Draft:OS X Mavericks

OS X Mavericks
Version of the macOS operating system
Developer	Apple Inc.
OS family	Macintosh; Unix;
Source model	Closed, with open source components
General; availability	October 22, 2013; 11 years ago
Latest release	10.9.5 (Build 13F1911) / July 18, 2016; 8 years ago
Update method	Mac App Store
Platforms	x86-64
Kernel type	Hybrid (XNU)
License	APSL, BSD, GPL v2, and Apple EULA
Preceded by	OS X Mountain Lion
Succeeded by	OS X Yosemite
Official website	Apple – OS X Mavericks – Do even more with new apps and features. at the Wayback Machine (archived October 15, 2014)
Tagline	Power to the desktop.
Support status
	Obsolete, unsupported as of September 2016. iTunes is no longer being updated after March 2017, but does have partial support for newer devices.[better source needed] Drops support for iTunes 8.

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^ "OS X Version 10.9 on Intel-based Macintosh computers". The Open Group. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
^ "OS X Mavericks Available Today Free from the Mac App Store" (Press release). Apple Inc. October 22, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ "Download Security Update 2016-002 Mavericks". Apple Support. March 25, 2016. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
^ "Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)". Apple Support. March 14, 2022.
^ "iTunes – Apple". Archived from the original on 2006-11-07. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

[mavericks_unix_cert-1] "OS X Version 10.9 on Intel-based Macintosh computers". The Open Group. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[2] "OS X Mavericks Available Today Free from the Mac App Store" (Press release). Apple Inc. October 22, 2013. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[3] "Download Security Update 2016-002 Mavericks". Apple Support. March 25, 2016. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2016.

[applesecurity2016and2017-4] "Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)". Apple Support. March 14, 2022.

[5] "iTunes – Apple". Archived from the original on 2006-11-07. Retrieved 2021-06-16.

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