In all the hoopla surrounding the iPhone 6S and a $99 stylus, a small but significant detail escaped much attention.
El Capitan, Apple's new operating system, will drop on Sept. 30. The free update was first announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.
The official release date was spotted by The Verge in a demo email message during Wednesday's product keynote.
An email marked "El Capitan status" to Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, from Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, was briefly shown on the big screen. "El Capitan is looking great and the feedback from the beta has been fantastic," Schiller had written. "El Capitan ship date is September 30."
The company's website has now been updated to reflect the announced date.
Building on Apple's existing OS software Yosemite, the update has been available in beta since July. While not revolutionary, El Capitan has some tempting features such as Split View, which lets users put two apps side by side, along with a tweak to Safari that will -- finally -- let you mute tabs in the address bar, among other improvements.
For those wondering about the moniker -- El Capitan is a famous peak within Yosemite National Park, continuing Apple's love of giving its operating systems names inspired by California.
Downloading El Capitan means that Apple fans will have to get familiar with the company's new system font -- San Francisco -- that was also announced in June.