I always have to look this stuff up, so I decided to put it someplace easy for me to find.
15.x Sequoia
- Released October, 2024
14.x Sonoma
- Released September 26, 2023
13.x Ventura
- Released October 24, 2022
12.x Monterey
- Released October 25, 2021
11.x Big Sur
- Released November 12, 2020
- First post 10.x release.
- First release to support the new Apple Silicon architecture (M1 CPU), so this is the first release that runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon architectures.
10.15 Catalina
- Released Oct 2019
10.14 Mojave
- Released Sep 2018
- Requires certain graphics chip sets, oldest systems that will run this release are from 2012.
10.13 High Sierra
- Released Sep 2017
10.12 Sierra
- Released Sep 2016
10.11 El Capitan
- Released Sep 2015
10.10 Yosemite
- Released Oct 2014
10.9 Mavericks
- Released Oct 2013
10.8 Mountain Lion
- Released Jul 2012
10.7 Lion
- Released Jul 2011
- This is the first 64-bit only release. It supports 32-bit applications but requires a 64-bit CPU.
10.6 Snow Leopard
- Released Aug 2009
- This release requires Intel architecture CPUs.
10.5 Leopard
- Released Oct 2007
- This was the first release to support Intel CPU, also the last release to support PPC, so this is the crossover release.
10.4 Tiger
- Released Apr 2005
10.3 Panther
- Released Oct 2003
10.2 Jaguar
- Released Aug 2002
10.1 Puma
- Released Sep 2001
10.0 Cheetah
- Released Mar 2001