macOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages. Get even more transparency around your privacy.
Chances are, your Mac can run macOS Big Sur
Safari is now default Mac OS X browser, faster autotabs, support for iSync bookmark synchronization, all Mac OS X languages supported, more AppleScripts to control browser, improved support for web standards. 1.0.3 85.8.5 August 13, 2004. Mac OS versions Hacker Evolution: Untold: Half-Life 2: Valve: 2010 First-person shooter. Off-Road Velociraptor Safari: Flashbang Studios 2011 Racing Commercial 10.
The following models are supported:
- MacBook (2015 or later)
- MacBook Air (2013 or later)
- MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
- Mac mini (2014 or later)
- iMac (2014 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2013 or later)
To see which model you have, click the Apple icon in your menu bar and choose About This Mac.
Make sure you’re ready to upgrade.
Before you upgrade, we recommend that you back up your Mac. If your Mac is running OS X Mavericks 10.9 or later, you can upgrade directly to macOS Big Sur. You’ll need the following:
- OS X 10.9 or later
- 4GB of memory
- 35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later*
- Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
- Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
Upgrading is free and easy
Upgrading from macOS Catalina 10.15 or Mojave 10.14?
Go to Software Update in System Preferences to find macOS Big Sur. Click Upgrade Now and follow the onscreen instructions.
Upgrading from an older version of macOS?
If you’re running any release from macOS 10.13 to 10.9, you can upgrade to macOS Big Sur from the App Store. If you’re running Mountain Lion 10.8, you will need to upgrade to El Capitan 10.11 first.
If you don’t have broadband access, you can upgrade your Mac at any Apple Store.
- OS X 10.9 or later
- 4GB of memory
- 35.5GB available storage on macOS Sierra or later*
- Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
- Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Big Sur:
- MacBook (2015 or later)
- MacBook Air (2013 or later)
- MacBook Pro (Late 2013 or later)
- Mac mini (2014 or later)
- iMac (2014 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2013 or later)
Siri
Requires a broadband internet connection and microphone (built-in or external).
Hey Siri
Supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
Dictation, Voice Control, and Voice Memos
Requires a microphone (built-in or external).
Spotlight Suggestions
Requires a broadband internet connection.
Gestures
Requires a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse.
Force Touch gestures require a Force Touch trackpad.
VoiceOver gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, or Magic Trackpad.
Photo Booth
Requires a FaceTime or iSight camera (built-in or external) or USB video class (UVC) camera.
FaceTime
Audio calls require a microphone (built-in or external) and broadband internet connection.
Video calls require a built-in FaceTime camera, an iSight camera (built-in or external), or a USB video class (UVC) camera; and broadband internet connection.
Apple TV
High dynamic range (HDR) video playback is supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2019) with Pro Display XDR
Dolby Atmos soundtrack playback is supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- MacBook Pro (2018 or later)
Sidecar
Supported by the following Mac models:
- MacBook (2016 or later)
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- MacBook Pro (2016 or later)
- Mac mini (2018 or later)
- iMac (late 2015 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro (2019)
Supported by all iPad models with Apple Pencil support:
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro
- 11-inch iPad Pro
- 10.5-inch iPad Pro
- 9.7-inch iPad Pro
- iPad (6th generation or later)
- iPad mini (5th generation)
- iPad Air (3rd and 4th generation)
Continuity Camera
Requires an iPhone or iPad that supports iOS 12 or later.
Continuity Sketch and Continuity Markup
Requires an iPhone with iOS 13 or later or an iPad with iPadOS 13 or later.
Handoff
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 8 or later.
Instant Hotspot
Requires an iPhone or iPad with cellular connectivity, a Lightning connector or USB-C, and iOS 8.1 or later. Requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.
Universal Clipboard
Safari: Evolution Mac Os 11
Requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 10 or later.
Auto Unlock
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later or an iPhone 5 or later.
Approve with Apple Watch
Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 6 or later or an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 13 or later.
Apple Pay on the Web
Requires a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with Touch ID, an iPhone 6 or later with iOS 10 or later, or an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later.
Phone Calling
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8 or later and an activated carrier plan.
SMS
Requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan.
Home
Requires an iPhone with iOS 12 or later and a configured Home app.
AirDrop
AirDrop to iOS and iPadOS devices requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector or with USB-C and iOS 7 or later.
AirPlay
AirPlay Mirroring requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
AirPlay for web video requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).
Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) and an Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later.
Time Machine
Requires an external storage device (sold separately).
Maps electric vehicle routing
Requires an iPhone with iOS 14 and a compatible electric vehicle.
Maps license plate restrictions
Requires an iPhone running iOS 14 or an iPad running iPadOS 14.
Boot Camp
Allows Boot Camp installations of Windows 10 on supported Mac models.
Safari: Evolution Mac Os Catalina
Exchange Support
Requires Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013, or Exchange Server 2010. Installing the latest Service Packs is recommended.
Windows Migration
Supports OS X 10.7 or later and Windows 7 or later.
App Store
Available only to persons age 13 or older in the U.S. and many other countries and regions.
Photos
The improved Retouch tool is supported on the following Mac models:
- MacBook Pro (15-inch and 16-inch models) introduced in 2016 or later
- iMac (Retina 5K models) introduced in 2014 or later
- iMac (Retina 4K models) introduced in 2017 or later
- iMac Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Pro introduced in 2013 or later
- Apple Books
- Apple News
- App Store
- Automator
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Chess
- Contacts
- Dictionary
- DVD Player
- FaceTime
- Find My
- Font Book
- Home
- Image Capture
- Launchpad
- Maps
- Messages
- Mission Control
- Music
- Notes
- Photo Booth
- Photos
- Podcasts
- Preview
- QuickTime Player
- Reminders
- Safari
- Siri
- Stickies
- Stocks
- System Preferences
- TextEdit
- Time Machine
- TV
- Voice Memos
- Activity Monitor
- AirPort Utility
- Audio MIDI Setup
- Bluetooth File Exchange
- Boot Camp Assistant
- ColorSync Utility
- Console
- Digital Color Meter
- Disk Utility
- Grapher
- Keychain Access
- Migration Assistant
- Screenshot
- Screen Time
- Script Editor
- Sidecar
- System Information
- Terminal
- VoiceOver Utility
- Arabic
- Catalan
- Croatian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- English (Australia)
- English (UK)
- English (U.S.)
- Finnish
- French
- French (Canada)
- German
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Malay
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Spanish
- Spanish (Latin America)
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Vietnamese
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Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah (2001)
Mac OS X 10.0 Happy Mac Loading Screen (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Loading Screen (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah About This Mac (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Finder (2001)
Source: arstechnica.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Finder Column View (2001)
Source: fandom.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Internet Explorer 5.1 (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Mail App (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Quicktime Player (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah Sherlock Search App (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah iTools (2001)
Source: virtuallyfun.com
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah System Preferences and Applications (2001)
Source: macrumors.com
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (2003)
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Gray Boot Screen (2003)
Source: wordpress.com
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Loading Screen (2003)
Source: toastytech.com
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Login/Shutdown Screen (2003)
Source: Gadget Unit TV
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Finder/Applications and About This Mac (2003)
Source: fandom.com
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Safari Browser with Slashdot (2003)
Source: toastytech.com
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Quicktime App (2003)
Source: Gadget Unit TV
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Desktop and Screen Saver Settings (2003)
Source: Gadget Unit TV
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Chess and Stickies (2003)
Source: toastytech.com
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther System Preferences (2003)
Source: Gadget Unit TV
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (2009)
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard About Dialog (Italian) (2009)
Source: wikipedia.org
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Exposé (2009)
Source: medium.com
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Safari Browser with NY Times Website (2009)
Source: interlacedinc
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Dashboard Feature (2009)
Source: interlacedinc
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Finder Cover Flow (2009)
Source: 512pixels.net
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Front Row (2009)
Source: alternativeto.net
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard System Preferences (2009)
Source: arstechnica.com
Safari Os Update
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Installer (2009)
Source: totoku.info
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks (2013)
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks About Dialog (2013)
Source: dimaspratama20.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Desktop (2013)
Source: theverge.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Launchpad (2013)
Source: 9to5mac.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Safari Browser Top Sites (2013)
Source: 9to5mac.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Calendar (2013)
Source: 9to5mac.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Apple Maps Standard Imagery (2013)
Source: thesweetsetup.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Apple Maps Satellite Imagery (2013)
Source: 9to5mac.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks System Preferences (2013)
Source: 9to5mac.com
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Installation Screen (2013)
Source: lifewire.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite - Flat Design (2014)
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Loading Screen (2014)
Source: idownloadblog.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Desktop and System Information Dialog (2014)
Source: tactig.comm
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Today Desktop Feature (2014)
Source: theverge.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite iCloud in Finder (2014)
Source: osxdaily.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Safari and Messages (2014)
Source: osxdaily.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Safari Top Sites (2014)
Source: osxdaily.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Facetime App (2014)
Source: osxdaily.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Spotlight Search (2014)
Source: osxdaily.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite System Preferences (2014)
Source: apple.com
Mac OS X 10.10 Installation Screen (2014)
Source: lifewire.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave - Hello Dark Mode (2018)
macOS 10.14 Mojave Bootup Screen (2018)
Source: geekrar.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave Login Screen (2018)
Source: arstechnica.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave About Dialog (2018)
Source: 512pixels.net
macOS 10.14 Mojave Dark Mode Desktop (2018)
Source: reddit.com
macOS 10.14 Light/Dark Mode Chooser (2018)
Source: Version Museum
Safari Os X Download
macOS 10.14 Mojave Light Mode Desktop (2018)
Source: hexo.lipf.tech
macOS 10.14 Mojave Application Icons in Finder (2018)
Source: computerworld.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave Finder Gallery View (2018)
Source: cnet.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave System Preferences and Apple Maps (2018)
Source: arstechnica.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave General Preferences (2018)
Source: arstechnica.com
macOS 10.14 Mojave Desktop and Screen Saver Preferences (2018)
Source: arstechnica.com
Next: Classic Mac OS
See our illustrated design evolution of classic Mac OS from 1984 to 2001, showing the timeline of System 1 to System 9.
Also, if you're an Apple fan, see our article on what Apple.com used to look like - 25 years of design history of the Apple.com website.
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