Mac & macOS
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- Current release
- macOS 27
- Latest update
- macOS 27.0.1
- Models tracked
- 65
- Run macOS 27
- 47 of 65
macOS releases
Newest first
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27.0.1
Current
macOS Golden Gate 27
- Released
- 14 Sep 2026
- Supported models
- 47
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26.7.1
Previous
macOS Tahoe 26
- Released
- 15 Sep 2025
- Supported models
- 48
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15.8.1
Earlier
macOS Sequoia 15
- Released
- 16 Sep 2024
- Supported models
- 53
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14.8.9
Earlier
macOS Sonoma 14
- Released
- 26 Sep 2023
- Supported models
- 42
Mac models
runs macOS Golden Gate 27 doesn't
Mac mini · 7
Mac Studio · 8
- Mac Studio (M5 Max) 2026 · M5 Max macOS 27
- Mac Studio (M5 Ultra) 2026 · M5 Ultra macOS 27
- Mac Studio (2025) · M4 Max 2025 · M4 Max macOS 27
- Mac Studio (2025) · M3 Ultra 2025 · M3 Ultra macOS 27
- Mac Studio (2023) · M2 Max 2023 · M2 Max macOS 27
- Mac Studio (2023) · M2 Ultra 2023 · M2 Ultra macOS 27
- Mac Studio (2022) · M1 Max 2022 · M1 Max macOS 27
- Mac Studio (2022) · M1 Ultra 2022 · M1 Ultra macOS 27
MacBook Air · 12
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) 2026 · M5 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M5) 2026 · M5 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025) 2025 · M4 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M4, 2025) 2025 · M4 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024) 2024 · M3 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024) 2024 · M3 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023) 2023 · M2 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (M2, 2022) 2022 · M2 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (M1, 2020) 2020 · M1 macOS 27
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020) 2020 macOS 15
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) 2019 macOS 14
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018) 2018 macOS 14
MacBook Neo · 1
MacBook Pro · 23
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 2026 · M5 Pro or M5 Max macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 2026 · M5 Pro or M5 Max macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5) 2025 · M5 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2024) · M4 2024 · M4 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2024) · M4 Pro or M4 Max 2024 · M4 Pro or M4 Max macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024) 2024 · M4 Pro or M4 Max macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) 2023 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Nov 2023) · M3 2023 · M3 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, Nov 2023) · M3 Pro or M3 Max 2023 · M3 Pro or M3 Max macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023) 2023 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023) 2023 · M3 Pro or M3 Max macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) 2022 · M2 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) 2021 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) 2021 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2020 macOS 26
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2020 macOS 15
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) 2020 · M1 macOS 27
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2019 macOS 15
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2019 macOS 15
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019) 2019 macOS 15
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) 2019 macOS 26
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) 2018 macOS 15
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) 2018 macOS 15
iMac · 9
- iMac (24-inch, 2024, Four ports) 2024 macOS 27
- iMac (24-inch, 2024, Two ports) 2024 macOS 27
- iMac (24-inch, 2023, Four ports) 2023 macOS 27
- iMac (24-inch, 2023, Two ports) 2023 macOS 27
- iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) · 4 ports 2021 · M1 macOS 27
- iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) · 2 ports 2021 · M1 macOS 27
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) 2020 macOS 26
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019) 2019 macOS 15
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019) 2019 macOS 15
Mac Pro · 4
iMac Pro · 1
New in macOS Golden Gate 27
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Age-based parental controls
Children’s devices come with age-based controls for screen time, content and communication.
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Apple Intelligence photo editing
Reframe photos after taking them, extend their borders and remove distracting objects more precisely.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Ask to Browse
Parents can turn on Ask to Browse and Ask to Buy for their child.
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Calendar events from a description
Add a calendar event by describing it; editing the description updates the details.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Call Context
Shows relevant information from your apps when you call a business.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Child account setup
Creating a child account with enhanced safeguards is easier.
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Generated subtitles
Generate synced subtitles for any video and translate existing captions.
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Genmoji
Create a Genmoji from a description, another emoji or a photo.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Image Playground
Describe an image to create, edit and share original, photorealistic images.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Liquid Glass slider
Adjust Liquid Glass from ultraclear to fully tinted.
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Mail search ranking
An improved ranking system makes Mail search results more relevant.
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Mail suggestions
Mail suggests quick actions such as creating an event or reminder based on the conversation.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Natural language Shortcuts
Describe a task and Shortcuts builds an automation across apps.
Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese.
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Podcasts watch and listen switching
Switch between watching and listening to a podcast and pick up where you left off.
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Pull-down refresh
Pull down to refresh in apps like Safari, Mail, News, Podcasts and Calendar; AirDrop and Safari page loads are faster.
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Redesigned Screen Time controls
Redesigned controls show how kids use their Mac and let parents make changes with a click.
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Siri AI
A more capable Siri (beta) that understands you, your screen and your files and can find personal information across photos, mail, messages and calendar.
Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language.
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Siri app
A dedicated Siri app keeps all conversations in one place across devices signed in to the same Apple Account.
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Visual Intelligence
Take a screenshot and use Visual Intelligence to get information about it and search.
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Write with Siri
Draft, proofread or rewrite text with Siri AI in apps such as Messages and Mail.
Siri AI is available in beta in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language.
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iCloud Shared Albums improvements
Shared albums support full-resolution sharing, new filters and reactions, and easier sharing with Android and Windows users.
Sources for this page
Last verified 8 Oct 2026
- 1 Apple security releases - Apple Support support.apple.com
- 1 Major updates for Apple’s software platforms are now available apple.com
- 1 macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers - Apple Support support.apple.com
- 1 OS - macOS 27 Golden Gate - Apple apple.com
- 1 macOS Tahoe 26 is compatible with these computers - Apple Support support.apple.com
- 1 macOS Sequoia is compatible with these computers - Apple Support support.apple.com
- 1 Apple security updates (2022 to 2023) - Apple Support support.apple.com
- 1 macOS Sonoma is compatible with these computers - Apple Support support.apple.com
- 1 What’s new in macOS 27 support.apple.com · current guide