


No administrator should be surprised or unprepared for a new version of macOS each year. It’s an established pattern that’s been in place for a decade.

Today’s macOS is under increased threat from malware and bad actors.Its most recent macOS Monterey 12.0.1 installer weighs in at about 12 GB - nearly triple in size. The OS X Lion 10.7 installer was about 4.72 GB. The size of its Mac operating system installers has grown considerably over those 10 years too.It released Mac OS X Lion (10.7) in 2011 and every year since has released a new major version. Apple has been on a 1-year major release cycle for its Mac operating system for the past 10 years.
