macOS Sequoia: Potential Earliest Release in a Decade

On September 9, Gearbestlearned that according to the latest news from foreign media, Apple’s upcoming macOS Sequoia is expected to become the earliest new version of macOS released in more than a decade, and the release time is expected to be locked in this week as soon as possible.

Looking back at the main update dates of macOS in recent years, its release time is mostly concentrated in the end of autumn to early winter, as follows:

OS X 10.9 (Mavericks): October 22, 2013

OS X 10.10 (Yosemite): October 16, 2014

OS X 10.11 (El Capitan): September 30, 2015

macOS 10.12 (Sierra): September 20, 2016

macOS 10.13 (High Sierra): September 25, 2017

macOS 10.14 (Mojave): September 24, 2018

macOS 10.15 (Catalina): October 7, 2019

macOS 11.0 (Big Sur): November 12, 2020

macOS 12.0 (Monterey): October 25, 2021

macOS 13.0 (Ventura): October 24, 2022

macOS 14.0 (Sonoma): September 26, 2023

If macOS Sequoia can be released as scheduled in mid-September this year, this will be the earliest macOS release since OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) on July 25, 2012.

It is worth noting that in the past, new iOS versions were usually launched at least one week before the release of the new macOS version, but the time difference between the two is not fixed, and sometimes it may even be several months apart, such as the release of iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur in 2020 The time difference is nearly two months. This year, with the iPhone 16 series scheduled to be launched on September 20, the release of iOS 18 is also expected to be ahead of schedule, which may make the release time of macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 closer, and may even be synchronized or released before iOS 18.

Apple is expected to further reveal the release details of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia at the event on September 10, and will also bring the debut of the iPhone 16 series, the new Apple Watch and the fourth-generation AirPods.