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) 2 months and 3 weeks ago
(16 Sep 2024)
Yes 15.2
(11 Dec 2024)
macOS 14 (Sonoma) 1 year and 2 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 2 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 2 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 3 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.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
sw_vers
Show Product Identifiers

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