macos end of life dates — full support timeline
19 of 22 tracked macos releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 2025-09-15 | not announced | 26.6 | supported |
| 15 | 2024-09-16 | not announced | 15.7.8 | supported |
| 14 | 2023-09-26 | not announced | 14.8.8 | supported |
| 13 | 2022-10-24 | 2025-09-15 | 13.7.8 | ended |
| 12 | 2021-10-25 | 2024-09-16 | 12.7.6 | ended |
| 11 | 2020-11-12 | 2026-02-02 | 11.7.11 | ended |
| 10.15 | 2019-10-07 | 2026-02-02 | 10.15.8 | ended |
| 10.14 | 2018-09-24 | 2021-10-25 | 10.14.6 | ended |
| 10.13 | 2017-09-25 | 2020-12-01 | 10.13.6 | ended |
| 10.12 | 2016-09-20 | 2019-10-01 | 10.12.6 | ended |
| 10.11 | 2015-09-30 | 2018-12-01 | 10.11.6 | ended |
| 10.10 | 2014-10-16 | 2017-08-01 | 10.10.5 | ended |
| 10.9 | 2013-10-22 | 2016-12-01 | 10.9.5 | ended |
| 10.8 | 2012-07-25 | 2015-08-13 | 10.8.5 | ended |
| 10.7 | 2011-07-20 | 2012-10-04 | 10.7.5 | ended |
| 10.6 | 2009-08-28 | 2011-07-25 | 10.6.8 | ended |
| 10.5 | 2007-10-26 | 2009-08-13 | 10.5.8 | ended |
| 10.4 | 2005-04-29 | 2007-11-14 | 10.4.11 | ended |
| 10.3 | 2003-10-24 | 2005-04-15 | 10.3.9 | ended |
| 10.2 | 2002-08-24 | 2003-10-03 | 10.2.8 | ended |
| 10.1 | 2001-09-25 | 2002-06-06 | 10.1.5 | ended |
| 10.0 | 2001-03-24 | 2001-06-22 | 10.0.4 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported macos release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/macos, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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