MacOS Monterey

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macOS Monterey
Version of the macOS operating system
MacOS Monterey wordmark.svg
MacOS Monterey Desktop.png
Screenshot of macOS Monterey in light appearance
Developer Apple Inc.
OS family
Source model Closed, with open source components
General
availability 		October 25, 2021;2 years ago (2021-10-25) [1]
Latest release 12.7.4 [2] (21H1123) [3] (March 7, 2024;30 days ago (2024-03-07)) [±]
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 Big Sur
Succeeded by macOS Ventura
Official website www.apple.com/macos/monterey at the Wayback Machine (archived 2022-10-18)
TaglineHigh powered meets "Hi everyone."
Support status
Receiving security updates. Drops support for most Macs released from mid 2013 to 2014, including all Macs with Nvidia GPUs.

macOS Monterey (version 12) is the eighteenth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS Big Sur, it was announced at WWDC 2021 on June 7, 2021, [4] [5] [6] [7] and released on October 25, 2021. [8] [9] macOS Monterey was succeeded by macOS Ventura, which was released on October 24, 2022.

Contents

The operating system is named after Monterey Bay, continuing the trend of releases named after California locations since 2013's 10.9 Mavericks.

macOS Monterey is the final version of macOS that supports the 2015–2017 MacBook Air, Retina MacBook Pro, 2014 Mac Mini, 2015 iMac and cylindrical Mac Pro, as its successor, macOS Ventura, drops support for those models.

Changes

Monterey introduced several new features and changes, including the following: [4]

Applications

Notes

In the Notes application, users can now apply arbitrary tags to a note (e.g., #cooking, #work); groups of notes with a given tag or tags can be viewed in Smart Folders or a Tag Browser in the sidebar. [19] The new Quick Notes function enables a user to create a note from within any app via system-wide keyboard shortcut or hot corner. [20]

Maps

Apple Maps adds a 3D globe, with increased mountain, desert, and forest detail. [21]

Messages

Messages supports new features, also introduced in iOS 15, such as "Shared with You" which provides shortcut links to content shared via Messages in other Apple apps such as Safari, Photos, Music, and News.

When multiple photos are sent/received, they are now displayed as a collection instead of multiple messages. A download button is provided to download all photos simultaneously. [22]

Known problems

Users and developers have reported the following:

Supported hardware

macOS Monterey drops support for Macs released from 2013 to 2014, [30] [31] including all Macs with Nvidia GPUs.

Macs that support macOS Monterey are as follows.

By using patch tools, macOS Monterey can be unofficially installed on earlier computers that are officially unsupported, such as the 2014 iMac and the 2013 MacBook Pro. [32] Using these methods, it is possible to install macOS Monterey on computers as old as a 2008 MacBook Pro and iMac and 2009 Mac Mini. [33]

Release history

Previous releaseCurrent release
VersionBuildRelease date Darwin versionRelease notes
12.0 [lower-alpha 1] 21A344October 25, 202121.0.1
xnu-8019.30.61~4
Tue Sep 14 20:56:24 PDT 2021		 Release notes

Security content

12.0.1 [lower-alpha 2] 21A55921.1.0
xnu-8019.41.5~1
Wed Oct 13 17:33:23 PDT 2021
12.121C52December 13, 202121.2.0
xnu-8019.61.5~1
Sun Nov 28 20:28:54 PST 2021		 Release notes

Security content

12.221D49January 26, 202221.3.0
xnu-8019.80.24~20
Wed Jan 5 21:37:58 PST 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.2.121D62February 10, 2022 Release notes

Security content

12.321E230March 14, 202221.4.0
xnu-8020.101.4~2
Mon Feb 21 20:34:37 PST 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.3.121E258March 31, 202221.4.0
xnu-8020.101.4~15
Fri Mar 18 00:45:05 PDT 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.421F79 [lower-alpha 3] May 16, 202221.5.0
xnu-8020.121.3~4
Tue Apr 26 21:08:22 PDT 2022		 Release notes

Security content

21F2081 [lower-alpha 4] June 14, 2022
21F2092 [lower-alpha 5] June 16, 2022
12.521G72July 20, 202221.6.0
xnu-8020.140.41~1
Sat Jun 18 17:07:22 PDT 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.5.121G83August 17, 202221.6.0
xnu-8020.141.5~2
Wed Aug 10 14:25:27 PDT 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.621G115September 12, 202221.6.0
xnu-8020.140.49~2
Mon Aug 22 20:17:10 PDT 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.121G217October 24, 202221.6.0
xnu-8020.240.7~1
Thu Sep 29 20:12:57 PDT 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.221G320December 13, 202221.6.0
xnu-8020.240.14~1
Sun Nov 6 23:31:16 PST 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.321G419January 23, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18~2
Mon Dec 19 20:44:01 PST 2022		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.421G526March 27, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.700.8~1
Thu Mar 9 20:08:59 PST 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.521G531April 10, 2023 Release notes

Security content

12.6.621G646May 18, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.701.5~1
Mon Apr 24 21:10:53 PDT 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.721G651June 21, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.701.6~1
Thu Jun 8 23:57:12 PDT 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.821G725July 24, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.702.13~1
Thu Jul 6 22:18:26 PDT 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.6.921G726September 11, 2023 Release notes

Security content

12.721G816September 21, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.703.5~1
Fri Sep 15 16:17:23 PDT 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.7.121G920October 25, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.704.15~1
Wed Oct 4 23:55:28 PDT 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.7.221G1974December 11, 202321.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.705.10~1
Thu Nov 9 00:38:19 PST 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.7.321H1015January 22, 202421.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.706.2~1
Sun Dec 17 22:55:27 PST 2023		 Release notes

Security content

12.7.421H1123March 7, 202421.6.0
xnu-8020.240.18.707.4~1
Mon Feb 19 20:24:34 PST 2024		 Release notes

Security content

See Apple's main pages for Monterey release notes: for consumers and for enterprise, as well as their current security content page.

  1. ↑ Preinstalled on 2021 MacBook Pros
  2. ↑ Initial public release
  3. ↑ Public release
  4. ↑ Preinstalled on 2022 M2 MacBook Air & 13″ Pro
  5. ↑ Update for 2022 M2 MacBook Air & 13″ Pro

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2021		Succeeded by
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