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macOS Sierra

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macOS Sierra
Version of the macOS operating system
DeveloperApple Inc.
OS family
Source modelClosed, with open source components
General
availability
September 20, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-09-20)
Latest release10.12.6 (16G2136)[2] / September 26, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-26)
Update methodMac App Store
Platformsx86-64
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU)
LicenseAPSL and Apple EULA
Preceded byOS X El Capitan
Succeeded bymacOS High Sierra
Official websitemacOS - Apple at the Wayback Machine (archived August 30, 2017)
Support status
Obsolete, unsupported as of September 2019. iTunes is no longer being updated, but is able to download driver updates to sync to newer devices.[3] Drops support for Macs released from mid 2007 to mid 2009.

MacOS Sierra (version 10.12)[4] is the thirteenth major release of macOS (previously Mac OS X from 2001 to 2012 and OS X from 2012 to 2016), Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh. It was the first version of the operating system issued under the June 2016 renaming as macOS. Sierra is named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California and Nevada.[5]

References

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  1. "macOS version 10.12 Sierra on Intel-based Mac computers". The Open Group. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  2. "About the security content of macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Supplemental Update 2, Security Update 2019-005 High Sierra, and Security Update 2019-005 Sierra". Apple Support. September 26, 2019. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. "Home". iTunes.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  4. "Download - Apple Developer". Apple Developer. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. Loyola, Roman (7 July 2016). "macOS Sierra FAQ: What you need to know about the new Mac operating system". Macworld. Archived from the original on 15 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.