Desktop · Mac, Darwin, BSD · Apple
MacOS
2001
v[±]
Proprietary
Active
Operating system entry sourced from Wikipedia: MacOS.
Key specifications
- Family
- Mac, Darwin, BSD
- Type
- Desktop
- Kernel
- Hybrid, XNU
- Version
- [±]
- License
- Proprietary
- Released
- 2001
general
| Available in | 47 languages |
|---|---|
| Defaultuser interface | Aqua, graphical |
| Developer | Apple |
| Initial release | March 24, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-03-24) |
| Kernel type | Hybrid, XNU |
| Latest release | [±] |
| License | Proprietary |
| Mac OS X 10.0 | Cheetah, [a] |
| Mac OS X 10.1 | Puma, [a] |
| Mac OS X 10.2 | Jaguar |
| Mac OS X 10.3 | Panther |
| Mac OS X 10.4 | Tiger |
| Mac OS X 10.5 | Leopard |
| Mac OS X 10.6 | Snow Leopard |
| Mac OS X 10.7 | Lion |
| Mac OS X Server 1.0 | Hera, [a] |
| macOS 10.12 | Sierra |
| macOS 10.13 | High Sierra |
| macOS 10.14 | Mojave |
| macOS 10.15 | Catalina |
| macOS 11 | Big Sur |
| macOS 12 | Monterey |
| macOS 13 | Ventura |
| macOS 14 | Sonoma |
| macOS 15 | Sequoia |
| macOS 26 | Tahoe |
| Official website | www.apple.com/os/macos/ |
| OS family | Mac, Darwin, BSD |
| OS X 10.10 | Yosemite |
| OS X 10.11 | El Capitan |
| OS X 10.8 | Mountain Lion |
| OS X 10.9 | Mavericks |
| Preceded by | Classic Mac OS, NeXTSTEP |
| Source model | Proprietary, open source |
| Supported platforms | Apple silicon, ARM64, ARMv9-A |
| Written in | C, C++, Objective-C |
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Performance profile
Catalog-derived scores for comparison — not benchmark results.
Security
72
Performance
46
Compatibility
50
Ecosystem
92
Modern support
83
Related systems
Data sources
- wikipedia os en.wikipedia.org → 2 days ago