It reserves more space for windows at the top of your display and hides a giant section of the menu bar that often serves no purpose. With Mammoth, we’d like to see a dynamic flexible menu bar that can shrink and grow at will. Since the inception of macOS in the mid ’80s, the menu bar has spanned the entire length of the top of your Mac’s display. Let’s start with the most crucial element of macOS, the menu bar. Redesigning the desktop certainly fits the bill.
With Monterey being mostly full of small refinements rather than big ideas, we’d expect Mammoth to be a monstrous release. We’d like to see that change with the next version of macOS. MacOS Big Sur did a great job of refining the Mac desktop, but it didn’t fundamentally change any of its behavior. Of course, Apple could choose to use a different name over the course of the next year, and we’ll be keeping an eye on potential new trademarks, but at the moment Mammoth seems like a good bet. It is currently active and listed under the “computer operating software” goods and services category. Apple, or more precisely, its “Yosemite Research LLC” shell company renewed the Mammoth name on May 1 of this year. This is presumably because they’d like to use it for a future version of macOS. Apple’s Mammoth trademark filed and renewed by Yosemite Research LLCĪpple’s trademark for Mammoth was originally filed in March of 2013 alongside other macOS names, but, unlike many of the others, Apple has continued to renew it on an ongoing basis. Suffice to say, it’s in the same neighborhood as other macOS names.
The town of Mammoth Lakes sits northeast of Monterey and is directly between Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National Forest. Mammoth Lakes happens to be quite close to Yosemite and El Capitan. The area is also well known for Red Meadow, which is home to Rainbow Falls. Situated directly next to Mammoth Lake Basin is Mammoth Mountain. Mammoth Lakes, California, is a resort town in the Sierra mountains. But we do know what we want to see.įirst off, let’s talk about the name a bit. So what might we see in macOS 13 in 2022? Well, we don’t know yet. The two renewed names were in fact “Monterey” and “Mammoth.” It’s only natural to assume that next year’s release of macOS will be called Mammoth with Monterey being chosen this year. Other programs may only show the menu when the mouse pointer is moved to the top of the screen or when scrolling up.Earlier this year we correctly predicted that macOS 12 would be called “Monterey” and later discovered renewed Apple trademarks for places in California. With these programs, press the Alt or F10 any time you want to open the file menu. Some programs may also hide the file menu to keep the interface clean. For these programs, you'll need to use the alternative menu system. Other programs may use a hamburger menu, kebab menu (e.g., Chrome), or meatballs menu (e.g., Edge) to access the programs features. For example, in new Office programs instead of a file menu it uses the Ribbon. Finally, use Spotlight to find any files on your computer.Next, the status menus display quick information about things like the sound, Wi-Fi, battery, time, etc.The middle File, Edit, View, Go, Window, Help all interact with the Apple OS or program you're currently running if one is open.To open Finder, click the Finder icon on the dock. By clicking the Apple logo in the left corner of the menu bar, you'll gain access to the Apple menu.The following is a diagram of a simple Mac menu bar and the functions of each menu item: When you switch to another application, the menu bar changes accordingly. Unlike Microsoft Windows menu bars, which appear in each window, menu bars in OS X always appear at the top of the screen. The menu bar on a Mac is a thin bar found anchored to the top of the screen. To show the menu bar move your mouse or finger to the top of the screen. With Windows 8, Windows 10, and full-screen programs, the menu bar may be hidden to improve the appearance of the program.