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According to the lore, McIntosh was Jef Raskin's favorite apple cultivar.

https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...

Caution: folklore.org can consume hours of your life! That site is full of awesome stories from the early days of the Mac. It's addictive!

This! I recommend the book[1] as a slighty less addictive version.

[1] https://www.amazon.ca/Revolution-Valley-Paperback-Insanely-G...

The fruit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_(apple)

I don’t know but I did hear that Jobs actually did get approval from McIntosh the stereo company to avoid any trademark lawsuits later, and thats why he spelled it Macintosh.