Starting with the Public Beta and up through 12.0.1, there have been 156 macOS releases, both major and minor.Some random notes, updated from the original post: This has happened a few times over the years. This is to keep the version numbers in the proper order, even when an older OS received an update after a major new release came out. 11.6.1 is shown before macOS 12.0, even though 12.0 technically came out first). Some entries may appear out of chronological order (i.e.
Note: The Days column reflects the number of days between releases. Ⓘ Leopard - First universal binary release Ⓘ Snow Leopard - First Intel-only release Ⓘ Lion - App Store only (USB stick later) Ⓘ Monterey - 12.0 only shipped on 14'/16' MBPs