The update includes a number of new features and changes such as updates to apps like Safari, Mail, and Messages, Live Text, Visual Look Up, and Dictation enhancements.
macOS Ventura gets Weather and Clock apps for the first time, while a new Continuity Camera feature lets you use your iPhone as a high-quality webcam for your Mac. Stage Manager brings a new way to multitask by organizing your apps and windows into a single view with individual apps or groups of apps stored in a shelf off to the side of the desktop and easily accessible with a click.
macOS Ventura Release Date
macOS Ventura became available for registered members of Apple's developer program immediately following the WWDC keynote on June 7, and Apple released the public beta on July 11. Apple originally said macOS Ventura would be officially be released in "the fall" of 2022, without specifying a precise date.
Apple later updated its website to note that macOS Ventura will launch in October, and it is expected to debut alongside the release of iPadOS 16, which shares some of the new features like Stage Manager.
At the present time, "October" is the only official indication we have about a release date for macOS Ventura. We're expecting some updated Mac models from Apple any time now, which would pair nicely with the macOS Ventura release, but rumors suggest Apple won't be holding an event to introduce the new hardware and will instead announce them via press release.
Device Compatibility
macOS Ventura is compatible with the MacBook Air (2018 and later), MacBook Pro (2017 and later), MacBook (2017), iMac (2017 and later), iMac Pro (2017), Mac mini (2018 and later), Mac Studio (2022), and Mac Pro (2019 and later).