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Modern MacOS version history

Not to be confused with Mac OS X Version history, Classic MacOS version history, or OS X version history

( Predecessor: OS X version history | Successor: None )

As of 2021 September 24th, releases 10.14 (Mojave) and later are still supported and are receiving updates. The data here will need to be updated in the future.

MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)

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Version Build Release date Darwin Notes Standalone download

10.12 16A323 September 20, 2016 16.0.0 Original Mac App Store release N/A

10.12.1 16B2555 October 24, 2016 16.1.0 About the macOS Sierra 10.12.1 Update macOS Sierra 10.12.1 Update

16B2657 October 27, 2016

10.12.2 16C67 December 13, 2016 16.3.0 About the macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Update macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Update

macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Combo Update

16C68 December 14, 2016

10.12.3 16D32 January 23, 2017 16.4.0 About the macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Update macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Update

macOS Sierra 10.12.3 Combo Update

10.12.4 16E195 March 27, 2017 16.5.0 About the macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Update macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Update

macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Combo Update

10.12.5 16F73 May 15, 2017 16.6.0 About the macOS Sierra 10.12.5 Update macOS Sierra 10.12.5 Update

macOS Sierra 10.12.5 Combo Update

16F2073 June 5, 2017

10.12.6 16G29 July 19, 2017 16.7.0 About the macOS Sierra 10.12.6 Update macOS Sierra 10.12.6 Update

macOS Sierra 10.12.6 Combo Update

16G1036 October 31, 2017 About the security content of Security Update 2017-001 Sierra Security Update 2017-001 Sierra

16G1114 December 6, 2017 About the security content of Security Update 2017-002 Sierra Security Update 2017-002 Sierra

16G1212 January 23, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-001 Sierra Security Update 2018-001 Sierra

16G1314 March 29, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-002 Sierra Security Update 2018-002 Sierra

16G1408 June 1, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-003 Sierra Security Update 2018-003 Sierra

16G1510 July 9, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-004 Sierra Security Update 2018-004 Sierra

16G1618 October 30, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-005 Sierra Security Update 2018-005 Sierra

16G1710 December 5, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-006 Sierra Security Update 2018-006 Sierra

16G1815 January 22, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-001 Sierra Security Update 2019-001 Sierra

16G1917 March 25, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-002 Sierra Security Update 2019-002 Sierra

16G1918 March 29, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-002 Sierra Security Update 2019-002 Sierra

16G2016 May 14, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-003 Sierra Security Update 2019-003 Sierra

16G2127 July 22, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-004 Sierra Security Update 2019-004 Sierra

16G2128 July 29, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-004 Sierra Security Update 2019-004 Sierra

16G2136 September 26, 2019 About the security content of Security Update 2019-005 Sierra Security Update 2019-005 Sierra

MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra)

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Version Build Date Darwin Notes Standalone download

10.13 17A365 September 25, 2017 17.0.0 Original Mac App Store release

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 N/A

17A405 October 5, 2017 About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update macOS 10.13 Supplemental

10.13.1 17B48 October 31, 2017 17.2.0 About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 update

17B1002 November 29, 2017 About the security content of Security Update 2017-001 Security Update 2017-001 macOS High Sierra v10.13.1

17B1003

10.13.2 17C88 December 6, 2017 17.3.0 About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Update

macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Combo Update

17C89

17C205 January 8, 2018 About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental Update macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Supplemental

17C2205

10.13.3 17D47 January 23, 2018 17.4.0 About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Update

macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Combo Update

17D2047

17D102 February 19, 2018 About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Supplemental Update macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Supplemental

17D2102

10.13.4 17E199 March 29, 2018 17.5.0 About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Update

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 Combo Update

17E202 April 24, 2018 About the security content of Security Update 2018-001 Security Update 2018-001 macOS High Sierra v10.13.4

10.13.5 17F77 June 1, 2018 17.6.0 About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 Update

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 Combo Update

10.13.6 17G66 July 9, 2018 17.7.0 About the macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Update

About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Update

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Combo Update

17G2208

17G3025 October 30, 2018 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra

17G4015 December 5, 2018 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2018-003 High Sierra Security Update 2018-003 High Sierra

17G5019 January 22, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-001 High Sierra Security Update 2019-001 High Sierra

17G6029 March 25, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra

17G6030 March 29, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra

17G7024 May 13, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra Security Update 2019-003 High Sierra

17G8029 July 22, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra

17G8030 July 29, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra Security Update 2019-004 High Sierra

17G8037 September 26, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-005 High Sierra Security Update 2019-005 High Sierra

17G9016 October 29, 2019 17.7.0 About the security content of Security Update 2019-006 High Sierra Security Update 2019-006 High Sierra

17G10021 December 10, 2019 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.63~1 About the security content of Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra

17G11023 January 28, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.69~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra Security Update 2020-001 High Sierra

17G12034 March 24, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.73~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-002 High Sierra Security Update 2020-002 High Sierra

17G13033 May 26, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.80~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra

17G13035 June 1, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.80.1~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra Security Update 2020-003 High Sierra

17G14019 July 15, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.82.5~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra Security Update 2020-004 High Sierra

17G14033 September 24, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.82.6~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra Security Update 2020-005 High Sierra

17G14042 November 12, 2020 17.7.0

xnu-4570.71.82.8~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-006 High Sierra Security Update 2020-006 High Sierra

MacOS 10.14 (Mojave)

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This release is still actively updated as of writing this (2021, Friday September 24th) and will need future updates.

Previous release Current release

Version Build Date Darwin Release Notes Standalone download

10.14 18A391 September 24, 2018 18.0.0 Original Mac App Store release

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14 N/A

10.14.1 18B75 October 30, 2018 18.2.0

xnu-4903.221.2~2 About the macOS Mojave 10.14.1 Update

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.1 macOS Mojave 10.14.1 Update

18B2107 October 30, 2018 Added support for the new Vega GPUs in the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air

18B3094

10.14.2 18C54 December 5, 2018 18.2.0

xnu-4903.231.4~2 About the macOS Mojave 10.14.2 Update

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.2 macOS Mojave 10.14.2 Update

macOS Mojave 10.14.2 Combo Update

10.14.3 18D42 January 22, 2019 18.2.0

xnu-4903.241.1~4 About the macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Update

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.3 macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Update

macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Combo Update

18D43 January 25, 2019

18D109 February 7, 2019 About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update

10.14.4 18E226 March 25, 2019 18.5.0

xnu-4903.251.3~3 About the macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Update

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.4 macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Update

macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Combo Update

18E227

10.14.5 18F132 May 13, 2019 18.6.0

xnu-4903.261.4~2 About the macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Update

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.5 macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Update

macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Combo Update

10.14.6 18G84 July 22, 2019 18.7.0

xnu-4903.270.47~4 About the macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Update

About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.6 macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Update

macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Combo Update

18G87 August 1, 2019 Addressed the Wake from Sleep bug, which caused Macs not waking from sleep properly. macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update

18G95 August 26, 2019 18.7.0

xnu-4903.271.2~2 Security updates and bug fixes

Addressed: MacBooks shutting down during sleep

Addressed: Performance throttling when handling large files

Addressed: iLife applications (Pages, Keynote, Numbers, GarageBand, and iMovie) not updating

Re-patched a vulnerability that was accidentally unpatched in the previous update, which could lead to hacking attempts

macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update

18G103 September 26, 2019 Security updates and bug fixes macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update

18G1012 October 29, 2019 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.12~4 About the security content of Security Update 2019-001 Security Update 2019-001 (Mojave)

18G2022 December 10, 2019 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.19~1 About the security content of Security Update 2019-002 Security Update 2019-002 (Mojave)

18G3020 January 28, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.25~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-001 Security Update 2020-001 (Mojave)

18G4032 March 24, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.28~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-002 Security Update 2020-002 (Mojave)

18G5033 May 26, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.35~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-003 Security Update 2020-003 (Mojave)

18G6020 July 15, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.43~1 About the security content of Security Update 2020-004 Security Update 2020-004 (Mojave)

18G6032 September 24, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.44~1

Pulled 2020-09-30 About the security content of Security Update 2020-005 Security Update 2020-005 (Mojave)

18G6032 October 1, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.44~1

About the security content of macOS 10.14.6 Supplemental Update Security Update 2020-005 (Mojave)

18G6042 November 12, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.44.0.2~1

About the security content of Security Update 2020-006 Security Update 2020-006 (Mojave)

18G7016 December 14, 2020 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.51~1

About the security content of Security Update 2020-007 Security Update 2020-007 (Mojave)

18G8012 February 1, 2021 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.56~1

About the security content of Security Update 2021-001 Security Update 2021-001 (Mojave)

18G8022 February 9, 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-002 Security Update 2021-002 (Mojave)

18G9028 April 26, 2021 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.65~1

About the security content of Security Update 2021-003 Security Update 2021-003 (Mojave)

18G9216 May 24, 2021 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.68~1

About the security content of Security Update 2021-004 Security Update 2021-004 (Mojave)

18G9323 July 21, 2021 18.7.0

xnu-4903.278.70~1

About the security content of Security Update 2021-005 Security Update 2021-005 (Mojave)

MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)

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This release is still actively updated as of writing this (2021, Friday September 24th) and will need future updates.

Previous release Current release

Version Build Date Darwin Release Notes Standalone download

10.15 19A583 October 7, 2019 19.0.0 Original Software Update release

Security content

19A602 October 15, 2019 Supplemental update

19A603 October 21, 2019 Revised Supplemental update

10.15.1 19B88 October 29, 2019 19.0.0

xnu-6153.41.3~29 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.1 Update

10.15.2 19C57 & 19C58 December 10, 2019 19.2.0

xnu-6153.61.1~20 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.2 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.2 Update

macOS 10.15.2 Combo Update

10.15.3 19D76 January 28, 2020 19.3.0

xnu-6153.81.5~1 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.3 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.3 Update

macOS 10.15.3 Combo Update

10.15.4 19E266 March 24, 2020 19.4.0

xnu-6153.101.6~15 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.4 Update

macOS 10.15.4 Combo Update

19E287 April 8, 2020 Supplemental update macOS 10.15.4 Supplemental Update

10.15.5 19F96 May 26, 2020 19.5.0

xnu-6153.121.1~7 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.5 Update

macOS 10.15.5 Combo Update

19F101 June 1, 2020 19.5.0

xnu-6153.121.2~2 Supplemental update

Security content

macOS 10.15.5 Supplemental Update

10.15.6 19G73 July 15, 2020 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.1~9

Jul 5 00:43:10 PDT 2020 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.6 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.6 Update

macOS 10.15.6 Combo Update

19G2021 August 12, 2020 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.1~1

Jun 18 20:49:00 PDT 2020 Supplemental update macOS 10.15.6 Supplemental Update

10.15.7 19H2 September 24, 2020 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.2~1

Mon Aug 31 22:12:52 PDT 2020 About the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Update

Security content

macOS 10.15.7 Update

macOS 10.15.7 Combo Update

19H4 October 27, 2020

19H15 November 5, 2020 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.2.2~1

Thu Oct 29 22:56:45 PDT 2020 Supplemental update

Security content

macOS 10.15.7 Supplemental Update

macOS 10.15.7 Supplemental Update (Combo)

19H114 December 14, 2020 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.10~1

Tue Nov 10 00:10:30 PST 2020 About the security content of Security Update 2020-001 Security Update 2020-001 (Catalina)

19H512 February 1, 2021 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.16~1

Tue Jan 12 22:13:05 PST 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-001 Security Update 2021-001 (Catalina)

19H524 February 9, 2021 Supplemental Update

Security content

macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update 2

19H1030 April 26, 2021 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.28.1~1

Mon Apr 12 20:57:45 PDT 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-002 Security Update 2021-002 (Catalina)

19H1217 May 24, 2021 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.33~1

Thu May 6 00:48:39 PDT 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-003 Security Update 2021-003 (Catalina)

19H1323 July 21, 2021 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.35~1

Thu Jun 22 19:49:55 PDT 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-004 Security Update 2021-004 (Catalina)

19H1417 September 13, 2021 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.40~1

Tue Aug 24 20:28:00 PDT 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-005 Security Update 2021-005 (Catalina)

19H1419 September 23, 2021 19.6.0

xnu-6153.141.40.1~1

Thu Sep 16 20:58:47 PDT 2021 About the security content of Security Update 2021-006 Security Update 2021-006 (Catalina)

MacOS 11.0 (Big Sur)

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This release is still actively updated as of writing this (2021, Friday September 24th) and will need future updates.

Previous release Current release Current developer release

Version Build Date Darwin version Release notes Notes

11.0 20A2411 November 17, 2020 20.1.0

xnu-7195.41.8~9 N/A Preinstalled on MacBook Air (M1, 2020), MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020), and Mac mini (M1, 2020)

11.0.1 20B29 November 12, 2020 20.1.0

xnu-7195.50.7~2 Security content Initial public release

20B50 November 19, 2020 Available for all Macs except Late 2013 and Mid 2014 13" MacBook Pros

11.1 20C69 December 14, 2020 20.2.0

xnu-7195.60.75~1 Release notes

Security content

11.2 20D64 February 1, 2021 20.3.0

xnu-7195.81.3~1 Release notes

Security content

11.2.1 20D74 February 9, 2021 Security content

20D75 February 15, 2021 Fixes bug where installation with insufficient free space could cause data loss - exclusive to the full installer[58]

11.2.2 20D80 February 25, 2021 N/A

11.2.3 20D91 March 8, 2021 Security content

11.3 20E232 April 26, 2021 20.4.0

xnu-7195.101.1~3 Release notes

Security content

11.3.1 20E241 May 3, 2021 20.4.0

xnu-7195.101.2~1 Security content

11.4 20F71 May 24, 2021 20.5.0

xnu-7195.121.3~9 Release notes

Security content

11.5 20G71 July 21, 2021 20.6.0

xnu-7195.141.2~5

Wed Jun 23 00:26:31 PDT 2021 Release notes

Security content

11.5.1 20G80 July 26, 2021 Release notes

Security content

11.5.2 20G95 August 11, 2021 Release notes

11.6 20G165 September 13, 2021 20.6.0

xnu-7195.141.6~3

Mon Aug 30 06:12:21 PDT 2021 Release notes

Security content

MacOS 12.0 (Monterey)

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No desktop screenshot available yet

This release is still actively updated as of writing this (2021, Friday September 24th) and will need future updates.

Release history

Previous release Current release Current developer release

Version Build Date Darwin version Release notes Notes

12.0 Beta 1 21A5248p June 7, 2021 21.0.0 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 1 Release Notes

12.0 Beta 2 21A5268h June 28, 2021 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 2 Release Notes

12.0 Beta 3 21A5284e July 14, 2021 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 3 Release Notes

12.0 Beta 4 21A5294g July 27, 2021 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 4 Release Notes

12.0 Beta 5 21A5304g August 11, 2021 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 5 Release Notes

12.0 Beta 6 21A5506j August 30, 2021 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 6 Release Notes

12.0 Beta 7 21A5522h September 21, 2021 macOS Monterey 12 Beta 7 Release Notes


Sources

Wikipedia - MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)

Wikipedia - MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra)

Wikipedia - MacOS 10.14 (Mojave)

Wikipedia - MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)

Wikipedia - MacOS 11.0 (Big Sur)

Wikipedia - MacOS 12.0 (Monterey)

Other sources are needed, and this article needs LOTS of improvement and original work to prevent it from being a copy and paste from Wikipedia.


See also

Complete MacOS version history


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