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> close to the end of the year.

That wasn't a consideration in the past. e.g.

"MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)", introduced on October 24th 2011

https://support.apple.com/en-us/111341

> they prefer that then having people use iOS 25 for the majority of 2026.

I'm not blind to the advantage of their new naming scheme, and honestly they could name it iOS 2077 it would be their prerogative. It just sounds off to me to equate "they're just cheating a bit" to "it makes sense".



> "MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)", introduced on October 24th 2011

Ah, yes: "macOS Late 25" just rolls of the tongue.

Perhaps instead of release/update macOS 25.2 they could go with "macOS Early 26". :)




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