Apple's little mascot doesn't seem to have a proper name yet. The Apple community is calling it variants of “Lil Findy” which is cool, but is still effectively, “Baby Yoda”.
The original Mac OS X Finder when I worked on it was codenamed “Millennium”, so my proposal is…
“Milly”.
@jamesthomson : Seedney.
@jamesthomson "Thoroughly Modern"
Jun 13, 2026, 1:12 PM@ultranurd @jamesthomson Thoroughly Modern Milly is genius.
I also can’t help thinking Findy —> Milly —> Mindy (as in Mork and …).
But that’s just Thoroughly Modern Silly.
@jamesthomson #Milly work for me!
“Maxilon the Devourer”
@jamesthomson I’m going to call it Neo Finder. But Siri AI suggests:
@jamesthomson I heard through the Apple Park grapevine that the unofficial official name is “Fin.”
@EshuMarneedi Interesting!
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Fin, in spanish, is The End.
Mmmm
Jun 13, 2026, 12:04 AM@jamesthomson I wasn’t super-jazzed about Finder “guy.” Since Milly could be somewhat female coded, and I had an Aunt Millie, i’m gonna support you on this.
@shelly 🥰
@shelly @jamesthomson Plus one for my grandma.
@NanoRaptor Perfect!
@jamesthomson I’d go with Lokai or Bele.
Bowie
@jamesthomson Hilariously I am 3D printing one of these right now
Did someone, Apple?, post a 3D design online?
@axel @jamesthomson there’s a bunch of fan made ones on various printing sites.
@jamesthomson too cute! Thanks for the insider scoop!
@jamesthomson sounds good to me
@jamesthomson definitely waving to clippy
Jun 13, 2026, 3:28 AM@jamesthomson I want him.
@jamesthomson reeks of plastic 🫠
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Who painted them blue?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zqYsFv_IxLc
@jamesthomson it doesn’t properly convey the greed and moral void that characterizes today’s Apple though.. “amorphous greedy blob” doesn’t quite cover it.. Grogu.. Greedu?
@jamesthomson Jeepers this is the first time I have seen it. Nightmare fuel.
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"The new Mascot"
@jamesthomson Surprised that nobody suggested Apple McAppleface yet
@jamesthomson Privately, I’ve been calling it NuClarus, but I’d support Milly 100%.
(Unrelated, I think it’s worth noting that the light half of their face goes all the way to the edge. No reason, just saying.)
Jun 13, 2026, 12:23 PM@jamesthomson hey, that only works if she’s calico
@jamesthomson @GeekAndDad we always called the original “two face”. This kind of reminds me of Clippy.
@jamesthomson It looks too much like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for my tastes.
@jeffwatkins Choose. Choose the form of the Destructor.
@jamesthomson Love!
@jamesthomson Marvin it is.