macOS Catalina
16th major version of the macOS operating system
MacOS Catalina (version 10.15) is the sixteenth major version of MacOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. It is the successor to macOS Mojave. MacOS Catalina was announced at WWDC 2019 on June 3, 2019. Catalina is the first version of macOS to support only 64-bit applications. It was released as a free update on October 7, 2019.[2][1]
| Version of the macOS operating system | |
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| Developer | Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| OS family | |
| Source model | Closed, with open source components |
| General availability | October 7, 2019[1] |
| Update method | Software Update |
| Platforms | x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
| License | APSL and Apple EULA |
| Preceded by | macOS Mojave |
| Succeeded by | macOS Big Sur |
| Official website | www.apple.com/macos/catalina at the Wayback Machine (archived November 9, 2020) |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported as of November 30, 2022. Finder is still able to download driver updates to sync to newer devices. | |
As of August 2023, it is the most used version of macOS, at 91.16%. [3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "macOS Catalina". Apple Inc.
- ↑ "Apple previews macOS Catalina" (Press release). Apple. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Desktop macOS Version Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
