Rumor: Evidence for a Castle in the 'iCloud' for Lion
French blog Consomac sent us a heads-up that they've done a bit of digging in the current developer preview, searching for further evidence of the suggested Find My Mac feature in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and the fabled iCloud domain name. What they found was fascinating.
In searching through Lion's strings for references to Find My Mac, iCloud or MobileMe, they came up with the localized strings seen in the image: "Complete your Castle upgrade," and "Click OK to open System Preferences and complete your upgrade from MobileMe to Castle."
Now, as much as we'd love to see Apple's email, calendar and cloud storage offering converted into an ABC romcedural starring the delightfully geeky Nathan Fillion, that might not go over so well with everyone. As Consomac's post suggests, the likeliest explanation for this string set is that 'Castle' is a code name for the next-generation online service offering from Apple. Said online service, naturally, is what we suspect the iCloud domain will be used for in the next OS version -- and chances are we'll see it in action at WWDC.
Thanks to Sylvain for the tip.
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"Castle"; a good name at last.. thanks for the post.Tanzania Vacations
May 03 2011 at 6:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI do hope it stays as Castle. That would be wicked awesome!
May 02 2011 at 8:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs Apple developing a siege mentality?
May 02 2011 at 7:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_and_Irene_Castle
... Vernon was a flight instructor in the RFC, 1WW.
Cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u9QNYjYvYQ
There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls,
Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
There is a lady all in white,
Holds me and sings a lullaby,
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,
She says "Cosette, I love you very much."
I know a place where no one's lost,
I know a place where no one cries,
Crying at all is not allowed,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
Why don't you guys, please get all pissy over who dropped what RUMOR (unsubsantiated piece of "Leaked" material) to help pump the hype for an overly touted OS update that is pushing the edge of overdue!
Dump some bravado and move on! Especially, those who work here!
SHEEEESH! Be above the fray.
UGH!!!
Do not get me wrong... I love the Mac OS and despise that Microcrap Windoze stuff. But, c'mon!!
May 01 2011 at 5:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYou lot should get a life. The dudes in France who prompted this attention - really should get a life.
May 01 2011 at 1:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA romcedursl would be a romantic procedural as in procedural drama, a show featuring a romance and a case of the week.
May 01 2011 at 12:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCastles in the air: “daydreams; thinking or dreaming about something unattainable†(about.com)
There's a Don Mclean song ready to plug into the ads, too.
So if my "castle" is under siege by hackers, is there a "boiling oil" security option? I'm gonna go play Stronghold now.
May 01 2011 at 8:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"French blog Consomac sent us a heads-up .."
By which you mean that you noticed that MacRumors was already running the story, and thought you'd jump on the bandwagon?
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