| Minimum Processor |
Minimum RAM |
Min. System Required |
Original Release |
Download Link |
MSRP | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.7.x 10.7.1 - ? |
Core2Duo | 2 GB | 10.7 | 2011 |  Download |
Free | Downloads through the Mac App Store Intel Only, PPC Apps Won't Run |
| Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) |
Core2Duo | 2 GB | 10.6.6 | 7/20/11 | - | $29.99 | |
| Mac OS X 10.6.x 10.6.1 - 10.6.8 |
Intel | 1 GB | 10.6 | 2009 - 2011 | Download |
Free | Intel-Only, Won't run on PPC OpenCL, GCD, Significant 64bit support |
| Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) |
Intel | 1 GB | - | 9/28/09 | - | $29 | |
| Mac OS X 10.5.x 10.5.1 - ? |
G4 867 MHz | 512 MB | 10.5 | 2007 - 2009 | Download |
Free | Install Disc is a DVD Universal Binary Installs & Boots on PPC & X86 Classic Not Supported |
| Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) |
G4 867 MHz | 512 MB | - | 10/26/07 | - | $129 | |
| Mac OS X 10.4.x 10.4.1 - 10.4.11 |
G3* | 256 MB | 10.4 | 2005 - 2007 | Download |
Free | *Built In FireWire Required. Install Disc is a DVD CD Media Was Available From Apple Retail Copies Were PPC Only Classic Not Supported On X86 |
| Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) |
G3* | 256 MB | - | 04/29/05 | - | $129 | |
| Mac OS X 10.3.x 10.3.1 - 10.3.9 |
G3* | 128 MB | 10.3 | 2003 - 2005 | Download |
Free | *Built In USB Required Significant Speed Increase over 10.2 PPC Only |
| Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) |
G3* | 128 MB | - | 10/24/03 | - | $129 | |
| Mac OS X 10.2.x 10.2.1 - 10.2.8 |
G3 | 128 MB | 10.2 | 2002 - 2003 | Download |
Free | Introduced Safari Browser |
| Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) |
G3 | 128 MB | - | 08/23/02 | - | $129 | |
| Mac OS X 10.1.x 10.1.1 - 10.1.5 |
G3 | 128 MB | 10.1 | 2001 - 2002 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma) |
G3 | 128 MB | - | 09/25/01 | - | $129 | |
| Mac OS X 10.0.x 10.0.1 - 10.0.4 |
G3 | 64 MB | 10.0 | 2001 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) |
G3 | 64 MB | - | 03/24/01 | - | $129 | |
| Mac OS 9.2.2 (LU1) |
G3 | 32 MB | 09/02/01 | 12/05/01 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS 9.2.1 (Limelight) |
G3 | 32 MB | 9.1 - 9.2 | 08/21/01 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS 9.2 (Moonlight) |
G3 | 32 MB | - | 06/18/01 | - | - | Machine Specific |
| Mac OS 9.1 (Fortissimo) |
601 PPC | 32 MB | 9.0 - 9.0.4 | 01/09/01 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS 9.0.4 (Minuet) |
601 PPC | 32 MB | 9.0 - 9.0.3 | 04/04/00 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS 9.0.3 | 601 PPC | 32 MB | - | 03/00 | - | - | Machine Specific |
| Mac OS 9.0.2 | 601 PPC | 32 MB | - | 02/00 | - | - | Machine Specific |
| Mac OS 9.0 (Sonata) |
601 PPC | 32 MB | - | 10/23/99 | - | $99 | |
| Mac OS 8.6 (Veronica) |
601 PPC | 24 MB | 8.5 - 8.5.1 | 05/10/99 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS 8.5.1 (Ric Ford) |
601 PPC | 16 MB | 8.5 | 12/16/98 | Download |
Free | |
| Mac OS 8.5 (Allegro) |
601 PPC | 16 MB | - | 10/17/98 | - | $99 | Has Data Loss Issues, Upgrade to 8.5.1 |
| Mac OS 8.1 (Bride of Buster) |
68040 68K | 12 MB | 8.0 | 01/18/98 | Download |
Free | HFS+ File System Introduced |
| Mac OS 8.0 (Tempo) |
68040 68K | 12 MB | - | 01/18/97 | - | $99 | |
| Mac OS 7.6.1 | 7.6 | 04/07/97 | Download |
Free | |||
| Mac OS 7.6 (Harmony) |
68030 68K* | 01/07/97 | *Not Compatible With: IIcx, IIx, PowerBook 100, Classic, II, LC, SE/30, Portable, Plus, SE, 512ke, 512, 128, and Mac XL |
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| System 7.5.5 | 7.5.3 | 09/27/96 | Download |
Free | |||
| System 7.5.3 | 7.0.1 | 1/1996 | Download |
Free | Support for Multi Processor Macs | ||
| System 7.5.2 | 8/1995 | ||||||
| System 7.5.1 | 3/1995 | ||||||
| System 7.5 (Capone) |
1994 | ||||||
| System 7.1.2 Pro | 7/1994 | ||||||
| System 7.1.2 | 3/1994 | Support for PowerPC Macs | |||||
| System 7.1.1 Pro | 10/1993 | ||||||
| System 7.1.1 | 10/1993 | Download |
Free | ||||
| System 7.1 Pro | 1993 | ||||||
| System 7.1 | 8/1992 | ||||||
| System 7.0.1 Pro | 3/1992 | Download |
Free | ||||
| System 7.0.1 | 10/1991 | Download |
Free | ||||
| System 7.0 (Big Bang) |
6/1991 | ||||||
| System 6.0.8 | 4/1991 | Download |
Free | ||||
| System 6.0.7 | 10/15/90 | ||||||
| System 6.0.5 | 03/19/90 | Download |
Free | ||||
| System 6.0.4 | 09/20/89 | ||||||
| System 6.0.3 | 03/07/89 | Download |
Free | ||||
| System 6.0.2 | 1988 | ||||||
| System 6.0.1 | 09/19/88 | ||||||
| System 6.0 | 4/1988 | $49 |
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