The Apple Logo Has No Connection To Turing

It's a common misconception that Alan Turing is being honored by the distinctive Apple logo, which features a half-eaten apple. What a fact about Alan Turing! Fast-forward around 20 years after Turing’s death to a garage where a few men are building personal computers. They already had a name for their product, but now they required a logo. The men chose to remove a single bite from the apple graphic they had chosen to represent their company in honor of Turing and to make a statement about his persecution. They were aware of Turing's contributions to computers and coding. Our phones, PCs, and iPods all have the recognizable Apple logo thanks to this.

That's how the narrative goes. But even though it's nice, the logo's creator claims that it's simply untrue. According to the designer, the apple was just bit into to ensure that it wasn't mistaken for a cherry. Even while Steve Jobs acknowledged that it wasn't a purposeful allusion to Turing, he reportedly remarked, "God, we wish it were," as reported by Stephen Fry.