macOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages. Get even more transparency around your privacy.
MacOS, formerly Mac OS X from 2001 to 2012 and OS X until 2016, is the name of an operating system for computers made by Apple Inc. These are called Macintosh computers, or Macs. It differs from other computers, as macOS is supposed to run only on Macs and not on other computers. However, people have made the OS run on computers that are not Macs. For Windows: For Mac OS: Download the zip file and copy it to any folder on your computer. Extract the zip file. Navigate to the Setup.exe file. For example if you have copied and extracted the zip file to Adobe folder on your desktop, the folder hierarchy will be: C:UsersDesktopAcrobat2017WebWWMUIAdobe Acrobat/Setup.exe.
Chances are, your Mac can run macOS Big Sur
The following models are supported:
- MacBook (2015 or later)
- MacBook Air (2013 or later)
- MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
- Mac mini (2014 or later)
- iMac (2014 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2013 or later)
To see which model you have, click the Apple icon in your menu bar and choose About This Mac.
Make sure you're ready to upgrade.
Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up your Mac. If your Mac is running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later, you can upgrade directly to macOS Big Sur. You'll need the following:
- OS X 10.9 or later
- 4GB of memory
- 35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later*
- Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
- Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; charges may apply.
Upgrading is free and easy
Upgrading from macOS Catalina 10.15 or Mojave 10.14?
Go to Software Update in System Preferences to find macOS Big Sur. Click Upgrade Now and follow the onscreen instructions.
Upgrading from an older version of macOS?
If you're running any release from macOS 10.13 to 10.9, you can upgrade to macOS Big Sur from the App Store. If you're running Mountain Lion 10.8, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan 10.11 first.
- OS X 10.9 or later
- 4GB of memory
- 35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later*
- Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
- Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; charges may apply.
For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Big Sur:
- MacBook (2015 or later)
- MacBook Air (2013 or later)
- MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
- Mac mini (2014 or later)
- iMac (2014 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2013 or later)
Siri
Requires a broadband Internet connection and microphone (built-in or external).
Hey Siri
Supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Dictation, Voice Control and Voice Memos
Requires a microphone (built-in or external).
Spotlight Suggestions
Requires a broadband Internet connection.
Gestures
Requires a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse.
Force Touch gestures require a Force Touch trackpad.
VoiceOver gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad or Magic Trackpad.
Photo Booth
Requires a FaceTime or iSight camera (built-in or external), or USB video class (UVC) camera.
FaceTime
Audio calls require a microphone (built-in or external) and broadband Internet connection.
Video calls require a built-in FaceTime camera, an iSight camera (built-in or external), or a USB video class (UVC) camera; and broadband Internet connection.
Apple TV
High dynamic range (HDR) video playback is supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2019) with Pro Display XDR
Dolby Atmos soundtrack playback is supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
Sidecar
Supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook (2016 or later)
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- MacBook Pro (2016 or later)
- Mac mini (2018 or later)
- iMac (late 2015 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2019)
Supported by all iPad models with Apple Pencil support:
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro
- 11-inch iPad Pro
- 10.5-inch iPad Pro
- 9.7-inch iPad Pro
- iPad (6th generation or later)
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd and 4th generation)
Continuity Camera
Requires an iPhone or iPad that supports iOS 12 or later.
Continuity Sketch and Continuity Markup
Requires an iPhone with iOS 13 or later or an iPad with iPadOS 13 or later.
Handoff
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 8 or later.
Instant Hotspot
Requires an iPhone or iPad with cellular connectivity, a Lightning connector or USB-C, and iOS 8.1 or later. Requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.
Universal Clipboard
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 10 or later.
Auto Unlock
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later or an iPhone 5 or later.
Approve with Apple Watch
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 6 or later or an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 13 or later.
Phone Calling
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8 or later and an activated carrier plan.
SMS
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan.
List Of Mac Os Versions
Home
Requires an iPhone with iOS 12 or later and a configured Home app.
AirDrop
AirDrop to iOS and iPadOS devices requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 7 or later.
AirPlay
AirPlay Mirroring requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
AirPlay for web video requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) and an Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later.
Time Machine
Requires an external storage device (sold separately).
Maps electric vehicle routing
Requires an iPhone with iOS 14 and a compatible electric vehicle.
Maps number plate restrictions
Requires an iPhone running iOS 14 or an iPad running iPadOS 14.
Boot Camp
New Mac Os 11
How do i get the alexa app on my mac. Allows Boot Camp installations of Windows 10 on supported Mac models.
Exchange Support
Requires Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013 or Exchange Server 2010. Installing the latest Service Packs is recommended.
Windows Migration
Supports OS X 10.7 or later and Windows 7 or later.
App Store
Available only to persons aged 13 or older in the US and many other countries and regions.
Mac Os 2017 Versions
Photos
The improved Retouch tool is supported on the following Mac models:
- MacBook Pro (15-inch and 16-inch models) introduced in 2016 or later
- iMac (Retina 5K models) introduced in 2014 or later
- iMac (Retina 4K models) introduced in 2017 or later
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro introduced in 2013 or later
- Apple Books
- Apple News
- App Store
- Automator
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Chess
- Contacts
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- FaceTime
- Find My
- Font Book
- Home
- Image Capture
- Launchpad
- Maps
- Messages
- Mission Control
- Music
- Notes
- Photo Booth
- Photos
- Podcasts
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Reminders
- Safari
- Siri
- Stickies
- Stocks
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
- TV
- Voice Memos
- Activity Monitor
- AirPort Utility
- Audio MIDI Setup
- Bluetooth File Exchange
- Boot Camp Assistant
- ColorSync Utility
- Console
- Digital Color Meter
- Disk Utility
- Grapher
- Keychain Access
- Migration Assistant
- Screenshot
- Screen Time
- Script Editor
- Sidecar
- System Information
- Terminal
- VoiceOver Utility
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Croatian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English (Australia)
- English (UK)
- English (US)
- Finnish
- French
- French (Canada)
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Spanish
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
You might be looking for the Mac version or build number to make sure it's up to date, and you are safe from all known vulnerabilities. macOS version also required checking the app compatibility. About This Mac display all the information related to macOS version and hardware specs as well. So to know the version and build of currently installed macOS, please follow the steps given below.
Check macOS version and build number
Apple re-branded Mac operating system from OS X to macOS, so If you are running a version older than v10.12.0, then you might see OS X while you are looking for details.
- Apple Books
- Apple News
- App Store
- Automator
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Chess
- Contacts
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- FaceTime
- Find My
- Font Book
- Home
- Image Capture
- Launchpad
- Maps
- Messages
- Mission Control
- Music
- Notes
- Photo Booth
- Photos
- Podcasts
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Reminders
- Safari
- Siri
- Stickies
- Stocks
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
- TV
- Voice Memos
- Activity Monitor
- AirPort Utility
- Audio MIDI Setup
- Bluetooth File Exchange
- Boot Camp Assistant
- ColorSync Utility
- Console
- Digital Color Meter
- Disk Utility
- Grapher
- Keychain Access
- Migration Assistant
- Screenshot
- Screen Time
- Script Editor
- Sidecar
- System Information
- Terminal
- VoiceOver Utility
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Croatian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English (Australia)
- English (UK)
- English (US)
- Finnish
- French
- French (Canada)
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Spanish
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
You might be looking for the Mac version or build number to make sure it's up to date, and you are safe from all known vulnerabilities. macOS version also required checking the app compatibility. About This Mac display all the information related to macOS version and hardware specs as well. So to know the version and build of currently installed macOS, please follow the steps given below.
Check macOS version and build number
Apple re-branded Mac operating system from OS X to macOS, so If you are running a version older than v10.12.0, then you might see OS X while you are looking for details.
- On the screen top-left corner click the Apple () icon and then select About This Mac option from the menu.
- This will open up a window; here you can see the version of the operating system under the macOS name. If you can't see the build number on the window, then click on the Version number and then you have the build number as well.
- In the screenshot given below, you can see the macOS name High Sierra, version 10.13.2 and build number is 17C88, not only that you can see the other hardware related details as well.
Find macOS version using Terminal
For command line lovers, If you spend more time using Terminal on your Mac then there is a command to find macOS version and build number.
- Open Terminal window on your Mac.
- Type the command:
sw_vers
hit return, and you can see the operating system version and build details right on the command line. - Here, you can see the ProductName: Mac OS X, ProductVersion: 10.13.2 and also build number 17C88.
Is your Mac up to date? Learn more how to update your Mac OS to the latest version.
Previous Mac OS versions and build numbers
List of OS X and macOS versions and builds numbers released by Apple, latest one is on the top and so on. This list is helpful when you need to find compatibility with you macOS.
- macOS High Sierra (10.13.x)
- 10.13 (17A365, 17A405)
- 10.13.1 (17B48, 17B1002, 17B1003)
- 10.13.2 (17C88, 17C89)
- 10.13.3 beta 2 (17D25b)
- macOS Sierra (10.12.x)
- 10.12 (16A323)
- 10.12.1 (16B2555, 16B2657)
- 10.12.2 (16C67, 16C68)
- 10.12.3 (16D32)
- 10.12.4 (16E195)
- 10.12.5 (16F73, 16F2073)
- 10.12.6 (16G29, 16G1036, 16G1114)
- OS X El Capitan (10.11.x)
- 10.11 (15A284)
- 10.11.1 (15B42)
- 0.11.2 (15C50)
- 10.11.3 (15D21)
- 10.11.4 (15E65)
- 10.11.5 (15F34)
- 10.11.6 (15G31, 15G1004, 15G1108, 15G1212, 15G1217, 15G1421, 15G1510, 15G1611, 15G17023, 15G18013)
- OS X Yosemite (10.10.x)
- 10.10 (14A389)
- 10.10.1 (14B25)
- 10.10.2 (14C109, 14C1510, 14C1514, 14C2043, 14C2513)
- 10.10.3 (14D131, 14D136)
- 10.10.4 (14E46)
- 10.10.5 (14F27, 14F1021, 14F1505, 14F1509, 14F1605, 14F1713, 14F1808, 14F1909, 14F1912, 14F2009, 14F2109, 14F2315, 14F2411, 14F2511)
- OS X Mavericks (10.9.x)
- 10.9 (13A603 – GM2)
- 10.9.1 (13B42)
- 10.9.2 (13C64, 13C1021)
- 10.9.3 (13D65)
- 10.9.4 (13E28)
- 10.9.5 (13F34, 13F1066, 13F1077, 13F1096, 13F1112, 13F1134, 13F1507, 13F1603, 13F1712, 13F1808, 13F1911)
- OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.x)
- 10.8 (12A269 – GM )
10.8.1 (12B19)
10.8.2 (12C54)
12C60 (12C2034, 12C3104)
10.8.3 (12D78)
10.8.4 (12E55, 12E3067, 12E4022)
10.8.5 (12F37, 12F45, 12F2501, 12F2518, 12F2542, 12F2560)
- 10.8 (12A269 – GM )
- Mac OS X Lion (10.7.x)
- 10.7 (11A511, 11A511s, 11A2061, and 11A2063)
- 10.7.1 (11B26, 11B2118)
- 10.7.2 (11C74)
- 10.7.3 (11D50)
- 10.7.4 (11E53)
- 10.7.5 (11G56, 11G63)
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.x)
- 10.6 (10A432, 10A433)
10.6.1 (10B504)
10.6.2 (10C540)
10.6.3 (10D573, 10D575, 10D578)
10.6.4 (10F569)
10.6.5 (10H574)
10.6.6 (10J567)
10.6.7 (10J869, 10J3250, 10J4138)
10.6.8 (10K540, 10K549)
- 10.6 (10A432, 10A433)
- Leopard (10.5.x)
- Tiger (10.4.x)
- Panther (10.3.x)
- Jaguar (10.2.x)
- Puma (10.1.x)
- Cheetah (10.0.x)
- Kodiak (Public Beta.x)
- Hera (1.0.x)
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