.0 Public Beta: Kodiak
10.0: Cheetah, Cyan
10.1: Puma
10.2: Jaguar
10.3: Pinot
10.4: Merlot
10.4 Intel: Chardonay
10.4.1: Atlanta
10.5: Chablis
OS X 10.7: Barolo
OS X 10.8: Zinfandel
OS X 10.9: Cabernet
OS X 10.10: Syrah
OS X 10.11: Gala
macOS 10.12: Fuji
macOS 10.13: Lobo
macOS 10.14: Liberty
macOS 10.15: Jazz
10.6 and 11 only had their marketed names.
Mac OS Server
Server 1.0 – Rhapsody
Server 10.2 Jaguar: Tigger
iOS
1.0: Alpine/Heavenly
1.0.1: SUHeavenlyJuly
1.1: Snowbird
1.1.2: Oktoberfest
1.1.3: Little Bear
2.0: Big Bear
2.1: Sugarbowl
2.2: Timberline
2.2.1: SUTimberline
3.0: Kirkwood
3.1: Northstar
3.2: Wildcat (iPad only)
4.0: Apex
4.1: Baker
4.2: Jasper (4.2.5 - 4.2.10: Phoenix)
4.3: Durango
5.0: Telluride
5.1: Hoodoo
6.0: Sundance
6.1: Brighton
6.1.3: BrightonMaps
7.0: Innsbruck
7.0.3: InnusbruckTaos
7.1: Sochi
7.1.1: SUSochi
7.1.2: Sochi
8.0: Okemo
8.1: OkemoTaos
8.1.1: SUOkemoTaos
8.1.3: SUOkemoTaosTwo
8.2: OkemoZurs
8.3: Stowe
8.4: Copper
8.4.1: Donner
9.0: Monarch
9.1: Boulder
9.2: Castlerock
9.2.1: Dillion
9.3: Eagle
9.3.2: Frisco
9.3.3: Genoa
10.0.1: Whitetail
10.1: Butler
10.2: Corry
10.2.1: Dubois
10.3: Erie
10.3.2: Franklin
10.3.3: Greensburg
11.0: Tigris
11.1: Bursa
11.2: Cinar
11.2.5: Dalaman
11.3: Emet
11.4: Fatsa
11.4.1: Gebze
12.0: Hope/Peace
13.0: Yukon
14.0: Azul
tvOS
9.0: Monarch
9.1: Tilden
9.1.1: Noble
9.2: Angora
9.2.1: Fern
9.2.2: Gilmore
10.0: Union
10.0.1: Bugle
10.1: Clementine
10.1.1: Diamond
10.2: Emerald
10.2.1: Florence
10.2.2: Gold
11.0: Topaz
11.1: Bass
11.2: Coyote
11.2.5: Dixon
11.3: Eaton
11.4: Francis
11.4.1: Grant
12.0: Hope
13.0: Yager
14.0: Archer
watchOS
Betas always carry codenames followed by "seed" (FAE, 3.2 is ElectricSeed)
Burrito: Apple Watch sleep tracking (rumored, upcoming)
1.0: SkiHill
1.0.1: Bucket
2.0: Bondi
2.0.1: Atlantic
2.1 Bahar
2.2: Angora
2.2.1: Fish
3.0: Daytona
3.1: Blowfish
3.1.1: Catfish
3.1.3: Dogfish
3.2: Electric
3.2.2: Firefish
3.2.3: Ghostfish
4.0: Fortune
4.1: Beluga
4.2: Catamaran
4.2.2: Dolphin
4.3: Emperor
4.3.1: Ferry/Gull
5.0: Glory
6.0: Grace
7.0: Hunter
audioOS
11.0.2: Cinar
11.3: Emet
11.4: Fatsa
11.4.1: Gebze
12.0: Peace
13.2: Yukon
13.4: Yager
14.0: Archer
Hardware
Mobile Devices
iPhone (first generation) – M68 and Purple or Purple 2
iPhone 3G – N82
iPhone 3GS – N88
iPhone 4 – N90
iPhone 4 (CDMA) – 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 (2nd generation) – D79
iPhone 12 mini – D52
iPhone 12 – D53-G
iPhone 12 Pro – D53-P
iPhone 12 Pro Max – D54-P
iPod: Dulcimer
iPod Classic (5th generation): M25
iPod Touch (1st generation): N45
iPod Touch (2nd generation): N72
iPod Touch (3rd generation): N18
iPod Touch (4th generation): N81
iPod Touch (6th generation) - N102
iPad (3rd generation) (Wi-Fi): J1
iPad (3rd generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular): J2
iPad Air: J72
iPad Air 2: J82
iPad mini with Retina display: J85
iPad Mini 4: J96
iPad Pro: J98 and J99
iPad (1st generation): K48
iPad 2 (Wi-Fi): K93
iPad 2 (Wi-Fi + GSM): K94
iPad 2 (Wi-Fi + CDMA): K95
iPad (fourth generation) (Wi-Fi): P101
iPad (fourth generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular International): P103
iPad Mini (1st generation) (Wi-Fi): P105
iPad Mini (1st generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular International): P107
Prototype tablet in 2004: Purple or Purple 1
W.A.L.T (never released)
Apple Watch: Gizmo, N27, N28
Computers (so long so I put it in a smaller font, if I could I would use spoilers but it doesn't seem to be available)
D1 – 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display
D2 – 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display
J44 – MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013)
J45 – MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
J52 – MacBook Pro 13"
J130 – Macbook Pro 13"
K90IA – MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
K91A – MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
K92A – MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011)
101 – PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard)
102 – PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
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 (Best of Both Worlds) – 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 (17-inch)
Hokusai – PowerBook 180c
Hooper – PowerBook 3400c
Ivory – PowerBook G4 (DVI)
Jedi – PowerBook 150
Kanga – PowerBook G3
Lombard – PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard)
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 (Gigabit Ethernet)
P25 – PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
PDQ – PowerBook G3 (September 1998)
Pismo – PowerBook (FireWire)
PowerBook 3500 – PowerBook G3
P8 – PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
P88 – PowerBook G4 Titanium (1 GHz/867 MHz)
P99 – PowerBook G4 (12-inch)
Q16 – PowerBook G4 (15-inch FW800)
Q16A – PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.5/1.33GHz)
Q41 – PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.33GHz)
Q41A – PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.5 GHz)
Q51 – PowerBook G5 (EVT1)
Q54 – PowerBook G4 (12-inch DVI)
Q54A – PowerBook G4 (12-inch 1.33 GHz)
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
Artemis – Power Mac G3 All-in-One
Kansas – Power Macintosh 8600
Kansas – Power Macintosh 9600
Autobahn – Power Macintosh 9500
BHA (Butt-Head Astronomer) – 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 (Digital Audio)
Cold Fusion – Power Macintosh 8100
Crusader – Power Macintosh 6200
Cupid – Power Macintosh 4400, 200 Mhz
Cypher – Power Mac G5 (late 2005)
El Capitan – Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) 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 (1996)
InstaTower – Power Macintosh 6400
LAW (Lawyers Are Wimps) – Power Macintosh 7100
Medusa2 – Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Montana – Power Macintosh 7300
Montana 7600 – Power Macintosh 7600
Mystic – Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Nichrome – Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)
Nitro – Power Macintosh 8500
Omega – Power Mac G5
Phoenix – Power Macintosh 5500
Piltdown Man – Power Macintosh 6100
Project E – Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
P5 – Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
P57 – Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors)
P58 – Power Mac G4 (FW 800)
P9 – Power Mac G4 Cube
PowerExpress – Power Mac 9700 Prototype
Q37 – Power Mac G5
Q77 – Power Mac G5 (June 2004)
Q78 – Power Mac G5 (June 2004)
Quicksilver – Power Mac G4
Rebound – Power Macintosh 5200/5300 LC
Rubicon – Power Mac G4 Cube
Sawtooth – Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
Silk – Power Mac G3 (Blue & White)
SnakeBite – Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Stumpy – unreleased Hi-end Power Macintosh enclosure, prototype of El Capitan
Tangent – Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
Tanzania – Power Macintosh 4400, 150 MHz
Titan – Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)
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 (PCI Graphics) logic board
Yosemite – Power Mac G3 (Blue & White) logic board
Yosemite 1.5 – Power Mac G3 (Blue & White) Rev.2 logic board
J11 – MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid-2012)
J13 – MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid-2012)
Stealth – MacBook (12-inch)
J90 – Mac Pro (Round)
K5B – Mac Pro (Mid-2012) & Mac Pro Server (Mid-2012)
Kaleidoscope – Mac Mini (early 2006)
Q88 – Mac mini
Twiggy – Mac mini
MacMan and Columbus – iMac G3 (Bondi Blue)
C1 – iMac (Bondi Blue)
Elroy – iMac (Bondi Blue)
Fino – iMac G5 20"
Hero – iMac G5 (17-inch, 20-inch)
Horizon – iMac G4 (USB 2.0; 15-, 17-inch)
J30 – iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)
J31 – iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
Kihei – iMac, iMac DV, iMac DV+, iMac DV SE
Kiva – iMac (summer 2001)
Life Savers – iMac (5 Flavors)
M23 – iMac G5 20"
P7 – iMac, iMac DV, iMac DV+, iMac DV SE
P79 – iMac G4 (17-inch Flat Panel)
P80 – iMac G4 (Flat Panel)
Q26B – iMac G4 (15-inch USB 2.0)
Q26C – iMac G4 (17-inch USB 2.0)
Q45C – iMac G5 (Ambient Light Sensor) 17-inch
Q45D – iMac G5 (Ambient Light Sensor) 20-inch
Q87 – iMac G5 iSight (17-, 20-inch)
Tailgate – iMac (Bondi Blue)
Tessera – iMac G4 (flat panel)
Bismol – iBook
Lanai – iBook
Marble – iBook G3 (Dual USB)
P1 – iBook
P1.5 – iBook (FireWire)
P29 – iBook (Dual USB)
P54 – iBook (14.1 LCD)
P72B – iBook (Opaque 16 MB VRAM)
P72B – iBook (32 MB VRAM)
P73D – iBook (800/900 MHz 32 MB VRAM)
P92 – iBook (late 2001)
Q72 – iBook G4 (early 2004)
Q72B – iBook G4 (mid-2005)
Q73 – iBook G4 (early 2004)
Q73B – iBook G4 (mid-2005)
Son of Pismo – iBook (14.1 LCD)
Northern Lights – eMac (ATI Graphics)
P69 – eMac
Q86J – eMac (2005)
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
Cortland – Apple IIGS
Tenspeed – Apple IIgs ROM 3
Miscellaneous
Taligent - Apple-IBM co-developed OS (Apple pulled out, though)
Copland - planned successor to Classic Mac OS, alternative codename for OS 8
Switching to x86 architecture and the Intel chip platform - Marklar
A system shell for stereo AR-enabled apps - StarBoard
Apple Card - Broadway
Apple Pay - Stockholm
Apple Cash - Lexington
AppleShare - Killer Rabbit
CarPlay - Stark
CoreMediaIO - Tundra
Dictation Services - Ironwood
Face ID - Pearl
HFS - Turbo File System (TFS)
iCloud - Ubiquity
iOS app support in macOS - Marzipan
Toolbox ROM version $077D - SuperMario
MacInTalk 3.2 Text to Speech (from mis-pronouncing Galatea) - Gala Tea
PowerPC Modern Memory Manager PowerPC - Figment
32-Bit QuickDraw - Jackson Pollock
QuickDraw GX - Skia
Reality Operating System - rOS
ThunderBolt (interface) - T29
Touch ID - Mesa
Apple Watch Electrocardiogram - Cinnamon
Apple Watch Blood Oxygen - Scandium
Apple Fitness+ - Seymour
AR app - Gobi
Mac App Store - Firenze
Apple Music - Fuse
iMessage – Madrid
iTunes - iMusic
Safari (web browser) - Alexander
QuickTime - Warhol
Spotlight - Matador
Swift Playgrounds - Serenity
Walkie-Talkie - Spartan
Build 1A6XX - Theremin (AirPods Firmware)
Build 2XXXX - Harmonica (AirPods Firmware)
Build 3XXXX - Harpsichord (AirPods Firmware)
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
AirTags, a Tile-like personal item tracking hardware & app - AirTags, Apple Tags, B389
AirPods (1st Generation) - B188
AirPods (2nd Generation) - B288
AirPods Pro - B298
AirPods Max - B515
AirPort Express 802.11n (5th Generation) - 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
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
Time Capsule - Wilma, M52
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 A14T Desktop processor – Mt. Jade
Apple A14X Laptop processor – Tonga
Apple A14 iPad/iPhone processor - Sicily, with 2 Firestorm cores and 4 Icestorm cores
Apple GPU - Lifuka
Apple-designed chips for Mac computers – Kalamata or Star (development stage)
To do:
pre-9.0 tvOS codenames
More software (like iTunes)
Some of the non-Mac OSs (like A/UX, ProDOS, and the Lisa OS)
If you can, please help out by posting some codenames in the comments.
Sources
Code: Select all
https://www.imore.com/macos-version-code-names
https://www.imore.com/ios-version-codenames
https://www.imore.com/tvos-version-code-names
https://www.imore.com/watchos-version-code-names
https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=23090
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_codenames