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Overview of 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 Unsupported: 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 Unsupported: 10.0.4 June 22, 2001
Mac OS X 10.1 Puma[a] 1.4.1/5 September 25, 2001 Unsupported: 10.1.5 June 6, 2002
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar 6 August 24, 2002 Unsupported: 10.2.8 October 3, 2003 32/64-bit PowerPC[b]
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther 7 October 24, 2003 Unsupported: 10.3.9 April 15, 2005
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger 8 April 29, 2005 Unsupported: 10.4.11 November 14, 2007 32/64-bit PowerPC
and Intel 		32/64-bit PowerPC
and Intel[c][d]
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9 October 26, 2007 Unsupported: 10.5.8 August 13, 2009
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 10 August 28, 2009 Unsupported: 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 Unsupported: 10.7.5 October 4, 2012 64-bit Intel 32/64-bit Intel
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 12 July 25, 2012[4] Unsupported: 10.8.5 August 13, 2015 64-bit[5]
OS X 10.9 Mavericks 13 October 22, 2013 Unsupported: 10.9.5 July 18, 2016
OS X 10.10 Yosemite 14 October 16, 2014 Unsupported: 10.10.5 July 19, 2017
OS X 10.11 El Capitan 15 September 30, 2015 Unsupported: 10.11.6 July 9, 2018
macOS 10.12 Sierra 16 September 20, 2016 Unsupported: 10.12.6 September 26, 2019
macOS 10.13 High Sierra 17 September 25, 2017 Unsupported: 10.13.6 November 12, 2020
macOS 10.14 Mojave 18 September 24, 2018 Unsupported: 10.14.6 July 21, 2021
macOS 10.15 Catalina 19 October 7, 2019 Unsupported: 10.15.7 June 20, 2022 64-bit Intel
macOS 11 Big Sur 20 November 12, 2020 Unsupported: 11.7.10 September 11, 2023 64-bit Intel and ARM[e]
macOS 12 Monterey 21 October 25, 2021 Unsupported: 12.7.6 July 29, 2024
macOS 13 Ventura 22 October 24, 2022 Supported: 13.7.7 July 29, 2025
macOS 14 Sonoma 23 September 26, 2023 Supported: 14.7.7
macOS 15 Sequoia 24 September 16, 2024 Latest version: 15.6
macOS 26 Tahoe 25 Late 2025[6] Preview version: 26.0 beta 4 July 22, 2025
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  1. ^ a b c Internal codename.
  2. ^ The Power Mac G5 had special Jaguar builds.
  3. ^ Tiger did not support 64-bit GUI applications, only 64-bit CLI applications.[1][2]
  4. ^ a b 32-bit (but not 64-bit) PowerPC applications were supported on Intel processors with Rosetta.
  5. ^ 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.

➔ Back to article "macOS version history"

  1. ^ John Siracusa (April 28, 2005). "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger". Ars Technica. p. 4. Retrieved February 25, 2007.
  2. ^ Apple (March 6, 2006). "Developing 64-bit applications". Apple Developer Connection. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "macOS Tahoe 26 makes the Mac more capable, productive, and intelligent than ever". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
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