macOS Mojave
15th major version of the macOS operating system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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macOS Mojave (/moʊˈhɑːvi, mə-/ mo-HAH-vee; version 10.14) is the fifteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. Mojave was announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 4, 2018, and was released to the public on September 24, 2018. The operating system's name refers to the Mojave Desert, and is part of a series of California-themed names that began with OS X Mavericks.[4] It succeeded macOS High Sierra and was followed by macOS Catalina. macOS Mojave is the last version of macOS that features the iTunes and Dashboard apps.
Version of the macOS operating system | |
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![]() The macOS Mojave desktop, showing the Dark Mode interface and the Stocks and Voice Memos applications ported from iOS | |
Developer | Apple Inc. |
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OS family | |
Source model | Closed, with open source components |
General availability | September 24, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-24)[1] |
Latest release | 10.14.6 Security Update 2021-005[2] (18G9323) (July 21, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-07-21)) [±] |
Update method | Software Update |
Platforms | x86-64 |
Kernel type | Hybrid (XNU) |
License | APSL and Apple EULA |
Preceded by | macOS High Sierra |
Succeeded by | macOS Catalina |
Official website | www.apple.com/macos/mojave at the Wayback Machine (archived September 1, 2019) |
Tagline | Simply powerful. |
Support status | |
Unsupported as of October 2021. iTunes is no longer being updated, but is able to download driver updates to sync to newer devices. (iTunes is replaced by separate apps in macOS Catalina, including Music, TV, Podcasts, and Finder for syncing devices.)[3] Drops support for Macs released from late 2009 to 2011. |
macOS Mojave brings several iOS apps to the desktop operating system, including Apple News, Voice Memos, and Home. It also includes a more comprehensive "dark mode", is the final version of macOS to support 32-bit application software,[5][6] is the last version of the macOS capable of being booted from an HFS+ partition without third-party patching, and is also the last version of macOS to support the iPhoto app, which had already been superseded in OS X Yosemite (10.10) by the newer Photos app.
Mojave was well received and was supplemented by point releases after launch.