OS X 10.10 Yosemite is an operating system designed and developed by Apple from 2014 to 2017 alongside Apple’s personal computers. The system was released on October 16, 2014, and was available for Free from the Mac App Store, or was preinstalled on currently sold computers.
Following the California landmark-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, Yosemite is named after the national park. Yosemite introduced a major revision to the operating system’s user interface, designed with inspiration from iOS 7, while still maintaining the OS X desktop metaphor.
The interface incorporates a flatter visual appearance with blurred translucency effects. Other notable design changes include new icons, light, and dark color schemes, and the replacement of Lucida Grande with Helvetica Neue as the default system font. The dock is now a 2D translucent rectangle instead of a skeuomorphic glass shelf, reminiscent of the dock design used in early versions of OS X Tiger.
Many of Yosemite’s new features focus on the theme of continuity, increasing its integration with other Apple services and platforms such as iOS and iCloud. The Handoff functionality allows the operating system to integrate with iOS 8 devices over Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi; users can place and answer phone calls to and from an iPhone using their Mac as a speakerphone, send and receive text messages, activate personal hotspots, or load items being worked on in a mobile app (such as Mail drafts or Numbers spreadsheets) directly into their desktop equivalent.
This software got the last update (10.10.5) on July 19, 2017, but in the meantime was replaced by a newer version OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Today OS X 10.10 Yosemite is 9 years old!
OS X 10.10 Yosemite Details
| Released | October 16, 2014 – 9 years ago |
| Last Software Update | July 19, 2017 – 7 years ago |
| Time of Support | 33 months (2 years) |
| Original Price | Free from the Mac App Store |
| System Requirements | iMac Mid 2007 or newer MacBook Late 2008 Aluminum or newer MacBook Early 2009 or newer MacBook Pro Mid 2007 or newer MacBook Air Late 2008 or newer Mac mini Early 2009 or newer Mac Pro Early 2008 or newer Xserve Early 2009 2 GB of memory 8 GB of available disk space Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later |
| Distribution | Mac App Store |
Versions of the OS X Yosemite
| Versions | Build | Release Date |
| OS X 10.10 | 14A389 | October 16, 2014 – 9 years ago |
| OS X 10.10.1 | 14B25 | November 17, 2014 – 9 years ago |
| OS X 10.10.2 | 14C109 | January 27, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| OS X 10.10.3 | 14D131 | April 8, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| OS X 10.10.4 | 14E46 | June 30, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| OS X 10.10.5 | 14F27 | August 13, 2015 – 8 years ago |
Security Updates for the OS X Yosemite
| Build | Release Date |
| 14F1021 | October 21, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1505 | November 12, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1509 | December 11, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1605 | January 19, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1713 | March 21, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1808 | May 18, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1909 | July 18, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 14F1912 | September 1, 2016 – 7 years ago |
| 14F2009 | October 24, 2016 – 7 years ago |
| 14F2109 | December 13, 2016 – 7 years ago |
| 14F2315 | March 27, 2017 – 7 years ago |
| 14F2411 | May 15, 2017 – 7 years ago |
| 14F2511 | July 19, 2017 – 7 years ago |
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