OS X 10.9 Mavericks is an operating system that was designed and developed by Apple from 2013 to 2016 alongside Apple’s personal computers. The system was released on October 22, 2013, for Free from the Mac App Store, or was preinstalled on currently sold computers.
The update emphasized battery life, Finder improvements, other improvements for power users, continued iCloud integration, and brought more of Apple’s iOS apps to OS X.
Mavericks, named after the surfing location in Northern California, was the first in the series of OS X releases named for places in Apple’s home state; earlier releases used the names of big cats.
OS X Mavericks was the first OS X major release to be a free upgrade and the second overall since Mac OS X 10.1 Puma.
This software got the last update (10.9.5) on July 18, 2016, but in the meantime was replaced by a newer version OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Today OS X 10.9 Mavericks is 10 years old!
OS X 10.9 Mavericks Details
| Released | October 22, 2013 – 10 years ago |
| Last Software Update | July 18, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| Time of Support | 32 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 to the OS X Mavericks
| Versions | Build | Release Date |
| OS X 10.9 | 13A603 | October 22, 2013 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.1 | 13B42 | December 16, 2013 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.1 for MacBook Pro Late 2013 | 13B3116 | December 16, 2013 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.1 for Mac Pro Late 2013 | 13B4116 | December 19, 2013 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.2 | 13C64 | February 25, 2014 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.3 | 13D65 | May 15, 2014 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.4 | 13E28 | June 30, 2014 – 10 years ago |
| OS X 10.9.5 | 13F34 | September 17, 2014 – 9 years ago |
Security Updates for the OS X Mavericks
| Build | Release Date |
| 13F34 | October 16, 2014 – 9 years ago |
| 13F34 | January 27, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| 13F1066 | March 9, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| 13F1077 | April 8, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| 13F1096 | June 30, 2015 – 9 years ago |
| 13F1112 | August 13, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| 13F1134 | October 21, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| 13F1507 | December 8, 2015 – 8 years ago |
| 13F1603 | January 19, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 13F1712 | March 21, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 13F1808 | May 16, 2016 – 8 years ago |
| 13F1911 | July 18, 2016 – 8 years ago |
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