

With nearly two years as the current OS X version, it takes second place only to Tiger in that department. By the time it was replaced in July 2011, it had 83% share among Intel Mac users visiting Low End Mac. It was the first version of OS X exclusive to Intel Macs, and users upgraded to it from Tiger and Leopard in droves. Tiger (introduced in April 2005, the first version of OS X for Intel Macs, and on the market for a record 2-1/2 years) was already down to 5% of those visiting using Intel Macs, and OS X 10.5 Leopard – then two years old – was at 35% in October 2009.Īlready at 62% share, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was in the ascent, having come to market in August 2009. During that time, only one version of OS X has totally dominated the user base for an appreciable amount of time.

#CURRENT VERSION OF MAC OS MAC OS X#
The first graph shows the distribution of each version of Mac OS X on Intel-based Macs since OS X 10.4 Tiger over the period of October 2009 through September 2015. That said, trends for each OS version should be similar. Today we're looking at six years worth of data.īear in mind that this reflects visitors to and is probably not reflective of the percentages of each version visiting a general interest site. Over time, the distribution of Mac OS versions among Mac users changes as new versions of the OS are released, old Macs are retired, and new models arrive that only support the most recent version. The current version of your macOS will be shown at the top of the Overview tab. In order to find out what your current macOS version is, click on the Apple menu located in the top-left corner of your screen and then select the option labeled About this Mac. If an iOS device (version 8 or later) is connected to your computer (Mac OS 10.10 or later) with a cable, you can choose to share content from that connected device when you share your screen during a. The first desktop version, Mac OS X 10.0, was released in March 2001.
#CURRENT VERSION OF MAC OS SERIES#
The final release of that series was Mac OS 9 which was released in 1999. Apple's current Mac operating system began with the company's project to replace its 'classic' Mac OS, introduced in 1984. It's likely that an older OS won't include. Officially, the operating system that was available on that Mac at the time that you bought it is the oldest version of macOS that can run on that Mac.
