Template:MacOS versions
| Release | Darwin version |
Release date | Latest release | Compatibility | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Name | Version | Release date | Processor | Application | Kernel | ||
| Mac OS X Server 1.0 | Hera[a] | 0.1-0.3 | March 16, 1999 | 1.2v3 | October 27, 2000 | 32-bit PowerPC | 32-bit PowerPC | 32-bit |
| Mac OS X 10.0 | Cheetah[a] | 1.3.1 | March 24, 2001 | 10.0.4 | June 22, 2001 | |||
| Mac OS X 10.1 | Puma[a] | 1.4.1/5 | September 25, 2001 | 10.1.5 | June 6, 2002 | |||
| Mac OS X 10.2 | Jaguar | 6 | August 24, 2002 | 10.2.8 | October 3, 2003 | 32/64-bit PowerPC[b] | ||
| Mac OS X 10.3 | Panther | 7 | October 24, 2003 | 10.3.9 | April 15, 2005 | |||
| Mac OS X 10.4 | Tiger | 8 | April 29, 2005 | 10.4.11 | November 14, 2007 | 32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel[c][d] | ||
| Mac OS X 10.5 | Leopard | 9 | October 26, 2007 | 10.5.8 | August 13, 2009 | |||
| Mac OS X 10.6 | Snow Leopard | 10 | August 28, 2009 | 10.6.8 | July 25, 2011 | 32/64-bit Intel | 32/64-bit Intel 32-bit PowerPC[d] |
32/64-bit[3] |
| Mac OS X 10.7 | Lion | 11 | July 20, 2011 | 10.7.5 | October 4, 2012 | 64-bit Intel | 32/64-bit Intel | |
| OS X 10.8 | Mountain Lion | 12 | July 25, 2012[4] | 10.8.5 | August 13, 2015 | 64-bit[5] | ||
| OS X 10.9 | Mavericks | 13 | October 22, 2013 | 10.9.5 | July 18, 2016 | |||
| OS X 10.10 | Yosemite | 14 | October 16, 2014 | 10.10.5 | July 19, 2017 | |||
| OS X 10.11 | El Capitan | 15 | September 30, 2015 | 10.11.6 | July 9, 2018 | |||
| macOS 10.12 | Sierra | 16 | September 20, 2016 | 10.12.6 | September 26, 2019 | |||
| macOS 10.13 | High Sierra | 17 | September 25, 2017 | 10.13.6 | November 12, 2020 | |||
| macOS 10.14 | Mojave | 18 | September 24, 2018 | 10.14.6 | July 21, 2021 | |||
| macOS 10.15 | Catalina | 19 | October 7, 2019 | 10.15.8 | February 2, 2026 | 64-bit Intel | ||
| macOS 11 | Big Sur | 20 | November 12, 2020 | 11.7.11 | 64-bit Intel and ARM[e] | |||
| macOS 12 | Monterey | 21 | October 25, 2021 | 12.7.6 | July 29, 2024 | |||
| macOS 13 | Ventura | 22 | October 24, 2022 | 13.7.8 | August 20, 2025 | |||
| macOS 14 | Sonoma | 23 | September 26, 2023 | 14.8.8 | July 27, 2026 | |||
| macOS 15 | Sequoia | 24 | September 16, 2024 | 15.7.8 | ||||
| macOS 26 | Tahoe | 25 | September 15, 2025 | 26.6 | ||||
| macOS 27 | Golden Gate | 26 | 2026 | 27.0 beta 4 | July 20, 2026 | 64-bit ARM | 64-bit Intel and ARM[f] | |
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- 1 2 3 Internal codename.
- ↑ The Power Mac G5 had special Jaguar builds.
- ↑ Tiger did not support 64-bit GUI applications, only 64-bit CLI applications.[1][2]
- 1 2 32-bit (but not 64-bit) PowerPC applications were supported on Intel processors with Rosetta.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 64-bit Intel applications are supported on Apple silicon Macs with Rosetta 2.
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- ↑ John Siracusa (April 28, 2005). "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger". Ars Technica. p. 4. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
- ↑ Apple (March 6, 2006). "Developing 64-bit applications". Apple Developer Connection. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store" (Press release). Apple. July 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Older 64-bit Macs out of the picture for Mountain Lion". CNET. July 11, 2012. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.