macOS Golden Gate

macOS Golden Gate
macOS Golden Gate
Version of the macOS operating system
	Desktop screenshot of macOS Golden Gate
Developer	Apple
OS family	Mac; Unix, based on Darwin (BSD);
Working state	Current
Source model	Closed, with open source components
General; availability	September 14, 2026
Latest release	27.0 (September 14, 2026) [±]
Update method	Software Update
Supported platforms	ARM64 (Apple silicon)
Kernel type	Hybrid (XNU)
License	Proprietary software with open-source components and content licensed with APSL
Preceded by	macOS Tahoe
Official website	apple.com/os/macos
Tagline	More personal. More refined.
Support status
	Supported
Articles in the series
	iOS 27; iPadOS 27; watchOS 27; tvOS 27; visionOS 27

macOS Golden Gate (version 27) is the twenty-third major release of Apple's macOS operating system. The successor to macOS Tahoe, it was announced on June 8, 2026, at WWDC 2026, and it was released on September 14, 2026. It is the first version of macOS to run exclusively on Macs with Apple silicon and the last version with full Rosetta 2 functionality.

It is named after the Golden Gate, a strait between the Presidio of San Francisco and the Marin Headlands, which connects the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.