macOS 26 will be named after Lake Tahoe — Bloomberg

In the new weekly edition of Power On, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that macOS 26 will be named Tahoe — in honor of the picturesque Lake Tahoe in California.

Apple previously named its Mac operating systems after big cats, such as Cheetah, Tiger, Leopard, and Lion. Starting with OS X Mavericks in 2013, the company switched to names associated with Californian geographic locations, such as Yosemite, Monterey, Sonoma, and Sequoia.

Lake Tahoe is known for its mirror-like waters that reflect the surrounding scenery, including mountains and the sky. According to Gurman, this coincides with rumors that macOS 26 will have a "glass" design with more transparent windows, buttons, and icons.

By the way, the OS redesign project is codenamed Solarium. It is also known that with the release of macOS 26, Apple will stop supporting some older Macs.

Apple is expected to unveil macOS 26 Tahoe alongside iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26 during its WWDC 2025 keynote event, which will begin on June 9, 2025.