
These are the models that support new features such as Handoff, Instant Hotspot as well as AirDrop between Mac computers and iOS devices: These are the models that are compatible with OS X Yosemite: As with Mavericks and Mountain Lion, 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB of available storage, and Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or later are required. However, to take full advantage of the Handoff feature, additional minimum system requirements include a Mac with Bluetooth LE (Bluetooth 4.0).

Following the Northern California landmark-based naming scheme introduced with OS X Mavericks, Yosemite is named after the national park.Īll Macintosh products capable of running OS X Mountain Lion (v10.8.x) are able to run Yosemite as the two operating systems have the same requirements. Yosemite was released to consumers on October 16, 2014.


OS X Yosemite was announced and released to developers on June 2, 2014, at WWDC 2014 and released to public beta testers on July 24, 2014. OS X Yosemite ( / j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i/ yoh- SEM-it-ee version 10.10) is the eleventh major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.
