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macOS Mojave - Technical Specifications

General Requirements

  • OS X 10.8 or later

  • 2GB of memory

  • 12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)*

  • Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.

  • Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.

Mac Hardware Requirements

For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Mojave:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)

  • MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)

  • Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)

  • iMac (Late 2012 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • Mac Pro (Late 2013; Mid 2010 and Mid 2012 models with recommended Metal-capable graphics cards)

Feature Requirements

Siri

Requires a broadband Internet connection and microphone (built-in or external).

Hey Siri

Supported by the following Mac models:

  • MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2018)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

Dictation and Voice Memos

Requires a microphone (built-in or external).

Spotlight Suggestions

Requires a broadband Internet connection.

Gestures

Requires a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse.

Force Touch gestures require a Force Touch trackpad.

VoiceOver gestures require a Multi-Touch trackpad, Force Touch trackpad, or Magic Trackpad.

Photo Booth

Requires a FaceTime or iSight camera (built-in or external), or USB video class (UVC) camera.

FaceTime

Audio calls require a microphone (built-in or external) and broadband Internet connection.

Video calls require a built-in FaceTime camera, an iSight camera (built-in or external), or a USB video class (UVC) camera; and broadband Internet connection.

Continuity Camera, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, and Universal Clipboard

Supported by the following Mac models:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro (2012 or newer)

  • MacBook Air (2012 or newer)

  • Mac mini (2012 or newer)

  • iMac (2012 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Continuity Camera requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 12 or later.

Handoff requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 8 or later.

Instant Hotspot requires an iPhone or iPad with cellular connectivity with a Lightning connector and iOS 8.1 or later. Requires Personal Hotspot service through your carrier.

Auto Unlock

Supported by Mac models introduced in mid 2013 or later.

Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later and an iPhone 5 or later.

Apple Pay on the Web

Supported by the following Mac models:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro (2012 or newer)

  • MacBook Air (2012 or newer)

  • Mac mini (2012 or newer)

  • iMac (2012 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Requires MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, iPhone 6 or later with iOS 10 or later, or an Apple Watch with watchOS 3 or later.

Phone Calling

Requires an iPhone with iOS 8 or later and an activated carrier plan.

SMS

Requires an iPhone with iOS 8.1 or later and an activated carrier plan.

Home

Requires iPhone with iOS 12 or later and a configured Home app.

AirDrop

AirDrop between Mac computers and iOS devices is supported by the following Mac models:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro (2012 or newer)

  • MacBook Air (2012 or newer)

  • Mac mini (2012 or newer)

  • iMac (2012 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)

AirDrop to iOS devices requires an iPhone or iPad with a Lightning connector and iOS 7 or later.

AirPlay

AirPlay Mirroring requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later). Supported by the following Mac models:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)

  • MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)

  • Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)

  • iMac (Late 2012 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)

AirPlay for web video requires an Apple TV (2nd generation or later).

Peer-to-peer AirPlay requires a Mac (2012 or later) and an Apple TV (3rd generation rev A, model A1469 or later) with Apple TV software 7.0 or later.

Time Machine

Requires an external storage device (sold separately).

Learn more about Time Machine

Power Nap

Supported by the following Mac models:

  • MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)

  • MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)

  • MacBook Pro with Retina display (Mid 2012 or newer)

  • Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)

  • iMac (Late 2012 or newer)

  • iMac Pro (2017)

  • Mac Pro (Late 2013)

Boot Camp

Allows Boot Camp installations of Windows 10 on supported Mac models.

Learn more about Boot Camp

Exchange Support

Requires Microsoft Office 365, Exchange 2016, Exchange 2013, or Exchange Server 2010. Installing the latest Service Packs is recommended.

App Store

Available only to persons age 13 or older in the U.S. and many other countries and regions.

What’s Included

Applications

  • Apple Books

  • Apple News

  • App Store

  • Automator

  • Calculator

  • Calendar

  • Chess

  • Contacts

  • Dashboard

  • Dictionary

  • DVD Player

  • FaceTime

  • Font Book

  • Home

  • Image Capture

  • iTunes

  • Launchpad

  • Mail

  • Maps

  • Messages

  • Mission Control

  • Notes

  • Photo Booth

  • Photos

  • Preview

  • QuickTime Player

  • Reminders

  • Safari

  • Siri

  • Stickies

  • Stocks

  • System Preferences

  • TextEdit

  • Time Machine

  • Voice Memos

Utilities

  • Activity Monitor

  • AirPort Utility

  • Audio MIDI Setup

  • Bluetooth File Exchange

  • Boot Camp Assistant

  • ColorSync Utility

  • Console

  • Digital Color Meter

  • Disk Utility

  • Grapher

  • Keychain Access

  • Migration Assistant

  • Screenshot

  • Script Editor

  • System Information

  • Terminal

  • VoiceOver Utility

Languages

  • Arabic

  • Catalan

  • Croatian

  • Simplified Chinese

  • Traditional Chinese

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)

  • Czech

  • Danish

  • Dutch

  • English

  • English (Australia)

  • English (United Kingdom)

  • Finnish

  • French

  • French (Canada)

  • German

  • Greek

  • Hebrew

  • Hindi

  • Hungarian

  • Indonesian

  • Italian

  • Japanese

  • Korean

  • Malay

  • Norwegian

  • Polish

  • Brazilian Portuguese

  • Portuguese

  • Romanian

  • Russian

  • Slovak

  • Spanish

  • Spanish (Latin America)

  • Swedish

  • Thai

  • Turkish

  • Ukrainian

  • Vietnamese

* Requires up to 18.5 GB of available storage to upgrade from earlier releases.

Some features may not be available for all countries or regions. Click here to see complete list.

iCloud requires iOS 5 or later on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro, iPad Air or later, iPad or later, or iPad mini or later; a Mac computer with OS X Lion 10.7.5 or later; or a PC with Windows 7 or Windows 8 (Outlook 2007 or later or an up-to-date browser is required for accessing email, contacts, and calendars). Some features require iOS 12 and macOS Mojave. Some features require a Wi-Fi connection. Some features are not available in all countries or regions. Access to some services is limited to 10 devices.