OS X Mavericks is the name chosen by the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), for the latest version of the operating system for Mac-s, and on stage WWDCThe reasoning behind this decision was partially explained to us. Craig Federighi stated that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), he ran out of feline names to use with the new versions of OS X, so from now on they will use the names of famous locations in California. For this version of OS X, they chose the name Mavericks, which was given to a famous surfing location in California, a sign that there are enough athletes among the people in the management of the Apple team.
In early March 1961, three surfers, Alex Matienzo, Jim Thompson, and Dick Knottmeyer decided to try the distant waves off Pillar Point. With them was a white-haired German Shepherd named Maverick, owned by Matienzo's roommate. Maverick was used to swimming out with his owner, or with Matienzo, while they were out surfing. The trio left Maverick on shore, but he swam out and caught up with them. Finding the conditions unsafe for the dog, Matienzo tied him up before joining the others. The riders had limited success that day, surfing overhead peaks about 1/4 mile from shore, just along the rocks that are visible from shore. They deemed the bigger outside waves too dangerous.
They decided to name the surfing location after Maverick, who seemed to have gotten the most out of the experience. It became known simply as "Mavericks".
We know the story behind the name OS X Mavericks, but the story behind choosing the name of that surfing location is completely different. It seems that in 1961 three surfers discovered the location now chosen by Apple, then they made the decision to name it after the name of the dog owned by one of them, namely Maverick. Now it is interesting that Apple has switched from cats to dogs for OS X Mavericks, but probably the name of the future version of OS X will not have anything to do with any dog.
