macOS Ventura is the nineteenth major release of macOS, Apples operating system for Macintosh computers. It was announced at WWDC 2022 on June 6, 2022, and launched on October 24, 2022. macOS Ventura is the successor to macOS Monterey and is named after Ventura County, California. It is the tenth macOS release to bear a name from the companys home state of California. macOS Ventura supports Macs with Apple silicon and Intels Xeon-W and 7th-generation Kaby Lake chips or later, and drops support for various models released from 2015 to 2016. The 21.5 inch 2017 iMac is the only supported standard configuration model to have no retina display. macOS Ventura supports the following Mac models:
- iMac (2017 or later)
- iMac Pro (2017)
- MacBook (2017)
- MacBook Air (2018 or later)
- MacBook Pro (2017 or later)
- Mac Mini (2018 or later)
- Mac Pro (2019 or later)
macOS Ventura introduces new features and enhancements, such as improved search, powerful new ways to get more done, share and collaborate in your favorite apps. Apple is still issuing updates to macOS Ventura, and the latest version is macOS Ventura 13.5.2, which includes a security fix for an issue where a “maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution” .
