| Version | Release Name | Darwin version | Processor support | Application support | Kernel | Date announced | Release date | Most recent version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhapsody Developer Release | Grail1Z4/Titan1U (internal codename) | Unknown | 32-bit PowerPC and Intel | 32-bit PowerPC and Intel | 32-bit | January 7, 1997 | August 31, 1997 | DR2 (May 14, 1998) | |
| Mac OS X Server 1.0 | Hera (internal codename) | 32-bit PowerPC | 32-bit PowerPC | January 5th, 1999 | March 16, 1999 | 1.2v3 (October 27, 2000) | |||
| Mac OS X Developer Preview | Unknown | May 11, 1998 | March 16, 1999 | DP4 (April 5, 2000) | |||||
| Mac OS X Public Beta | Kodiak (internal codename) | May 15, 2000 | September 13, 2000 | — | |||||
| Mac OS X 10.0 | Cheetah (internal codename) | 1.3.1 | January 9, 2001 | March 24, 2001 | 10.0.4 (4Q12) (June 22, 2001) | ||||
| Mac OS X 10.1 | Puma (internal codename) | 1.4.1/5 | July 18, 2001 | September 25, 2001 | 10.1.5 (5S60) (June 6, 2002) | ||||
| Mac OS X 10.2 | Jaguar | 6 | 32/64-bit PowerPC[Note 1] | May 6, 2002 | August 24, 2002 | 10.2.8 (October 3, 2003) | |||
| Mac OS X 10.3 | Panther | 7 | June 23, 2003 | October 24, 2003 | 10.3.9 (7W98) (April 15, 2005) | ||||
| Mac OS X 10.4 | Tiger | 8 | 32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel | 32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel [Note 2] [Note 3] | May 4, 2004 | April 29, 2005 | 10.4.11 (November 14, 2007) | ||
| Mac OS X 10.5 | Leopard | 9 | June 26, 2006 | October 26, 2007 | 10.5.8 (9L31a) (August 13, 2009) | ||||
| Mac OS X 10.6 | Snow Leopard | 10 | 32/64-bit Intel | 32/64-bit Intel 32-bit PowerPC[Note 3] | 32/64-bit | June 9, 2008 | August 28, 2009 | 10.6.8 (10K549) (July 25, 2011) | |
| Mac OS X 10.7 | Lion | 11 | 64-bit Intel | 32/64-bit Intel | October 20, 2010 | July 20, 2011 | 10.7.5 (11G63) (October 4, 2012) | ||
| OS X 10.8 | Mountain Lion | 12 | 64-bit | February 16, 2012 | July 25, 2012 | 10.8.5 (12F2560) (August 13, 2015) | |||
| OS X 10.9 | Mavericks | 13 | June 10, 2013 | October 22, 2013 | 10.9.5 (13F1911) (July 18, 2016) | ||||
| OS X 10.10 | Yosemite | 14 | June 2, 2014 | October 16, 2014 | 10.10.5 (14F2511) (July 19, 2017) | ||||
| OS X 10.11 | El Capitan | 15 | June 8, 2015 | September 30, 2015 | 10.11.6 (15G22010) (July 9, 2018) | ||||
| macOS 10.12 | Sierra | 16 | June 13, 2016 | September 20, 2016 | 10.12.6 (16G2136) (September 26, 2019) | ||||
| macOS 10.13 | High Sierra | 17 | June 5, 2017 | September 25, 2017 | 10.13.6 (17G14042) (November 12, 2020) | ||||
| macOS 10.14 | Mojave | 18 | June 4, 2018 | September 24, 2018 | 10.14.6 (18G9323) (July 21, 2021) | ||||
| macOS 10.15 | Catalina | 19 | 64-bit Intel | June 3, 2019 | October 7, 2019 | 10.15.7 (19H2026) (July 20, 2022) | |||
| macOS 11 | Big Sur | 20 | 64-bit Intel and ARM[Note 4] | June 22, 2020 | November 12, 2020 | 11.7.10 (20G1427) (September 11, 2023) | |||
| macOS 12 | Monterey | 21 | June 7, 2021 | October 25, 2021 | 12.7.5 (21H1222) (May 13, 2024) | ||||
| macOS 13 | Ventura | 22 | June 6, 2022 | October 24, 2022 | 13.6.7 (22G720) (May 13, 2024) | ||||
| macOS 14 | Sonoma | 23 | June 5, 2023 | September 26, 2023 | 14.5 (23F79) (May 13, 2024) | ||||
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- 1.↑ The Power Mac G5 had special Jaguar builds.
- 2.↑ Tiger did not support 64-bit GUI applications, only 64-bit CLI applications.
- 3.1 2 32-bit (but not 64-bit) PowerPC applications were supported on Intel processors with Rosetta.
- 4.↑ 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.