Apple Announces Oct. 20 "Back to the Mac" Event

I see a lion.

This week Apple sent out invites to an October 20 event dubbed "Back to the Mac." Few details are available at this time, but many are trying to read the tea leaves.

The invitation picture for the Apple event features a picture of a lion, which could mean that Apple is prepping some sort of new operating system upgrade. Each previous Mac OS X update has had a big cat as a code name, and Apple has yet to use "lion" as a moniker. It released its last update to the software – Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard – in August of last year.

Other potential announcements could be a new MacBook Air, Face Time to the MacBook line, and more possible information about AirPlay.

We'll have to wait until the 20th to see what happens.