macOS 10.14: Release date rumors, feature speculation, and more
macOS 10.14 is expected to be previewed at WWDC on June 4, 2018. Here's everything you need to know!
This year, macOS hits lucky number 10.14. Apple's been working on it since last fall, when marketing weighed in on what it thought the next update needed, engineers pitched new ideas, and Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi sifted through the big pile on his desk. Since Apple doesn't tease future releases, until Federighi takes the stage on June 4 at WWDC 2018, it's impossible for anyone on the outside to know everything that made the cut but that doesn't stop the rumors from flying.
Here's what's made the news so far!
May 23, 2018: System-wide Dark Mode rumored — guessed? wished? — for macOS
Gui Rambo is a reverse-engineering whiz, so when he throws something up on Twitter, it's worth paying attention to. In this case, it's hard to tell if Gui is sharing a rumor, and educated guess, or just wishing like the rest of us. But, given that Apple has started down the Dark Mode path on macOS, forever should it control its destiny... or, rather, just finish implementing it already.
System-wide dark mode on macOS
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) May 23, 2018
When will we see macOS 10.14?
If Apple keeps to its recent schedule, it will show off macOS 10.14 for the first time during the keynote for it's annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 4, 2018. Tim Cook will introduce macOS 10.14, while Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, will go through its different tentpole features.
It's likely that the first developer beta of macOS 10.14 will be made available the same day as the presentation. As with the last few iterations of macOS, a public beta should follow later in the summer.
What new features will we see in macOS 10.14?
macOS 10.14 is rumored to be low on new features and high on stability and reliability fixes, much like macOS High Sierra and OS X Snow Leopard were. Apple has made many, huge changes under the hood over the last couple of years, including everything from a new file system to a new windowing server, and it has to keep paying down that technical debt.
What new features have been rumored include:
- New framework to make it easier for developers to bring iOS apps to the Mac.
- System-wide Dark Mode.
- Home app
- APFS for Fusion Drives
When will macOS 10.14 launch for the public?
For the last few years, new versions of macOS have gone into general release in the fall. While iOS has been tied to the release of new iPhones, always arriving a couple days before the new models launch, macOS has been more fluid. (Though, increasingly, Apple seems to be trying to coordinate the releases due to the amount of shared features between them.)
- 2017: September 25
- 2016: September 20
- 2015: Spetember 30
- 2014: October 16
- 2013: October 22
What will macOS 10.14 be called?
Is this the year Craig Federighi finally gets to use macOS Weed? Probably not. It's the crack marketing team, as he often points out, that gets to choose the names.
More likely is one of the following, part of a list of Apple trademarks unearthed in 2014:
- Big Sur
- California
- El Diablo
- Redwood
- Mammoth
- Miramar
- Mojave
- Monterey
- Pacific
- Sequoia
- Sonoma
- Tiburon
- Ventura
What do you want to see in macOS 10.14?
I'm still waiting for better Split View handling, the Home app, the News app, and proper drag-and-drop support for the Photos app, amoung other things.
What about you?
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