Every macOS version, from Cheetah to Tahoe
The top 3 according to 20 votes from people: Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah · Mac OS X 10.3 Panther · Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. (Updated Aug 2, 2026.)
From Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" in 2001 to macOS 26 "Tahoe" in 2025: every version of Apple's Mac operating system with its name. Until 2012 they were big cats; since Mavericks (2013) they have been named after places in California.
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Top 22
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Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
Released 2001. The first version of Mac OS X.
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Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Released 2003.
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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Released 2011.
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Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Released 2012. From here on, the system was simply called "OS X".
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Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Released 2013. The first version named after a place in California rather than a big cat.
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macOS 12 Monterey
Released 2021.
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Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
Released 2001.
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Released 2005. Introduced Spotlight and Dashboard.
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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Released 2009. Intel Macs only.
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macOS 11 Big Sur
Released 2020. The first version for Apple silicon Macs.
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11
macOS 14 Sonoma
Released 2023.
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Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
Released 2002.
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Released 2007. Introduced Time Machine.
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14
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Released 2014.
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Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
Released 2015.
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Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra
Released 2017.
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Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave
Released 2018. Introduced Dark Mode.
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Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina
Released 2019. iTunes was split into Music, Podcasts and TV.
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19
macOS 13 Ventura
Released 2022.
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macOS 15 Sequoia
Released 2024.
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macOS 26 Tahoe
Released 2025. New year-based numbering and the "Liquid Glass" design.
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Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra
Released 2016. Renamed "macOS".
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