# GLFW on inferioir macOS versions

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfw-on-inferioir-macos-versions/1933>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [October 31, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfw-on-inferioir-macos-versions/1933 "2021-10-31T20:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alex55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Alex55](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/Alex55)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfw-on-inferioir-macos-versions/1933/1 "2021-10-31T20:34:33Z")

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Hello,when downloading the precompiled glfw binaries for macOS,it is written that it works with macOS 10.8 and higher,however i have macOS Catalina (10.15.7) which is inferior to 10.8, so can i still use these binaries ?

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**Author:** ![dougbinks](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.glfw.org/dougbinks/32/39_2.png) [@dougbinks](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/dougbinks)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/glfw-on-inferioir-macos-versions/1933/2 "2021-11-01T11:24:29Z")

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Mac OS X `10.15.7` Catalina is newer than Mac OS X `10.8` Mountain Lion.

The version numbering used is `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` where the `MAJOR` number is `10` for both and `15` for Cataline versus `8` for Mountain Lion. This can be a bit tricky to read, so thinking of `10.8` as `10.08` might be easier.

So yes you should be able to use these binaries.