more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has
earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and
correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX (AIX,
-BSD, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, Mac OS X, Solaris, Tru64), and Windows. It is
+BSD, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, macOS, Solaris, Tru64), and Windows. It is
fully ACID compliant, has full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers,
and stored procedures (in multiple languages). It includes most SQL:2008
data types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL,
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+{%block title%}macOS packages{%endblock%}
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-<h1>Mac OS X packages</h1>
+<h1>macOS packages</h1>
<p>
-PostgreSQL is the default database on Mac OS X Server as of version 10.7.
-The standard version of Mac OS X includes only the PostgreSQL commandline
-client utilities.
+PostgreSQL is the default database on macOS Server as of OS X Server version 10.7.
+macOS without the macOS Server add-on installed includes only the PostgreSQL
+libpq shared library.
</p>
<p>
-Mac OS X Server 10.7 ships with PostgreSQL 9.0. Minor updates are provided
+macOS Server 10.12 ships with PostgreSQL 9.4. Minor updates are provided
by Apple, but not necessarily right after a new PostgreSQL minor release.
</p>
<p>
-There are several other installers available for PostgreSQL on Mac OS X,
+There are several other installers available for PostgreSQL on macOS,
which is the recommended way to install.
</p>
certified by EnterpriseDB for all supported PostgreSQL versions.
</p>
-<p>This installer includes the PostgreSQL server, pgAdmin; a graphical tool for managing and developing
+<p>
+This installer includes the PostgreSQL server, pgAdmin; a graphical tool for managing and developing
your databases, and StackBuilder; a package manager that can be used to download and install
additional PostgreSQL tools and drivers. Stackbuilder includes management,
integration, migration, replication, geospatial, connectors and other tools.
<p>
The installer is designed to be a straightforward, fast way to get up and running with
-PostgreSQL on OS X.
+PostgreSQL on macOS.
</p>
<p>
<p>
<a href="https://www.bigsql.org/postgresql/installers.jsp">Download</a> the
-Mac OS X installer from BigSQL for all supported versions.
+macOS installer from BigSQL for all supported versions.
</p>
<p>
-This distribution includes the PostgreSQL server, a graphical component manager,
+This distribution includes the PostgreSQL server, a graphical component manager,
command line and graphical tools for managing databases, plus many
open source community components. Integrated components include web
-and desktop developer tools, geospatial, provisioning & management,
+and desktop developer tools, geospatial, provisioning & management,
compatibility & migration, backup/restore,
and integration with external databases (Cassandra, Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop),
and procedural languages (Python, Perl, Java, and TCL).
<h2>Postgres.app</h2>
<p>
-<a href="http://postgresapp.com">Postgres.app</a> is a simple, native Mac OS X app that runs in the menubar without the need of an installer. Open the app, and you have a PostgreSQL server
+<a href="http://postgresapp.com">Postgres.app</a> is a simple, native macOS app that runs in the menubar without the need of an installer. Open the app, and you have a PostgreSQL server
ready and awaiting new connections. Close the app, and the server shuts down.
</p>
<h2>Fink</h2>
<p>
-PostgreSQL packages are available for Mac OS X from the
+PostgreSQL packages are available for macOS from the
<a href="http://www.finkproject.org/">Fink Project</a>.
Please see the Fink documentation for information on how to install packages.
</p>
<h2>MacPorts</h2>
<p>
-PostgreSQL packages are also available for Mac OS X from the
+PostgreSQL packages are also available for macOS from the
<a href="http://www.macports.org/">MacPorts Project</a>. Please see the
MacPorts documentation for information on how to install ports.
</p>
<h2>Homebrew</h2>
<p>
-PostgreSQL can also be installed on Mac OS X
+PostgreSQL can also be installed on macOS
using <a href="http://brew.sh">Homebrew</a>. Please see the Homewbrew
documentation for information on how to install packages.
</p>