Music, Podcasts, and TV replace iTunes
Three focused media apps replaced the long-running all-in-one iTunes application on Mac.
Major OS release · macOS
macOS Catalina
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Sidecar
Sidecar let an iPad act as an extended Mac display and drawing surface with Apple Pencil.
Voice Control accessibility
Voice Control enabled comprehensive Mac navigation and text editing through speech.
Screen Time and stronger platform security
Catalina brought Screen Time to Mac and expanded protections around applications and user data.
Mac OS X / OS X / macOS
Device support
Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.
Supported archive products9 mapped products
Full device coverage48 device names
- Mac Pro (2019)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013)
- Mac mini (Late 2012, Core i5)
- Mac mini (Late 2012, Core i7)
- Mac mini (Late 2014)
- Mac mini (Late 2018)
- MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
- MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)
- MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019, Radeon Pro 5600M Graphics)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015, Dedicated graphics)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015, Integrated graphics)
- iMac (21.5-inch, 2017)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Early 2013)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013, Dedicated Graphics)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013, Integrated Graphics)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)
- iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
- iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020, RX 5700/XT)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac Pro (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2017)
Support dropped at this major
No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2019
- 10.15Initial major release
- 10.15.1Point update
- 10.15.2Point update
2020
- 10.15.3Point update
- 10.15.4Point update
- 10.15.5Point update
- 10.15.6Point update
- 10.15.7Point update