Apple macOS

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macOS (aka OS X, Mac OS X) is the primary operating system for Apple’s Mac computers.

Release Released Service Status Latest
macOS 15 (Sequoia) 3 months and 3 weeks ago
(16 Sep 2024)
Yes 15.2
(11 Dec 2024)
macOS 14 (Sonoma) 1 year and 3 months ago
(26 Sep 2023)
Yes 14.7.2
(11 Dec 2024)
macOS 13 (Ventura) 2 years ago
(24 Oct 2022)
Yes 13.7.2
(11 Dec 2024)
macOS 12 (Monterey) 3 years ago
(25 Oct 2021)
Ended 3 months and 3 weeks ago
(16 Sep 2024)
12.7.6
(29 Jul 2024)
macOS 11 (Big Sur) 4 years ago
(12 Nov 2020)
Ended 1 year and 3 months ago
(26 Sep 2023)
11.7.10
(11 Sep 2023)
macOS 10.15 (Catalina) 5 years ago
(07 Oct 2019)
Ended 2 years and 4 months ago
(12 Sep 2022)
10.15.7
(24 Sep 2020)
macOS 10.14 (Mojave) 6 years ago
(24 Sep 2018)
Ended 3 years ago
(25 Oct 2021)
10.14.6
(22 Jul 2019)
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) 7 years ago
(25 Sep 2017)
Ended 4 years ago
(01 Dec 2020)
10.13.6
(09 Jul 2018)
macOS 10.12 (Sierra) 8 years ago
(20 Sep 2016)
Ended 5 years ago
(01 Oct 2019)
10.12.6
(19 Jul 2017)
OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) 9 years ago
(30 Sep 2015)
Ended 6 years ago
(01 Dec 2018)
10.11.6
(18 Jul 2016)
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) 10 years ago
(16 Oct 2014)
Ended 7 years ago
(01 Aug 2017)
10.10.5
(13 Aug 2015)
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) 11 years ago
(22 Oct 2013)
Ended 8 years ago
(01 Dec 2016)
10.9.5
(17 Sep 2014)
OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) 12 years ago
(25 Jul 2012)
Ended 9 years ago
(13 Aug 2015)
10.8.5
(12 Sep 2013)
Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) 13 years ago
(20 Jul 2011)
Ended 12 years ago
(04 Oct 2012)
10.7.5
(19 Sep 2012)
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) 15 years ago
(28 Aug 2009)
Ended 13 years ago
(25 Jul 2011)
10.6.8
(25 Jul 2011)
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) 17 years ago
(26 Oct 2007)
Ended 15 years ago
(13 Aug 2009)
10.5.8
(13 Aug 2009)
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) 19 years ago
(29 Apr 2005)
Ended 17 years ago
(14 Nov 2007)
10.4.11
(14 Nov 2007)
Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) 21 years ago
(24 Oct 2003)
Ended 19 years ago
(15 Apr 2005)
10.3.9
(15 Apr 2005)
Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) 22 years ago
(24 Aug 2002)
Ended 21 years ago
(03 Oct 2003)
10.2.8
(03 Oct 2003)
Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma) 23 years ago
(25 Sep 2001)
Ended 22 years ago
(06 Jun 2002)
10.1.5
(06 Jun 2002)
Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) 23 years ago
(24 Mar 2001)
Ended 23 years ago
(22 Jun 2001)
10.0.4
(22 Jun 2001)

Major versions of macOS are released once a year now, and usually maintained for three years. Apple usually provides security updates for the latest 3 releases, but this isn’t consistently applied and security fixes aren’t guaranteed for the non-latest releases.

More information is available on the Apple macOS website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

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