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MacOS Ventura (13)

MacOS 13, which introduced Stage Manager for window organization and Continuity Camera (using an iPhone as a Mac webcam).

Platform

MacOS

Released

October 2022

Support ends

Still supported

System requirements

MacBook Pro/Air (2017 or later), iMac (2017 or later), Mac mini (2018 or later), Mac Pro (2013 or later), Mac Studio (all models).

MacOS Ventura's headline feature was Stage Manager, a window-management mode that automatically groups and arranges open windows to the side of the screen, aimed at users juggling many apps at once. It also introduced Continuity Camera, letting an iPhone act as a high-quality webcam for a Mac wirelessly or via a physical mount. Four major versions now stand between it and current MacOS, meaning it has very likely aged out of Apple's active security-update window (Apple typically only patches the current and two prior major versions) -- a real practical reason to check Apple's own security-releases page before continuing to rely on Ventura for anything security-sensitive.
Release dates, support windows, and system requirements come from Microsoft's and Apple's own published lifecycle pages (linked above) — always confirm there before relying on this for a production/enterprise deployment decision, since support policies occasionally change.