Click through it to install Monterey on your Mac. The installer will automatically open after the download is finished. The operating system is 12.1GB in size so it may take a while. You can either open the App Store and look for Monterey or click the following link to open the Monterey page on the Mac App Store.Ĭlick the “Download” or “Get” button on the macOS Monterey page to download Monterey and install it on your Mac. If you don’t yet have macOS Monterey installed, you can easily update to it from the Mac App Store. RELATED: How to Check Which Version of macOS You're Using How to Update to the Latest Version They appear as updates in the Software Update pane.
These smaller updates contain security patches and other fixes. For example, if it says you have macOS Mojave version “10.14.1” installed, this means you have Mojave with the “.1” update installed.
In the screenshot below, we have version 10.14 of macOS Mojave installed. If you see “macOS Monterey” and version “12.0”, you have Monterey, As long as it starts with “12.”, you have Monterey installed. The name and version number of your Mac’s operating system appears on the “Overview” tab in the About This Mac window.
