The following is a list of operating systems released by Apple Inc. As of 2023, there are six supported software platforms: iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, macOS and visionOS.
Prior to the introduction of the Macintosh in early 1984, Apple had several operating systems for the Apple II series, Apple SOS for the Apple III series, and Lisa OS and MacWorks XL for the Apple Lisa series; those were introduced between 1977 and 1983.
The original operating system for the Macintosh was the classic Mac OS, which was introduced in early 1984 as System Software. In 1997, System Software was renamed Mac OS.
In 1999, Mac OS X Server 1.0 was released, followed by Mac OS X 10.0, the first consumer release of the Mac OS X.
From the release of Mac OS X 10.0 until early 2007, Mac OS X was the only software platform. In early 2007, iPhone OS was introduced, increasing the number of software platforms by one, from one to two. In 2010, iPhone OS was renamed iOS. In 2011, Mac OS X was renamed OS X. In early 2015, the number of software platforms rose by one, from two to three, as watchOS was introduced. In late 2015, tvOS was introduced, increasing the number of software platforms again by one, from three to four. In 2016, OS X was renamed macOS. In 2019, iPadOS was introduced as the derived version of iOS for iPad, increasing the number of software platforms again by one, from four to five. In 2020, macOS received an increment in its version, from 10 to 11. In 2023, the number of software platforms rose again by one, from five to six, as visionOS was introduced.[citation needed]
Apple computers
[edit]Apple II
[edit]- Apple DOS is the first operating system for Apple computers.[1]
- Apple ProDOS
- Apple GS/OS
Apple III
[edit]Apple Lisa
[edit]Macintosh computers
[edit]Classic Mac OS
[edit]- System 1
- System 2
- System 3
- System 4
- System Software 5 – also marketed as System 5
- System Software 6 – also marketed as System 6
- System 7 – System 7.5.1 was the first to refer to itself as Mac OS, Mac OS 7.6 was the first to be branded as "Mac OS"
- Mac OS 8
- Mac OS 9 – Mac OS 9.2.2 was the last version of Classic Mac OS
Mac OS X / OS X / macOS
[edit]macOS was initially called Mac OS X and later OS X.
- Mac OS X Public Beta – code name Kodiak
- Mac OS X 10.0 – code name Cheetah
- Mac OS X 10.1 – code name Puma
- Mac OS X 10.2 – also marketed as Jaguar
- Mac OS X Panther – 10.3
- Mac OS X Tiger – 10.4
- Mac OS X Leopard – 10.5
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard – 10.6
- Mac OS X Lion – 10.7 – also marketed as OS X Lion
- OS X Mountain Lion – 10.8
- OS X Mavericks – 10.9 (free)
- OS X Yosemite – 10.10 (free)
- OS X El Capitan – 10.11 (free)
- macOS Sierra – 10.12 (free)
- macOS High Sierra – 10.13 (free)
- macOS Mojave – 10.14 (free)
- macOS Catalina – 10.15 (free)
- macOS Big Sur – 11 (free)
- macOS Monterey – 12 (free)
- macOS Ventura – 13 (free)
- macOS Sonoma – 14 (free)
- macOS Sequoia – 15 (free)
macOS Server
[edit]macOS Server was initially called Mac OS X Server and later OS X Server.
- Mac OS X Server 1.0 – code name Hera, also referred to as Rhapsody
- Mac OS X Server 10.0 – code name Cheetah
- Mac OS X Server 10.1 – code name Puma
- Mac OS X Server 10.2 – code name Jaguar
- Mac OS X Server 10.3 – code name Panther
- Mac OS X Server 10.4 – code name Tiger
- Mac OS X Server 10.5 – also marketed as Leopard Server
- Mac OS X Server 10.6 – also marketed as Snow Leopard Server
Starting with Lion, there is no separate Mac OS X Server operating system. Instead the server components are a separate download from the Mac App Store.
- Mac OS X Lion Server – 10.7 – also marketed as OS X Lion Server
- OS X Mountain Lion Server – 10.8 – also marketed as Mountain Lion Server
- OS X Mavericks Server – 10.9 – also marketed as Mavericks Server
- OS X Yosemite Server – 10.10 – also marketed as Yosemite Server 4.0
- OS X 10.11 Server 5.0 – also marketed as OS X Server 5.0
- OS X 10.11 Server 5.1 – also marketed as OS X Server 5.1
- macOS 10.12 Server 5.2 – also marketed as macOS Server 5.2
- macOS 10.12 Server 5.3 – also marketed as macOS Server 5.3
- macOS 10.13 Server 5.4 – also marketed as macOS Server 5.4
- macOS 10.13 Server 5.5 – also marketed as macOS Server 5.5
Other macOS-related releases
[edit]Others
[edit]- A/ROSE
- A/UX
- AIX for Apple Network Servers
- Macintosh Application Environment
- MkLinux
- PowerOpen Environment
- Star Trek – unreleased
- Taligent – unreleased
- Copland – unreleased
Newton
[edit]iPod
[edit]iOS
[edit]iOS was previously known as iPhone OS, despite also being available on the iPod Touch (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generations) and the original iPad.
- iPhone OS 1 – derived from "Mac OS X" (now known as "macOS")
- iPhone OS 2
- iPhone OS 3
- iOS 4 – continued from iPhone OS 3
- iOS 5
- iOS 6
- iOS 7
- iOS 8
- iOS 9
- iOS 10
- iOS 11
- iOS 12
- iOS 13
- iOS 14
- iOS 15
- iOS 16
- iOS 17
- iOS 18
iPadOS
[edit]At its June 2019 Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple introduced iPadOS, a version of iOS, for iPad tablets, promised for fall 2019 release.[2][3]
- iPadOS 13 – derived from iOS 13
- iPadOS 14 – derived from iOS 14
- iPadOS 15 – derived from iOS 15
- iPadOS 16 - derived from iOS 16
- iPadOS 17 - derived from iOS 17
- iPadOS 18 - derived from iOS 18
watchOS
[edit]- watchOS 1 – derived from iOS 8
- watchOS 2 – derived from iOS 9
- watchOS 3 – derived from iOS 10
- watchOS 4 – derived from iOS 11
- watchOS 5 – derived from iOS 12
- watchOS 6 – derived from iOS 13
- watchOS 7 – derived from iOS 14
- watchOS 8 – derived from iOS 15
- watchOS 9 – derived from iOS 16
- watchOS 10 – derived from iOS 17
- watchOS 11 – derived from iOS 18
Living room
[edit]Apple TV Software
[edit]- Apple TV Software 1 – derived from Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Apple TV Software 2 – derived from Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Apple TV Software 3 – derived from Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Apple TV Software 4 – derived from iOS 4 and iOS 5
- Apple TV Software 5 – derived from iOS 5 and iOS 6
- Apple TV Software 6 – derived from iOS 7
- Apple TV Software 7 – derived from iOS 8
There was no Apple TV Software 8; version 8 was skipped when moving to tvOS.
tvOS
[edit]- tvOS 9 – derived from iOS 9
- tvOS 10 – derived from iOS 10
- tvOS 11 – derived from iOS 11
- tvOS 12 – derived from iOS 12
- tvOS 13 - derived from iOS 13
- tvOS 14 - derived from iOS 14
- tvOS 15 - derived from iOS 15
- tvOS 16 - derived from iOS 16
- tvOS 17 - derived from iOS 17
- tvOS 18 - derived from iOS 18
audioOS
[edit]visionOS
[edit]- visionOS 1 - derived from iOS 17
- visionOS 2 - derived from iOS 18
Table of operating systems
[edit]Device(s) | OS | Release | Announced | Released | Discontinued | Notes |
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Apple II series | Apple DOS | June 1978 | 1983 | |||
Apple ProDOS | 1983 | 1993 | ||||
Apple GS/OS | 1988 | |||||
Apple III | Apple SOS | 1980 | ||||
Apple Lisa | Lisa OS | 1983 | ||||
MacWorks XL | 1984 | |||||
Macintosh computers (68k) | Classic Mac OS | System 1 | ||||
System 2 | 1985 | |||||
System 3 | 1986 | |||||
System 4 | 1987 | |||||
System Software 5 |
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System Software 6 | 1988 |
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Macintosh computers (68k and PowerPC) | System 7 | 1991 |
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Mac OS 8 | 1997 | |||||
Macintosh computers (PowerPC) | Mac OS 9 | 1999 | ||||
Mac OS X/OS X/macOS | Mac OS X Public Beta | September 13, 2000 | May 14, 2001 |
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Mac OS X 10.0 | September 13, 2000 | March 24, 2001 |
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Mac OS X 10.1 | September 25, 2001 |
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Mac OS X Jaguar | August 23, 2002 |
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Mac OS X Panther | October 24, 2003 |
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Macintosh computers (PowerPC and x86) | Mac OS X Tiger | April 29, 2005 |
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Mac OS X Leopard | October 26, 2007 |
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Macintosh computers (x86) | Mac OS X Snow Leopard | August 28, 2009 |
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Mac OS X Lion | July 20, 2011 |
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OS X Mountain Lion | June 11, 2012 | July 25, 2012 |
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OS X Mavericks | June 10, 2013 | October 22, 2013 |
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OS X Yosemite | June 2, 2014 | October 16, 2014 |
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OS X El Capitan | June 8, 2015 | September 30, 2015 |
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macOS Sierra | June 13, 2016 | September 20, 2016 |
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macOS High Sierra | June 5, 2017 | September 25, 2017 |
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macOS Mojave | June 4, 2018 | September 24, 2018 |
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macOS Catalina | June 3, 2019 | October 7, 2019 |
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Macintosh computers (x86 and ARM64) | macOS Big Sur | June 22, 2020 | November 12, 2020 |
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macOS Monterey | June 7, 2021 | October 25, 2021 |
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macOS Ventura | June 6, 2022 | October 24, 2022 |
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macOS Sonoma | June 5, 2023 | September 26, 2023 |
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macOS Sequoia | June 10, 2024 |
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Macintosh computers (PowerPC) | Mac OS X Server | Mac OS X Server 1.0 | March 16, 1999 | March 16, 1999 |
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Mac OS X Server 10.0 | May 21, 2001 |
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Mac OS X Server 10.1 | September 25, 2001 |
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Mac OS X Server 10.2 | August 23, 2002 |
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Mac OS X Server 10.3 | October 24, 2003 |
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Macintosh computers (PowerPC and x86) | Mac OS X Server 10.4 | April 29, 2005 |
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Mac OS X Server 10.5 | October 26, 2007 |
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Macintosh computers (68k) | A/UX | February 1988 | ||||
Macintosh computers (PowerPC) | MkLinux | |||||
Copland | N/A |
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Other computers | NeXTSTEP | September 18, 1989 |
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OpenStep | 1994 | |||||
Darwin | November 15, 2000 | |||||
A/ROSE | ||||||
AIX for Apple Network Servers | ||||||
Macintosh Application Environment | ||||||
PowerOpen Environment | ||||||
Star Trek | N/A |
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Taligent | ||||||
Newton | Newton OS | August 3, 1993 | February 27, 1998 | |||
iPod | iPod OS |
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Apple TV | Apple TV Software (x86) | Apple TV Software 1 | September 12, 2006 | March 21, 2007 | February 12, 2008 |
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Apple TV Software 2 | January 15, 2008[4] | February 12, 2008[5] | October 2009 |
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Apple TV Software 3 | October 2009 |
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Apple TV Software (ARM) | Apple TV Software 4 | September 1, 2010 | ||||
Apple TV Software 5 | March 7, 2012 | |||||
Apple TV Software 6 | September 20, 2013 |
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Apple TV Software 7[note 1] | September 17, 2014 |
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tvOS | tvOS 9[note 1] | September 9, 2015 | October 30, 2015 | |||
tvOS 10 | June 13, 2016 | September 13, 2016 | ||||
tvOS 11 | June 5, 2017 | September 19, 2017 | ||||
tvOS 12 | June 4, 2018 | September 17, 2018 | ||||
tvOS 13 | June 3, 2019 | September 19, 2019 | ||||
tvOS 14 | June 22, 2020 | September 16, 2020 | ||||
tvOS 15 | June 7, 2021 | September 20, 2021 | ||||
tvOS 16 | June 6, 2022 | September 12, 2022 | ||||
tvOS 17 | June 5, 2023 | September 18, 2023 | ||||
tvOS 18 | June 10, 2024 | |||||
iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) | iPhone OS/iOS[note 2] | iPhone OS 1[note 2] | January 2007 | June 29, 2007 | ||
iPhone OS 2[note 2] | Early 2008 | June 2008 | ||||
iPhone OS 3[note 2] | Early 2009 | June 2009 | ||||
iOS 4[note 2] | Early 2010 | June 2010 |
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iOS 5 | June 6, 2011 | October 12, 2011 | ||||
iOS 6 | June 11, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | ||||
iOS 7 | June 10, 2013 | September 18, 2013 |
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iOS 8 | June 2, 2014 | September 17, 2014 | ||||
iOS 9 | June 8, 2015 | September 16, 2015 | ||||
iOS 10 | June 13, 2016 | September 13, 2016 |
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iOS 11 | June 5, 2017 | September 19, 2017 |
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iOS 12 | June 4, 2018 | September 17, 2018 | ||||
iOS devices (iPhone and iPod Touch) | iOS 13 | June 3, 2019 | September 19, 2019 | |||
iOS 14 | June 22, 2020 | September 16, 2020 | ||||
iOS 15 | June 7, 2021 | September 20, 2021 |
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iPhone | iOS 16 | June 6, 2022 | September 12, 2022 |
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iOS 17 | June 5, 2023 | September 18, 2023 | ||||
iOS 18 | June 10, 2024 | |||||
iPad | iPadOS (derived from iOS) | iPadOS 13 | June 3, 2019 | September 24, 2019 |
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iPadOS 14 | June 22, 2020 | September 16, 2020 |
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iPadOS 15 | June 7, 2021 | September 20, 2021 |
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iPadOS 16 | June 6, 2022 | October 24, 2022 |
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iPadOS 17 | June 5, 2023 | September 18, 2023 |
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iPadOS 18 | June 10, 2024 |
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Apple Watch | watchOS | watchOS 1 | Early 2015 | April 24, 2015 |
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watchOS 2 | June 8, 2015 | September 21, 2015 |
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watchOS 3 | June 13, 2016 | September 13, 2016 |
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watchOS 4 | June 5, 2017 | September 19, 2017 |
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watchOS 5 | June 4, 2018 | September 17, 2018 | ||||
watchOS 6 | June 3, 2019 | September 19, 2019 |
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watchOS 7 | June 22, 2020 | September 16, 2020 |
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watchOS 8 | June 7, 2021 | September 20, 2021 | ||||
watchOS 9 | June 6, 2022 | September 12, 2022 | ||||
watchOS 10 | June 5, 2023 | September 18, 2023 |
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watchOS 11 | June 10, 2024 |
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Vision Pro | visionOS | visionOS 1 | June 5, 2023 | January 31, 2024 February 2, 2024 with the release of Apple Vision Pro |
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visionOS 2 | June 10, 2024 |
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Warren, Tom (2019-06-03). "Apple reveals iPadOS for iPad with a new home screen, multitasking improvements, and more". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ Jaffe, Justin. "Apple introduces iPadOS, giving iPads their own operating system". CNET. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "Jobs reveals Apple TV update, HD rentals [U]". MacNN. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018.
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