macOS
Operating system for Apple computers
Also known as Mac OS · Macintosh Operating System X · Mac OS 10 · OSX · Modern Mac OS
- Instance of
- proprietary operating system
- , model series
- , Unix(since 2007)
- +3 more
- Subclass of
- Founded
- March 24, 2001
- Website
Overview
All data
243 statements · 19% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Latest version
- 26.0 released: September 15, 2025 · version type: stable version
- 10.0 (Cheetah) released: March 24, 2001 · item for this sense: Mac OS X 10.0
- 10.1 (Puma) released: September 25, 2001 · item for this sense: Mac OS X 10.1
- 10.2 (Jaguar) released: August 24, 2002 · item for this sense: Mac OS X 10.2
- 10.3 Panther released: October 24, 2003 · item for this sense: Mac OS X Panther
- 10.4 Tiger released: April 29, 2005 · item for this sense: Mac OS X Tiger
- 10.5 Leopard released: October 26, 2007 · item for this sense: Mac OS X Leopard
- 10.6 Snow Leopard released: August 28, 2009 · item for this sense: Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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- 10.7 Lion released: July 20, 2011 · item for this sense: Mac OS X Lion
- 10.8 Mountain Lion released: July 25, 2012 · item for this sense: OS X Mountain Lion
- 10.9 Mavericks released: October 22, 2013 · item for this sense: OS X Mavericks
- 10.10 Yosemite released: October 16, 2014 · item for this sense: OS X Yosemite
- 10.11 El Capitan released: September 30, 2015 · item for this sense: OS X El Capitan
- 10.12 Sierra released: September 20, 2016 · item for this sense: macOS Sierra
- 10.13 High Sierra released: September 25, 2017 · item for this sense: macOS High Sierra
- 10.14 Mojave released: September 24, 2018 · item for this sense: macOS Mojave
- 10.15 Catalina released: October 7, 2019 · item for this sense: macOS Catalina
- 11 Big Sur released: November 12, 2020 · item for this sense: macOS Big Sur
- 11.4 (20F71) Big Sur released: May 24, 2021 · item for this sense: macOS Big Sur
- 12.0.1 Monterey released: October 25, 2021 · item for this sense: macOS Monterey
- 12.2.1 released: February 10, 2022
- 12.5.1 released: August 17, 2022
- 13.1
- 13.2
- 13.4.1 version type: stable version · released: June 21, 2023 · working title: Ventura
1
Sources- 1.“Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.4.1”macrumors.com/2023/06/21/apple-releases-macos-ventura-13-4-1/Retrieved 2023-06-30
- 13.5 version type: stable version · released: July 24, 2023
- 13.5.1 version type: stable version · released: August 17, 2023
- 13.6 released: September 21, 2023 · version type: stable version
- 14.2.1 released: December 19, 2023 · version type: stable version
- 14.4 released: March 7, 2024 · version type: stable version
1
Sources- 1.“macOS 14.4 (23E214) - Releases - Apple Developer”developer.apple.com/news/releases/?id=03072024d
- 14.4.1 released: March 25, 2024 · version type: stable version
1
Sources- 1.“macOS 14.4.1 (23E224) - Releases - Apple Developer”developer.apple.com/news/releases/?id=03252024a
- 14.5 released: May 13, 2024 · version type: stable version
- 14.6.1 released: August 7, 2024 · version type: stable version
- 15.0 released: September 16, 2024 · version type: stable version
- 14.7 version type: stable version · released: September 16, 2024
- 15.1 version type: stable version · released: October 28, 2024
1
Sources- 1.“Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.1 With Apple Intelligence”macrumors.com/2024/10/28/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-1/
- 15.2 version type: stable version · released: December 11, 2024
2
Sources- 1.“macOS Sequoia 15.2 Release Notes”developer.apple.com/documentation/macos-release-notes/macos-15_2-release-notes
- 2.“Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.2 With New Apple Intelligence Features”macrumors.com/2024/12/11/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-2/
- 15.3 version type: stable version · released: January 27, 2025
1
Sources- 1.“Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.3 With Genmoji”macrumors.com/2025/01/27/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-3/
- 15.4 released: March 31, 2025 · version type: stable version · title: Sequoia
1
Sources- 1.“Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.4 With Mail Categorization and More”macrumors.com/2025/03/31/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-4/Retrieved 2025-05-17
- 15.5 released: May 12, 2025 · version type: stable version · title: Sequoia
1
Sources- 1.“Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.5”macrumors.com/2025/05/12/apple-releases-macos-sequoia-15-5/Retrieved 2025-05-17
- Released
- March 24, 2001
- Official name
- macOS(since 2016)
- OS X(2012–2016)
- Mac OS X(until 2012)
- macOS(since 2016)
- OS X(2012–2016)
- Mac OS X(until 2012)
- Platforms
- x86-64 operating system: Mac OS X Tiger
- AArch64 operating system: macOS Big Sur
- PowerPC operating system: Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS X Leopard
- x86 operating system: Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard
- Product certification
- Single UNIX Specification(since 2007)
- Members / parts
- Mac OS X Public Beta
- Mac OS X 10.0 latest version: 10.0
- Mac OS X 10.1 latest version: 10.1
- Mac OS X 10.2 latest version: 10.2
- Mac OS X Panther latest version: 10.3
- Mac OS X Tiger latest version: 10.4
- Mac OS X Leopard latest version: 10.5
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard latest version: 10.6
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- Mac OS X Lion latest version: 10.7
- OS X Mountain Lion latest version: 10.8
- OS X Mavericks latest version: 10.9
- OS X Yosemite latest version: 10.10
- OS X El Capitan latest version: 10.11
- macOS Sierra latest version: 10.12
- macOS High Sierra latest version: 10.13
- macOS Mojave latest version: 10.14
- macOS Catalina latest version: 10.15
- macOS Big Sur latest version: 11
- macOS Monterey latest version: 12
- macOS Ventura latest version: 13
- macOS Sonoma latest version: 14
- macOS Sequoia latest version: 15
- macOS Tahoe latest version: 26
- PyPI trove classifier
- Operating System :: MacOS
- Environment :: MacOS X
- Environment :: MacOS X
- Operating System :: MacOS
On other databases
52 identifiers linking macOS across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDmac-os
- BabelNet ID01334510n
- BAnQ authority ID0000392062
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID13512513v
- BIBSYS ID98025087
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12078397
- Consumer Rights Wiki article ID9817
- ELMCIP ID10654
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDtechnology/Mac-OS-X
- Fandom article IDgamicus:Mac_OS
- FOLDOC IDMac+OS+X
- Freebase ID/m/055yr
- GAMECIP platform ID1010
- Gamekult platform ID160076
- GitHub topicmacos
- GitLab.com topic IDmacos
- GND ID4642298-5
- Golden ID (archived)MacOS-33KK
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDMacOS
- IdRef ID05040637X
- Internet Game Database platform IDmac
- Itch.io tag IDplatform-osx
- J9U entity ID987007588651905171
- KBpedia IDMacOS
- Lex IDMacOS
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn96060065
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)515153823
- Namuwiki IDmacOS
- National Library of Greece ID281776
- National Library of Iceland ID000051989
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls002105870
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:BgDD;=BH
- NE.se IDmac-os
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDmacos
- NL CR AUT IDph156625
- ONIX codelist ID176/13
- OpenAlex IDC515153823
- OSDev article ID3784
- Quora topic IDmacOS-operating-system
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)macos
- ScreenScraper platform ID146
- SteamGridDB ID5269301
- StrategyWiki IDCategory:Mac_OS
- SubredditMacOS
- SVKKL authority ID0336010-Mac-OS-X
- TheGamesDB platform ID37
- UVL platform ID219
- VIAF cluster ID8146152942405251549
- Vikidia article IDen:Mac_OS_X
- WikiKids IDMacOS
- YSO ID923
- Zhihu topic ID19550290