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                   Predicting When We'll See OS 26 Updates

   Adam Engst

   On his Eclectic Light Company blog, Howard Oakley has pored over the
   past two years of macOS releases to predict when we might see macOS 26
   Tahoe updates'and, by extension, updates to Apple's other operating
   systems, which typically come out on the same day.[1]He suggests:

     If Tahoe follows the same pattern [as Sonoma and Sequoia], you can
     expect releases to occur on the following dates:
     * 26.0 ' 15 September 2025
     * 26.1 ' 27 October 2025
     * 26.2 ' 15 December 2025
     * 26.3 ' 26 January 2026
     * 26.4 ' 30 March 2026
     * 26.5 ' 11 May 2026
     * 26.6 ' 27 July 2026
     * 26.7 ' 14 September 2026

   I sincerely hope Howard is spot on, because he has placed each of the
   dates on a Tuesday, which is less stressful for me than having to cover
   a full OS update on a Monday while I'm putting the issue together.
   Unfortunately, Apple often switches between Monday and Tuesday releases
   with no clear pattern, so I won't be surprised if some of these updates
   come a day earlier.

   [2]Read original article

References

   1. https://eclecticlight.co/2025/09/24/when-will-macos-be-updated-in-2025-26/
   2. https://eclecticlight.co/2025/09/24/when-will-macos-be-updated-in-2025-26/

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