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| Version | Codename | Darwin version |
Processor support |
Application support |
Kernel | Date announced |
Release date |
End of support date |
Most recent version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Version | Grail1Z4 / Titan1U | 32-bit PowerPC | 32-bit PowerPC | 32-bit | January 7, 1997[1] | August 31, 1997 | Template:Unknown | DR2 (May 14, 1998) | |
| Template:Version | Hera | Template:Unknown | March 16, 1999 | Template:Unknown | 1.2v3 (October 27, 2000) | ||||
| Template:Version | Template:Unknown | May 11, 1998[2] | March 16, 1999 | Template:Unknown | DP4 (April 5, 2000) | ||||
| Template:Version | Kodiak[3] | May 15, 2000[4] | September 13, 2000 | March 24, 2001 | N/A | ||||
| Template:Version | Cheetah | 1.3.1 | January 9, 2001[5] | March 24, 2001 | 2004 | 10.0.4 (4Q12) (June 22, 2001) | |||
| Template:Version | Puma | 1.4.1 / 5 | July 18, 2001[6] | September 25, 2001 | 2005 | 10.1.5 (5S60) (June 6, 2002) | |||
| Template:Version | Jaguar | 6 | 32/64-bit PowerPCTemplate:Ref label | May 6, 2002[7] | August 24, 2002 | 2006 | 10.2.8 (October 3, 2003) | ||
| Template:Version | Panther | 7 | 32/64-bit PowerPC | June 23, 2003[8] | October 24, 2003 | 2007 | 10.3.9 (7W98) (April 15, 2005) | ||
| Template:Version | Tiger | 8 | 32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel |
32/64-bitTemplate:Ref label PowerPCTemplate:Ref label and Intel |
May 4, 2004[9] | April 29, 2005 | September 2009 | 10.4.11 (November 14, 2007) | |
| Template:Version | Leopard | 9 | 32/64-bit PowerPCTemplate:Ref label and Intel |
June 26, 2006[10] | October 26, 2007 | June 23, 2011 | 10.5.8 (9L31a) (August 13, 2009) | ||
| Template:Version | Snow Leopard | 10 | 32/64-bit Intel | 32/64-bit Intel 32-bit PowerPCTemplate:Ref label |
32/64-bit[11] | June 9, 2008[12] | August 28, 2009 | February 25, 2014 | 10.6.8 (10K549) (July 25, 2011) |
| Template:Version | Lion | 11 | 64-bit Intel | 32/64-bit Intel | October 20, 2010[13] | July 20, 2011 | October 2014 | 10.7.5 (11G63) (October 4, 2012) | |
| Template:Version | Mountain Lion | 12 | 64-bit[14] | February 16, 2012[15] | July 25, 2012[16] | September 2015 | 10.8.5 (12F2560) (August 13, 2015) | ||
| Template:Version | Mavericks | 13 | June 10, 2013[17] | October 22, 2013 | September 2016 | 10.9.5 (13F1911) (July 18, 2016) | |||
| Template:Version | Yosemite | 14 | June 2, 2014[18] | October 16, 2014 | August 2017 | 10.10.5 (14F2511) (July 19, 2017) | |||
| Template:Version | El Capitan | 15 | June 8, 2015[19] | September 30, 2015 | September 2018 | 10.11.6 (15G22010) (July 9, 2018) | |||
| Template:Version | Sierra | 16 | June 13, 2016[20] | September 20, 2016 | October 2019 | 10.12.6 (16G2136) (September 26, 2019) | |||
| Template:Version | High Sierra | 17 | June 5, 2017 | September 25, 2017 | December 2020 | 10.13.6 (17G14042) (November 12, 2020) | |||
| Template:Version | Mojave | 18 | June 4, 2018 | September 24, 2018 | Template:TBA | 10.14.6 (18G8022) (February 9, 2021) | |||
| Template:Version | Catalina | 19 | 64-bit Intel | June 3, 2019 | October 7, 2019 | Template:TBA | 10.15.7 (19H524) (February 9, 2021) | ||
| Template:Version | Big Sur | 20 | 64-bit Intel and ARM | 64-bit Intel and ARMTemplate:Ref label | June 22, 2020 | November 12, 2020 | Template:TBA | 11.2.3 (20D91) (March 8, 2021) | |
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- Template:Note labelThe PowerMac G5 had special Jaguar builds.
- Template:Note labelTiger did not support 64-bit GUI applications, only 64-bit CLI applications.[21][22]
- Template:Note label32-bit (but not 64-bit) PowerPC applications were supported on Intel processors with Rosetta.
- Template:Note label64-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.
- ↑ "Apple Announces Future Macintosh Operating System (OS) Strategy and Road Map". Apple.com. Apple Computer, Inc. 7 January 1997. Archived from the original on 16 January 1999. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ Davis, Jim (May 11, 1998). "OS X is the future for Apple". CNET. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ↑ Steven Borden-Weill (April 15, 2011). "Kodiak to Lion: 10 years of Mac OS X". Network World. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Apple Releases Mac OS X Developer Preview 4 with Final API Specs". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ↑ "Apple's Mac OS X to Ship on March 24". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
- ↑ "Apple Previews Next Version of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. July 18, 2001. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple Previews "Jaguar", the Next Major Release of Mac OS X" (Press release). Apple. May 6, 2002. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple Previews Mac OS X "Panther"" (Press release). Apple. June 23, 2003. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Jobs to Kick Off Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2004 with Preview of Mac OS X "Tiger"" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple Executives to Preview Mac OS X "Leopard" at WWDC 2006 Keynote" (Press release). Apple. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers" (Press release). Apple. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple Gives Sneak Peek of Mac OS X Lion" (Press release). Apple. October 20, 2010. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. 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.
- ↑ "Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview with Over 100 New Features" (Press release). Apple. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Apple Releases Developer Preview of OS X Mavericks With More Than 200 New Features" (Press release). Apple. June 10, 2013. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple Announces OS X Yosemite" (Press release). Apple. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple Announces OS X El Capitan with Refined Experience & Improved Performance" (Press release). Apple. June 8, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Apple previews major update with macOS Sierra" (Press release). Apple. June 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ John Siracusa (April 28, 2005). "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger". ArsTechnica.com. 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.