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Template:MacOS versions

Mac OS X, OS X, and macOS version information
Version Release Name Darwin
version 		Processor
support 		Application
support 		Kernel Date
announced 		Release
date 		Most recent
version
Old version, no longer maintained: Rhapsody Developer Release Grail1Z4/Titan1U
(internal codename) 		Un­known 32-bit PowerPC
and Intel 		32-bit PowerPC
and Intel 		32-bit January 7, 1997[1] August 31, 1997 DR2
(May 14, 1998)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X Server 1.0 Hera
(internal codename) 		32-bit PowerPC 32-bit PowerPC January 5th, 1999[2] March 16, 1999 1.2v3
(October 27, 2000)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X Developer Preview Un­known May 11, 1998[3] March 16, 1999 DP4
(April 5, 2000)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X Public Beta Kodiak[4]
(internal codename) 		May 15, 2000[5] September 13, 2000 —
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
(internal codename) 		1.3.1 January 9, 2001[6] March 24, 2001 10.0.4 (4Q12)
(June 22, 2001)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
(internal codename) 		1.4.1/5 July 18, 2001[7] September 25, 2001 10.1.5 (5S60)
(June 6, 2002)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar 6 32/64-bit PowerPC[Note 1] May 6, 2002[8] August 24, 2002 10.2.8
(October 3, 2003)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.3 Panther 7 June 23, 2003[9] October 24, 2003 10.3.9 (7W98)
(April 15, 2005)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger 8 32/64-bit PowerPC
and Intel 		32/64-bit PowerPC
and Intel [Note 2] [Note 3] 		May 4, 2004[10] April 29, 2005 10.4.11
(November 14, 2007)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9 June 26, 2006[11] October 26, 2007 10.5.8 (9L31a)
(August 13, 2009)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 10 32/64-bit Intel 32/64-bit Intel
32-bit PowerPC[Note 3] 		32/64-bit[12] June 9, 2008[13] August 28, 2009 10.6.8 (10K549)
(July 25, 2011)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion 11 64-bit Intel 32/64-bit Intel October 20, 2010[14] July 20, 2011 10.7.5 (11G63)
(October 4, 2012)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 12 64-bit[15] February 16, 2012[16] July 25, 2012[17] 10.8.5 (12F2560)
(August 13, 2015)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.9 Mavericks 13 June 10, 2013[18] October 22, 2013 10.9.5 (13F1911)
(July 18, 2016)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.10 Yosemite 14 June 2, 2014[19] October 16, 2014 10.10.5 (14F2511)
(July 19, 2017)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.11 El Capitan 15 June 8, 2015[20] September 30, 2015 10.11.6 (15G22010)
(July 9, 2018)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.12 Sierra 16 June 13, 2016[21] September 20, 2016 10.12.6 (16G2136)
(September 26, 2019)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.13 High Sierra 17 June 5, 2017 September 25, 2017 10.13.6 (17G14042)
(November 12, 2020)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.14 Mojave 18 June 4, 2018 September 24, 2018 10.14.6 (18G9323)
(July 21, 2021)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.15 Catalina 19 64-bit Intel June 3, 2019 October 7, 2019 10.15.7 (19H2026)
(July 20, 2022)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 11 Big Sur 20 64-bit Intel and ARM[Note 4] June 22, 2020 November 12, 2020 11.7.10 (20G1427)
(September 11, 2023)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 12 Monterey 21 June 7, 2021 October 25, 2021 12.7.6 (21H1320)
(July 29, 2024)
Old version, yet still maintained: macOS 13 Ventura 22 June 6, 2022 October 24, 2022 13.7.1 (22H123)
(October 28, 2024)
Old version, yet still maintained: macOS 14 Sonoma 23 June 5, 2023 September 26, 2023 14.7.1 (23H124)
(October 28, 2024)
Current stable version: macOS 15 Sequoia 24 June 10, 2024 September 16, 2024 15.1 (24B83)
(October 28, 2024)
Legend:
Old version, not maintained
Old version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release
1.↑ The Power Mac G5 had special Jaguar builds.
2.↑ Tiger did not support 64-bit GUI applications, only 64-bit CLI applications.[22][23]
3.1 2 32-bit (but not 64-bit) PowerPC applications were supported on Intel processors with Rosetta.
4.↑ 64-bit Intel applications are supported on Apple silicon Macs with Rosetta 2. However, Intel-based Macs are unable to run ARM-based applications, such as iOS and iPadOS apps.
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  8. ^ "Apple Previews "Jaguar", the Next Major Release of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. May 6, 2002. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "Apple Previews Mac OS X "Panther"" (Press release). Apple. June 23, 2003. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  10. ^ "Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 with Preview of Mac OS X "Tiger"" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  11. ^ "Apple Executives to Preview Mac OS X "Leopard" at WWDC 2006 Keynote" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  12. ^ "Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bit to the Kernel". AppleInsider. October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  13. ^ "Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers" (Press release). Apple. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "Apple Gives Sneak Peek of Mac OS X Lion" (Press release). Apple. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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  18. ^ "Apple Releases Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks With More Than 200 New Features" (Press release). Apple. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  19. ^ "Apple Announces OS X Yosemite" (Press release). Apple. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  20. ^ "Apple Announces OS X El Capitan with Refined Experience & Improved Performance" (Press release). Apple. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  21. ^ "Apple previews major update with macOS Sierra" (Press release). Apple. June 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  22. ^ John Siracusa (April 28, 2005). "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger". Ars Technica. p. 4. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
  23. ^ Apple (March 6, 2006). "Developing 64-bit applications". Apple Developer Connection. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
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