Compatibility & older versions

Works Problems Incompatible Not available Unknown
Apple Silicon native Partly Rosetta Rosetta

Recent versions

Download-Link Apple Silicon macOS 10.5
Leopard
2007
 macOS 10.6
Snow Leopard
2009
 macOS 10.7
Lion
2011
 macOS 10.8
Mountain Lion
2012
 macOS 10.9
Mavericks
2013
 macOS 10.10
Yosemite
2014
 macOS 10.11
El Capitan
2015
 macOS 10.12
Sierra
2016
 macOS 10.13
High Sierra
2017
 macOS 10.14
Mojave
2018
 macOS 10.15
Catalina
2019
 macOS 11
Big Sur
2020
 macOS 12
Monterey
2021
 macOS 13
Ventura
2022
 macOS 14
Sonoma
2023
 macOS 15
Sequoia
2024
 macOS 26
Tahoe
2025
 macOS 27
Golden Gate
2026
GrandTotal 10.x
10/2026

▶ Discontinued versions

Apple Silicon and Rosetta

The Apple Silicon column shows how a version runs on a Mac with an Apple processor (M1 and later). Apple Silicon native means the version is built for Apple processors and needs nothing else. Rosetta means the version is built for Intel only and runs through Rosetta, Apple’s translation layer. macOS offers to install Rosetta the first time such a version starts. Partly Rosetta means the app itself is native, but some third-party components need Rosetta.

Apple provides Rosetta in full up to macOS 27. From macOS 28 on, it remains only in a limited form for older games. Versions that need Rosetta will therefore most likely no longer start on Apple processors from macOS 28.