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Version	Release Name	Darwin version	Processor support	Application support	Kernel	Date announced	Release date	Most recent version
Old version, no longer maintained: Rhapsody Developer Release	Grail1Z4/Titan1U (internal codename)	Unknown	32-bit PowerPC and Intel	32-bit PowerPC and Intel	32-bit	January 7, 1997^[1]	August 31, 1997	DR2 (May 14, 1998)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X Server 1.0	Hera (internal codename)		32-bit PowerPC	32-bit PowerPC		January 5th, 1999^[2]	March 16, 1999	1.2v3 (October 27, 2000)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X Developer Preview	Unknown					May 11, 1998^[3]	March 16, 1999	DP4 (April 5, 2000)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X Public Beta	Kodiak^[4] (internal codename)					May 15, 2000^[5]	September 13, 2000	—
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.0	Cheetah (internal codename)	1.3.1				January 9, 2001^[6]	March 24, 2001	10.0.4 (4Q12) (June 22, 2001)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.1	Puma (internal codename)	1.4.1/5				July 18, 2001^[7]	September 25, 2001	10.1.5 (5S60) (June 6, 2002)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.2	Jaguar	6	32/64-bit PowerPC^{[Note 1]}			May 6, 2002^[8]	August 24, 2002	10.2.8 (October 3, 2003)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.3	Panther	7	32/64-bit PowerPC^{[Note 1]}			June 23, 2003^[9]	October 24, 2003	10.3.9 (7W98) (April 15, 2005)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.4	Tiger	8	32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel	32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel ^{[Note 2]} ^{[Note 3]}		May 4, 2004^[10]	April 29, 2005	10.4.11 (November 14, 2007)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.5	Leopard	9	32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel	32/64-bit PowerPC and Intel ^{[Note 2]} ^{[Note 3]}		June 26, 2006^[11]	October 26, 2007	10.5.8 (9L31a) (August 13, 2009)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.6	Snow Leopard	10	32/64-bit Intel	32/64-bit Intel 32-bit PowerPC^{[Note 3]}	32/64-bit^[12]	June 9, 2008^[13]	August 28, 2009	10.6.8 (10K549) (July 25, 2011)
Old version, no longer maintained: Mac OS X 10.7	Lion	11	64-bit Intel	32/64-bit Intel	32/64-bit^[12]	October 20, 2010^[14]	July 20, 2011	10.7.5 (11G63) (October 4, 2012)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.8	Mountain Lion	12			64-bit^[15]	February 16, 2012^[16]	July 25, 2012^[17]	10.8.5 (12F2560) (August 13, 2015)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.9	Mavericks	13				June 10, 2013^[18]	October 22, 2013	10.9.5 (13F1911) (July 18, 2016)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.10	Yosemite	14				June 2, 2014^[19]	October 16, 2014	10.10.5 (14F2511) (July 19, 2017)
Old version, no longer maintained: OS X 10.11	El Capitan	15				June 8, 2015^[20]	September 30, 2015	10.11.6 (15G22010) (July 9, 2018)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.12	Sierra	16				June 13, 2016^[21]	September 20, 2016	10.12.6 (16G2136) (September 26, 2019)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.13	High Sierra	17				June 5, 2017	September 25, 2017	10.13.6 (17G14042) (November 12, 2020)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.14	Mojave	18				June 4, 2018	September 24, 2018	10.14.6 (18G9323) (July 21, 2021)
Old version, no longer maintained: macOS 10.15	Catalina	19		64-bit Intel		June 3, 2019	October 7, 2019	10.15.7 (19H2026) (July 20, 2022)
Old version, no longer maintained: 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)
Older version, yet still maintained: macOS 12	Monterey	21				June 7, 2021	October 25, 2021	12.7.5 (21H1222) (May 13, 2024)
Older version, yet still maintained: macOS 13	Ventura	22				June 6, 2022	October 24, 2022	13.6.7 (22G720) (May 13, 2024)
Current stable version: macOS 14	Sonoma	23				June 5, 2023	September 26, 2023	14.5 (23F79) (May 13, 2024)
Legend: Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version Latest preview version Future release

1.^↑ The Power Mac G5 had special Jaguar builds.

2.^↑ Tiger did not support 64-bit GUI applications, only 64-bit CLI applications.^[22]^[23]

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.

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"Apple Announces OS X Yosemite" (Press release). Apple. June 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 9, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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"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.
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"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.
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Apple (March 6, 2006). "Developing 64-bit applications". Apple Developer Connection. Archived from the original on September 25, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2007.

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[MacExpo97-1] [1]
"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.

[2] [2]
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[3] [3]
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