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Major OS release · macOS

Mac OS X Lion

Version 10.7Jul 20, 20116 public releases · 5 point updates

Software history

Defining features

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

Multi-Touch gestures and full-screen apps

Lion brought more iPad-inspired Multi-Touch gestures and system-level full-screen application support to the Mac.

Mission Control

Mission Control combined Exposé, full-screen apps, Dashboard, and Spaces into one overview.

Launchpad and Mac App Store distribution

Launchpad provided an app-grid launcher while Lion itself became a major OS upgrade distributed through the Mac App Store.

Resume and Auto Save

System services helped apps restore state and save documents automatically.

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 products6 mapped products
Full device coverage39 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)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011, Dedicated graphics)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011, Integrated graphics)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011, Server)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
  • MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2011)
  • MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Air (13-inch, Late 2010)
  • MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2011)
  • MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
  • MacBook Air (Early 2008)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
  • 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 (15-inch, Mid 2012)
  • 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 (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

  • MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2006)
  • MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)
  • MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006)
  • iMac (17-inch, Mid 2006)

Public releases

Public release history

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

2011

  1. 10.7Initial major release
  2. 10.7.1Point update
  3. 10.7.2Point update

2012

  1. 10.7.3Point update
  2. 10.7.4Point update
  3. 10.7.5Point update