MacOS Sequoia

21st major version of the macOS operating system

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Operating system

macOS Sequoia

Version of the macOS operating system

Screenshot of macOS Sequoia

Developer| Apple
OS family|

* Mac
* Unix, based on Darwin (BSD)

Source model| Closed, with open source components
Initial release| September 16, 2024; 10 months ago (2024-09-16)
Latest release| 15.5[1] (May 12, 2025; 2 months ago (2025-05-12)) [±]
Latest preview| 15.6 beta 2[2] (June 30, 2025; 21 days ago (2025-06-30)) [±]
Update method| Apple Software Update
Supported platforms| x86-64 (Intel-based)
ARM64 (Apple silicon)
Kernel type| Hybrid (XNU)
License| Proprietary software with open-source components and content licensed with APSL
Preceded by| macOS Sonoma
Succeeded by| macOS Tahoe
Official website| www.apple.com/macos/macos-sequoia/
Tagline| Sharp as a Mac.[3]
Support status
Supported.
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macOS Sequoia (version 15) is the twenty-first and current major release of Apple's macOS operating system, the successor to macOS Sonoma. It was announced at WWDC 2024 on June 10, 2024.[4] In line with Apple's practice of naming macOS releases after landmarks in California, it is named after Sequoia National Park, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.[5]

The first developer beta was released on June 10, 2024.[6] The first public beta was released on July 15, 2024.[7] It was released on September 16, 2024.[8] Sequoia was the first macOS version released on the same day as a new iOS and iPadOS version.[9]

It will be succeeded by macOS Tahoe, which will release in September 2025.

Sequoia will be the final version of macOS that supports the iMac Pro, Intel-based Mac Mini, 2018 MacBook Pro, 2019 13 and 15” MacBook Pro, 2020 2 port 13” MacBook Pro, 2019 iMac, and Intel-based MacBook Air, as its successor, macOS Tahoe, drops support for those models.

## Development

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macOS Sequoia was announced by Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 10, 2024.[4] It was announced alongside iOS 18, iPadOS 18 and watchOS 11.[10] 8 developer betas and 6 public betas were released.

## Features

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macOS Sequoia introduced several new features and improvements, mainly focused on productivity:

* iPhone Mirroring, a feature to mirror and interact with content from an iPhone running iOS 18 as a macOS window, has been introduced. It is supported on all Macs that run Sequoia except the 2019 iMac, which lacks a T2 chip.[4] This function is not available in the European Union due to the lack of conformity to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).[11]
* The Calculator app has been redesigned to be more similar to that of iOS and iPadOS, including rounded buttons, departing from the design that has been used since OS X Yosemite.
* Notes has been updated with the Math Notes feature, which can be used to calculate simple equations, evaluate expressions, and assign variables within the app.
* Passwords, a cross-platform password manager application, was introduced, which replaces Keychain.[4]
* In System Settings, individual menus have been rearranged and slightly redesigned to quickly access frequently used menus.
* Safari has been revamped, including revamped reader mode (now called Reader), faster page load times, a new start page, a new option to hide a singular element on a webpage, and a new unified menu; these had previously been exclusive to compact mode on iOS/iPadOS.
* macOS Sequoia includes the second iteration of Game Porting Toolkit, a Windows API compatibility layer derived from Wine and Crossover,[12] allowing developers to more easily port Windows games to macOS.[4]
* Apple Intelligence is available on all Apple silicon Macs and includes artificial intelligence features such as a redesigned Siri, Writing Tools with which selected text can be proofread or have its tone changed, Smart Reply in Mail to quickly draft email responses, and a system-wide integration with ChatGPT.[13]
* Window tiling is now automatically suggested by macOS when dragging a window to the edges of the display, similar to the Aero Snap feature included in Microsoft Windows.
* The Tips app is now an independent app from the rest of the operating system. The user interface (UI) has also been redesigned, and has replaced the previous Help system included in earlier versions of macOS. The app surfaces individual user guides for apps such as Freeform, Pages, Keynote, Notes, and Apple TV, and also surfaces user guides for any other devices a user may own, such as an iPhone, Apple Watch or Apple TV. As an independent app, it can also be pinned to the Dock.

### New Unicode characters font support

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#### macOS 15.0

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* Bengali Abbreviation Sign (U+09FD) (10.0)
* CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G (U+30EDD-U+30EDE) (13.0)

#### macOS 15.1

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* Mongolian Free Variation Selector (U+180F) (14.0)

#### macOS 15.4

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* Arabic End of Text Mark (U+061D) (14.0)
* Gujarati Marks (U+0AFA-U+0AFF) (10.0)
* Oriya Sign Overline (U+0B55) (13.0)
* Telugu Letter Nakaara Pollu (U+0C5D) (14.0)
* Telugu Sign Siddham (U+0C77) (12.0)
* Kannada Sign Siddham (U+0C84) (11.0)
* Kannada Letter Nakaara Pollu (U+0C5D) (14.0)
* Malayalam Sign Combining Anusvara Above (U+0D00) (10.0)
* Malayalam Letter Vedic Anusvara (U+0D04) (13.0)
* Malayalam Chillu Letters (U+0D54-U+0D56) (9.0)
* Malayalam Fractions (U+0D58-U+0D5E) (9.0)
* Malayalam Fractions (U+0D76-U+0D78) (9.0)
* Sinhala Sign Candrabindu (U+0D81) (13.0)

### Revived Unicode Characters Font Support

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#### macOS 15.1

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* Mongolian Letter Cha with Two Dots (U+1878) (11.0)
* Mongolian Supplement (U+11660-U+1166C) (9.0)

## Supported hardware

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macOS Sequoia supports Macs with Apple silicon and those with Intel's Skylake-based Xeon W and 8th-generation Coffee Lake chips or later. A Mac with an M1 chip or later is required to use Apple Intelligence. macOS Sequoia supports every Mac that supports macOS Sonoma, with the exception of the 2018–2019 MacBook Air models with Amber Lake chips. Similar to Sonoma, the 2019 iMac is the only supported Intel Mac that lacks a T2 security chip. macOS Sequoia is the first version of macOS to drop support for a Mac with a T2 security chip.

The following devices are compatible with macOS Sequoia:[3]

* iMac (2019 and later)
* iMac Pro (2017)
* MacBook Air (2020 and later)
* MacBook Pro (2018 and later)
* Mac Mini (2018 and later)
* Mac Pro (2019 and later)
* Mac Studio (all models)

## Release history

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The first developer beta of macOS Sequoia was released on June 10, 2024. As with macOS Sonoma, the Sequoia developer betas are available to anyone with an Apple Developer account, without needing a developer subscription.

| Previous release  |  | Current release  |  | Current beta release  |  | Security response

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macOS Sequoia releases  Version  | Build  | Release date  | Darwin version

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15.0  | 24A335  | September 16, 2024[14] | 24.0.0
xnu-11215.1.10~2
Mon Aug 12 20:52:31 PDT 2024
15.0.1  | 24A348  | October 3, 2024  | 24.0.0
xnu-11215.1.12~1
Tue Sep 24 23:39:07 PDT 2024
15.1  | 24B83  | October 28, 2024  | 24.1.0
xnu-11215.41.3~2
Thu Oct 10 21:00:32 PDT 2024
24B2083  | 24.1.0
xnu-11215.41.3~3
Thu Oct 10 21:06:57 PDT 2024
15.1.1  | 24B91  | November 19, 2024  | 24.1.0
xnu-11215.41.3~13
Thu Nov 14 18:15:21 PST 2024
24B2091
15.2  | 24C101  | December 11, 2024  | 24.2.0
xnu-11215.61.5~2
Fri Dec 6 19:01:59 PST 2024
15.3  | 24D60  | January 27, 2025  | 24.3.0
xnu-11215.81.4~3
Thu Jan 2 20:24:06 PST 2025
15.3.1  | 24D70  | February 10, 2025
15.3.2  | 24D81  | March 11, 2025
24D2082  | 24.3.0
xnu-11215.81.4~4
Thu Jan 2 20:31:12 PST 2025
15.4  | 24E248  | March 31, 2025  | 24.4.0
xnu-11417.101.15~1
Wed Mar 19 21:16:31 PDT 2025
15.4.1  | 24E263  | April 16, 2025  | 24.4.0
xnu-11417.101.15~1
Wed Mar 19 21:16:31 PDT 2025
15.5  | 24F74  | May 12, 2025  | 24.5.0
xnu-11417.121.6~2
Tue Apr 22 19:53:27 PDT 2025
15.6 RC  | 24G84  | July 21, 2025  |

See Apple's official release notes, and official security update contents.

## See also

[edit]

* Apple Intelligence
* iOS 18
* iPadOS 18
* tvOS 18
* visionOS 2
* watchOS 11

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Clover, Juli (May 12, 2025). "Apple Releases macOS Sequoia 15.5". MacRumors. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
2. ^ Clover, Juli (June 30, 2025). "Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sequoia 15.6". MacRumors. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
3. ^ a b "macOS Sequoia Preview". Apple. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
4. ^ a b c d e "Apple's AI plans, iOS 18, and more at WWDC 2024". The Verge. June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
5. ^ Terech, Kristina; Hanson, Matt; Saxena, Muskaan (June 7, 2024). "macOS 15 Sequoia: launch date, latest news, rumors, and everything we know". TechRadar. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
6. ^ "Apple Releases First Betas of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, tvOS 18, watchOS 11, and visionOS 2". MacRumors. June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
7. ^ "Apple Releases First macOS Sequoia Public Beta With iPhone Mirroring and More". MacRumors. July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
8. ^ "Apple Launches macOS Sequoia With iPhone Mirroring, Passwords App, Window Tiling Updates and More". MacRumors. September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
9. ^ "macOS Sequoia Release Likely to Be the Earliest in Years". MacRumors. September 8, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
10. ^ "WWDC24 Highlights". Apple Newsroom (Press release). Retrieved December 18, 2024.
11. ^ Lawler, Richard (June 21, 2024). "Apple may delay AI features in the EU because of its big tech law". The Verge. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
12. ^ Warren, Tom (June 7, 2023). "Apple's new Proton-like tool can run Windows games on a Mac". The Verge. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
13. ^ "Apple Intelligence Preview". Apple. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
14. ^ "macOS Sequoia 15 Release Notes".

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