MacOS 12.0

macOS 12.0 (build 21A344) is the first public release of macOS 12 (Monterey) in October 2021 by Apple Inc. Though it came pre-installed on early shipments of Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max-based MacBook Pros, security updates necessitated macOS 12.0.1 becoming the first standalone release of Monterey to the general public on October 25, 2021, in a similar situation as macOS 11.0 to 11.0.1 for the first M1-based Macs during the previous year.macOS Monterey 12.0.1 Release Notes, Apple Developer. 2021-10-25.
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==Development history==
The first developer beta (build 21A5248p) of macOS 12.0 was seeded on June 7 during the 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference.Apple Seeds First Beta of macOS 12 Monterey to Developers by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2021-06-07. The second developer beta (build 21A5268h) was released on June 28, and again on July 1st as the first public beta.Apple Releases First Public Beta of macOS 12 Monterey by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2021-07-01.
==References==
==External links==
*macOS Monterey 12 Beta Release Notes at Apple Developer (archived 2021-06-07)
**macOS Monterey 12 Beta 2 Release Notes (archived 2021-06-28)
**macOS Monterey 12 Beta 6 Release Notes (archived 2021-08-31)
**macOS Monterey 12 Beta 7 Release Notes (archived 2021-09-26)
**macOS Monterey 12 Beta 8 Release Notes (archived 2021-09-28)
*macOS Monterey: 12.0 at the BetaWiki
Category:macOS 12
Category:2021 introductions