#MAC OS VERSIONS IN ORDER MAC OS X#
Mac OS X and Modern macOS To talk about this era of OSs, it’s easiest to go version by version in order and talk about their highlights. All users have to do is boot up their Mac, select a language, and connect to a Wi-Fi network. Automated Device Enrollment saves IT time by automatically enrolling devices into an MDM solution. The list is full of other interesting details and nuggets of information, and I’ve made sure to save it in Pinboard for future reference.Ĭheck out the complete timeline here. Mac OS 9 ended the era of classic Mac OS, passing features along to Mac OS X (X being the Roman numeral for 10), and the modern macOS. macOS Big Sur will continue to support the latest device management (MDM) features, like Automated Device Enrollment. Rob notes that, as of today, it’s been 4,158 days since the first OS X Public Beta was released Apple has thus released an OS X update every 66.00 days on average, with the shortest period of time between two releases being the interval between 10.6 and 10.6.1 (13 days). Note that this release marks the 63rd release of OS X (counting both major and minor versions, and skipping two ill-fated updates).
Starting with the first Mac OS X Public Beta all the way up to the latest Lion update, Rob’s list comes with dates, intervals of days, and a link back to Apple’s support documents for each release.īelow the break is a table showing all major releases of OS X from the public beta through the latest public version, which is OS X Lion 10.7.3 as of February 1, 2012. Here’s a useful resource I’ve found via following the release of OS X 10.7.3 earlier today: Rob Griffiths has been maintaining since November 14th, 2005, a complete list of every OS X major version and software update released to date.