macOS Sonoma
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macOS Sonoma (version 14) is the twentieth and latest major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS Ventura, it was announced at WWDC 2023 on June 5, 2023,[4] and released on September 26, 2023. It is named after the wine region located in California's Sonoma County.[5][6]
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Version of the macOS operating system | |
Developer | Apple |
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OS family | |
Source model | Closed, with open source components |
General availability | September 26, 2023; 8 months ago (2023-09-26) |
Latest release | 14.5[1] (23F79)[2] (May 13, 2024; 21 days ago (2024-05-13)) [±] |
Update method | Software Update |
Platforms | x86-64, ARM64 |
Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
License | Proprietary software with open-source components and content licensed with APSL |
Preceded by | macOS Ventura |
Official website | www |
Tagline | Come for the power. Stay for the fun.[3] |
Support status | |
Supported. Drops support for all Macs released in 2017 excluding the iMac Pro. |
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The first developer beta was released on June 5, 2023,[7] and macOS Sonoma entered public beta on July 11, 2023.[8]