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Major OS release · macOS

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Version 10.6Aug 28, 20099 public releases · 8 point updates

Software history

Defining features

Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.

Performance and refinement

Snow Leopard focused on hundreds of refinements and a smaller, faster system rather than a major interface redesign.

Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL

New core technologies targeted multicore CPUs and GPU computing for future Mac software.

Exchange support

Built-in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support integrated Mail, iCal, and Address Book with enterprise services.

Apple feature source ↗

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 products5 mapped products
Full device coverage34 device names
  • Mac Pro (Early 2007)
  • Mac Pro (Early 2008)
  • Mac Pro (Early 2009)
  • Mac Pro (Mid 2006)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2007)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2010)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2006)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010)
  • MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010)
  • MacBook Air (Early 2008)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2006)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009, Dedicated Graphics)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009, Integrated Graphics)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006)
  • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2006)
  • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
  • Xserve (Early 2008)
  • Xserve (Early 2009)
  • Xserve (Late 2006)
  • iMac (17-inch, Late 2006, Integrated Graphics)
  • iMac (17-inch, Mid 2006)
  • iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
  • iMac (24-inch, Late 2006)
  • iMac (27-inch, Late 2009, Core i5/i7)
  • iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
  • iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)

Support dropped at this major

Device names in support data

  • Mac mini (Early 2005)
  • Mac mini (Late 2005)
  • Xserve
  • Xserve (Slot Load)
  • iMac (17-inch)

Public releases

Public release history

Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.

2009

  1. 10.6Initial major release
  2. 10.6.1Point update
  3. 10.6.2Point update

2010

  1. 10.6.3Point update
  2. 10.6.4Point update
  3. 10.6.5Point update

2011

  1. 10.6.6Point update
  2. 10.6.7Point update
  3. 10.6.8Point update