OS X Yosemite Release Date to Land Soon; Apple Fans Wait Patiently

Apple's new Mac operating system, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, could finally be released soon.

The Cupertino-based giant unveiled its latest desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers during the World Wide Developer's Conference in June. Apple also opened the beta version of Yosemite to developers and selected members of the public for testing, but there has been no word since then when the OS will officially come out.

On Thursday, Apple announced that a press launch is scheduled for Oct. 16, which may see the company's latest OS finally launched to the public.

Tech experts said the event will most likely focus on the company's latest line of iPads, but it's also possible that Apple will use the press launch to formally introduce Yosemite to the public. In fact, the press invite to the launch features a mysterious slogan, which says, "It's been way too long."

Yosemite's gold master version has already hit the Macs of those who were able to enrol in the beta program. Initial reports claimed Yosemite will be rolled out sometime in October, with previous rumors pointing to Oct. 21 as the date of the official launch.

OS X 10.10 Yosemite's rumored launch next week will fall in a similar time frame that Apple has yet for the release of its predecessors.

In the past, Apple announced OS X 10.7 Lion in October 2010, and then released it to the public in July the following year. The same thing happened with OS X 10.8 Mountain, which was announced in February 2012 before it was rolled out in July of the same year. Most recently, OS X 10.9 Mavericks was announced in June 2013 before it was made available to public in October 2013.

Still, tech analysts said Apple may want to speed up Yosemite's launch because some features in the current OS version do not work in iOS 8, including iCloud Drive and Continuity.