macOS Sequoia
Utilities
Only for Mac
Free
macOS Sequoia introduces powerful intelligence along with new features to help you be more productive and creative on Mac. Apple Intelligence takes advantage of Apple silicon to deliver personal intelligence all while protecting your privacy. Through the power of Continuity, you can access your entire iPhone on Mac with iPhone Mirroring. It’s easy to tile windows to quickly create your ideal workspace, and you can even see what you’re about to share while presenting with presenter preview. A big update to Safari features Distraction Control, Highlights and a redesigned Reader, making it easy to get things done while you browse the web. macOS Sequoia also brings text effects and emoji Tapbacks to Messages, Math Notes to Calculator, the ability to plan a hike in Maps, and so much more.
• Apple Intelligence delivers next generation intelligence for your Mac that is personal to you and backed by industry-leading privacy protections
• iPhone Mirroring lets you access and control your iPhone on Mac, giving you a convenient way to browse your Home Screen, launch iPhone apps, and interact with them on Mac
• Easier window tiling helps you quickly arrange windows by dragging them to the edge of your screen
• Distraction Control, Highlights, Reader, and Viewer in Safari give you new ways to surface key information on web pages and to eliminate distractions
• Passwords app provides one place to see all your passwords, passkeys and other credentials for websites and apps
• Improved video calling features for replacing your video backdrop with your own photo or a built-in background and for previewing your screen before sharing it in calls with presenter preview
• Text effects, emoji or sticker Tapbacks, and Send Later in Messages allow you to add playful, animated text effects, react with any emoji or sticker, and schedule messages to send them later
• Hiking in Maps supports browsing topographic maps with trails and hikes, saving maps for offline access, and even creating your own custom walking and hiking routes
• Audio recording and live transcription in Notes supports recording lectures or other spoken audio right inside a note and creates a real-time, searchable transcription
• Math in Notes instantly solves mathematical expressions
• Photos Collections in the Sidebar organizes your photos by helpful themes, like Days, Trips, People and Pets, and Featured Photos
Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices.
more This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.
15.6 30/07/2025
This update includes enhancements, bug fixes and security updates for your Mac.
Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
15.5 25/07/2025
This update provides important bug fixes and security updates, and is recommended for all users.
15.4.1 07/05/2025
This update introduces 8 new emojis, the ability to create Memory movies in Photos with Apple Intelligence, a new Sketch Style option in Image Playground, Mail Categorisation, and enhancements to better organise and filter your library in Photos. This release also includes other features, bug fixes and security updates for your Mac.
Apple Intelligence (Mac with M1 and later)
• Memory movies can be created by describing the story you want to see in Photos
• Sketch is now available as a style option in Image Playground, so you can create gorgeous drawings
• Apple Intelligence features support 8 additional languages and 2 additional English locales, including English (India, Singapore), French (France, Canada), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese and Spanish (Spain, Latin America, US)
Mail
• Mail Categorisation sorts your messages to help you prioritise the most important ones
Photos
• New filter to show or hide items not contained in an album in the Library view
• Retouch brush is included in the Clean Up tool
• Reorder items in the Media Types and Utilities collections
• Consistent filtering options in all collections, including the ability to sort by oldest or newest first
• Option to sort albums by Date Modified
• Disable Recently Viewed and Recently Shared collections from the View menu
This update also includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
• 8 new emoji including objects, plants and a smiley face are now available in the emoji keyboard
• New widgets for Podcasts including a Followed Shows widget to track your favourite shows and a Library widget to get to your most used sections, such as Latest Episodes, Saved and Downloaded
• Matter-compatible robot vacuum cleaners can be controlled in the Home app as well as added to scenes and automations
• Resolves an issue where certain external displays might not be able to turn off Night Shift
• Increases the default maximum memory allocation limit available to the GPU on Mac Studio (2025) with M3 Ultra with 256GB or 512GB of unified memory
• Improves transcoding performance in Final Cut Pro on Mac Studio (2025) with M3 Ultra
• Screen Time App Limits persist even after a child uninstalls and reinstalls an app
• Fixes an issue where VoiceOver navigates elements in incorrect order in Music
• Addresses an issue where a braille display may show an incorrect line when navigating lines with left or right arrows
Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
15.4 05/04/2025
This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.
15.3.2 13/03/2025
This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.
15.3.1 10/02/2025
This update introduces Genmoji, powered by Apple Intelligence, and also includes other enhancements, bug fixes and security updates for your Mac.
• Genmoji creation in Messages and other apps
• Calculator repeats the last mathematical operation when you click the equals sign again
• Easily manage settings for notification summaries from the Lock Screen (Mac with Apple silicon)
• Updated style for summarised notifications better distinguishes them from other notifications by using italicised text as well as the glyph (Mac with Apple silicon)
• Notification summaries for News & Entertainment apps are temporarily unavailable, and users who opt in will see them again when the feature becomes available (Mac with Apple silicon)
Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
15.3 27/01/2025
This update introduces features powered by Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that unlocks powerful new ways to communicate, work and express yourself, all while protecting your data with an extraordinary step forward for privacy in AI. New features include Image Playground, which lets you create delightful, fun images, Writing Tools to transform how you communicate, enhancements to Siri including product knowledge and the ability to type to Siri, ChatGPT support integrated directly into Siri and Writing Tools, and more. This release also includes enhancements to Photos and Safari, as well as other features, bug fixes and security updates for your Mac.
Apple Intelligence (Mac with Apple silicon)
Writing Tools
• Writing Tools are available nearly everywhere you type, allowing you to rewrite, proofread and summarise text in the app you’re working in
• Proofread lets you view suggested improvements to what you’re writing, like grammar fixes and language refinements
• Summarise allows you to select text wherever you’re writing and generate a high-quality summary
• “Describe your change” in Writing Tools allows you to suggest how you’d like something rewritten — for example, as a poem
Siri
• Conversational context is maintained over the course of a session, so you can refer more naturally to something you said in a recent request or something Siri mentioned in a recent response
• Product knowledge helps you get answers to thousands of questions about the features and settings on your Apple products
Photos
• Clean Up removes distractions in your photos
• Memory movies can be created by describing the story you want to see
Notifications
• Notification summaries make it easy to catch up on your notifications with a glanceable summary of the most important information
• Reduce Interruptions is a new Focus that ensures the most urgent notifications get through to you while silencing potential distractions
Image Playground
• Create fun, playful images in multiple styles using concepts, descriptions, and people from your photo library
• Choose from animation and illustration styles when creating your image
ChatGPT support
• ChatGPT from OpenAI can be accessed direct from Siri or Writing Tools
• Compose in Writing Tools allows you to create something from scratch with ChatGPT
Additional Apple Intelligence features
• Smart Reply in Mail and Messages helps you quickly respond to messages with suggested responses
• Transcription summaries in Notes give you an intelligently created summary of the transcript from your audio recording
Photos
• Favourites album appears in the Utilities collection in addition to Pinned Collections
• Recently Viewed and Recently Shared album history can be cleared
Safari
• New background images to customise your Safari Start Page
• HTTPS upgrade tries to use secure HTTPS on all websites
• Simplified import and export for history, bookmarks and passwords
This update also includes the following improvements and bug fixes:
• Share Item Location in Find My helps you locate and recover misplaced items by easily and securely sharing the location of an AirTag or Find My network accessory with trusted third parties, such as airlines
• Favourite Categories in Podcasts allows you to choose your favourite categories and get relevant show recommendations that you can easily access in your Library
• Personalised Search page in Podcasts highlights the most relevant categories and editorially curated collections tailored to you
• Presenter preview lets you choose what to share — an app or your whole screen — before you share it when connecting to an external display or using AirPlay
• Pre-market price quotes in Stocks lets you track NASDAQ and NYSE tickers prior to market open
• Weather in menu bar allows you to get current weather conditions from the menu bar on your Mac and click through to quickly access detailed forecasts
Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
15.2 11/12/2024
This update provides important security fixes and is recommended for all users.
15.1.1 19/11/2024
This update introduces drag-and-drop support for iPhone Mirroring, and includes other features, bug fixes and security updates for your Mac.
iPhone Mirroring
Drag-and-drop support lets you seamlessly move files, photos, videos and more between your Mac and iPhone
This update also includes the following improvements and bug fixes:
• Option to automatically download and install games and apps onto an external disk drive
Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
15.1 28/10/2024
This update provides important bug fixes for your Mac including:
• Messages may unexpectedly quit when replying to a message with a shared Apple Watch face
• Improves compatibility with third-party security software
Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
15.0.1 03/10/2024
This update provides important bug fixes and security updates and is recommended for all users.
more Version 15.6 30/07/2025