MacOS Sonoma

macOS Sonoma
Version of the macOS operating system
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Developer	Apple Inc.
OS family	Mac; Unix, based on Darwin (BSD);
Source model	Closed, with open source components
General; availability	September 26, 2023
Latest release	14.4.1 (23E224) (March 25, 2024) [±]
Latest preview	14.5 beta 3 (23F5059e) (April 16, 2024) [±]
Update method	Software Update
Platforms	x86-64, ARM64
Kernel type	Hybrid (XNU)
License	Proprietary software with open-source components and content licensed with APSL
Preceded by	macOS Ventura
Official website	www.apple.com/macos/sonoma/
Tagline	Come for the power. Stay for the fun.
Support status
	Supported. Drops support for all Macs released in 2017 excluding the iMac Pro.

macOS Sonoma (version 14) is the twentieth and latest major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS Ventura, it was announced at WWDC 2023 on June 5, 2023,^[6] and released on September 26, 2023. It is named after the wine region located in California's Sonoma County.^[7]^[8]

The first developer beta was released on June 5, 2023,^[9] and macOS Sonoma entered public beta on July 11, 2023.^[10]

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^ "macOS 14.4.1 (23E224) - Releases - Apple Developer". Apple Developer. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ Clover, Juli (April 23, 2024). "Apple Seeds Third Beta of macOS Sonoma 14.5 to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
^ "macOS 14.5 beta 3 (23F5064f) – Releases". Apple Developer. Apple Inc. April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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^ "Apple announces macOS Sonoma with support for desktop widgets and screensavers". The Verge. June 5, 2023. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
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^ Clover, Juli (June 5, 2023). "Apple Releases First Beta of macOS 14 Sonoma to Developers". MacRumors. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
^ "macOS Sonoma Public Beta Now Available". MacRumors. July 12, 2023. Archived from the original on July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.