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macOS Ventura
| Version of macOS | |
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| Version | 13 |
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| Codename | Rome |
| Architecture | x86_64, ARM64e |
| Latest build | 22H221 |
| Release date | 2022-10-24 |
macOS Ventura, or macOS 13, is the nineteenth major release of macOS that was released on 24 October 2022. It was announced on 6 June 2022 at WWDC.
New features and changes[edit | edit source]
- Added Stage Manager, a new multitasking feature.
- Added Weather and Clock apps, which are functionally similar to their iOS counterparts.
- The System Preferences app was renamed to System Settings. It was redesigned to make it similar with the look and feel of Settings in iOS.
- Enhancements to Continuity. The user can now use a compatible iPhone as the extended webcam for the Mac.
- Added ability to undo sent emails in Mail.
- Added ability to edit and undo sent messages in iMessage.
- Added Shared Tab Groups and Passkeys to Safari with version 16.
- Updated the design for Siri to be consistent with iOS.
- Improvements to the Spotlight feature.
- Added Live Captions.
- Added support for Metal 3.
- Intel HD 600 (Gen 9.5), AMD Vega (GCN 5), and Apple M1 chips are cited as being the minimum required hardware to support Metal 3.
- AMD Polaris GPUs still function within the OS, but only support the Metal 2 feature set.
- Added Lockdown Mode, which increases security to help protect against sophisticated cyber attacks.
- Added Rapid Security Response updates, a feature that allows for fast patching of user-space without full System Volume updates.
- Repurposes Cryptexes, previously used in Apple Security Research Devices, to facilitate this.
Hardware compatibility[edit | edit source]
macOS Ventura is officially compatible with the following Macs:
- iMac (2017 and later)
- iMac Pro (2017)
- MacBook (2017)
- MacBook Air (2018 and later)
- MacBook Pro (2017 and later)
- Mac mini (2018 and later)
- Mac Studio (2022 and later)
- Mac Pro (2019 and later)
Support for the following hardware has been removed:
- Intel CPUs without AVX2 support (Ivy Bridge and older; Comet Lake and older for Pentium and Celeron processors)
- AMD Graphics Core Next 3-based GPUs and older
- Intel HD Graphics with Skylake CPUs and older
- USB 1.0 (UHCI) and USB 2.0 (OHCI)
- USB Maps
- Intel Ethernet adapters
- Pre-Force Touch Trackpads
List of known builds[edit | edit source]
Available build Confirmed build Unconfirmed build Fake build 13.0[edit | edit source]
13.0.1[edit | edit source]
13.1[edit | edit source]
13.2[edit | edit source]
13.2.1[edit | edit source]
13.3[edit | edit source]
13.3.1[edit | edit source]
13.4[edit | edit source]
13.4.1[edit | edit source]
13.5[edit | edit source]
13.5.1[edit | edit source]
13.5.2[edit | edit source]
13.6[edit | edit source]
13.6.1[edit | edit source]
13.6.2[edit | edit source]
13.6.3[edit | edit source]
13.6.4[edit | edit source]
13.6.5[edit | edit source]
13.6.6[edit | edit source]
13.6.7[edit | edit source]
13.6.8[edit | edit source]
13.6.9[edit | edit source]
13.7[edit | edit source]
13.7.1[edit | edit source]
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