Mac OS Ventura still supported/will receive security updates in the future?

Is Mac OS Ventura still supported/will receive security updates in the future? I've seen references to it not being supported as of end of November 2025, but others that say it still is and yet others saying it technically became unsupported in October 2025.

iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Nov 16, 2025 11:42 AM

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Nov 17, 2025 8:24 AM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you, but let me put it another way.

Is there somewhere that Apple posts when an OS is considered end of life/end of support, like say a vendor like Cisco does? I know it is different industry, but just surprised there isn't someplace definitive with that.


I saw this other post that references it, but is there nowhere on the Apple site that says as of X date, Y OS (or iOS) is supported?

Apple no longer providing security update… - Apple Community


Nov 17, 2025 10:28 AM in response to Bill King

For at least the last fifteen years, Apple has followed a pattern of providing support to the current major release, and past two major releases of macOS. Apple does not officially declare anywhere that an operating system older than three major releases is unsupported by any specific date, or officially at end of life.


Increasingly, third-party vendors are following that first sentence pattern for their Apple product releases and support.

Mac OS Ventura still supported/will receive security updates in the future?

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