OS X Weed

OSX version 10.10, briefly known as "Weed", was introduced as the eleventh major release of OS X by Apple Senior VP Craig Federighi on June 2 at the 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference.
==Background==
Federighi had previously introduced OS X Sea Lion as a joke during the WWDC 2013 keynote address before adopting California landmarks for the name of OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" and future releases.OS X Sea Lion? by 
iconredesign, YouTube. 2013-07-18.
During the introduction of OS X 10.10 at WWDC 2014, he jokingly brought up the real-life locations of "", "", and "" proposed by the "crack product marketing team" before settling on "Yosemite".Weed? Oxnard? Nope, Mac OS X dubbed Yosemite by Amanda Kooser, C|NET. 2014-06-02.
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===Reception===
The WWDC audience cheered in support of the joke announcement, which then became a trending topic on social media.OS X: Weed - The Name Apple Almost Chose Instead of Yosemite? by Chris Thomas, Download 3K. 2014-08-11.10 Rejected OS X Weed Slogans That Apple Puff, Puff, Passed On by Annie Colbert, Mashable. 2014-06-02. Federighi revisited -themed humor at WWDC 2017 with the introduction of macOS High Sierra.The New Mac OS Is Called High Sierra And Everyone Made The Same Joke by Joseph Bernstein, BuzzFeed News. 2017-06-05.Apple snuck a weed joke into its developer conference presentation by Laura Vitto, Mashable. 2017-06-05.Apple Cracking Weed Jokes At The World Wide Developer Conference by Brendan Bures, The Fresh Toast. 2017-06-07.
==References==
==External links==
*OS X Weed? Stranger things have happened at CNBC (2014-06-02)
*OS X Weed at Reddit (2014-06-02)
**Lol os x weed by Ssd2225555 (2018-03-25)
Category:OS X 10.10
Category:Landmarks
Category:Apple culture
Category:2014 introductions