<p>
The compilers can target the DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
-OS X (Darwin), Plan 9, Solaris and Windows operating systems.
+macOS (Darwin), Plan 9, Solaris and Windows operating systems.
The full set of supported combinations is listed in the discussion of
<a href="#environment">environment variables</a> below.
</p>
<p>
Choices for <code>$GOOS</code> are
-<code>darwin</code> (Mac OS X 10.8 and above and iOS), <code>dragonfly</code>, <code>freebsd</code>,
+<code>darwin</code> (macOS 10.10 and above and iOS), <code>dragonfly</code>, <code>freebsd</code>,
<code>linux</code>, <code>netbsd</code>, <code>openbsd</code>,
<code>plan9</code>, <code>solaris</code> and <code>windows</code>.
Choices for <code>$GOARCH</code> are
<p>
<a href="/dl/" target="_blank">Official binary
distributions</a> are available for the FreeBSD (release 10-STABLE and above),
-Linux, Mac OS X (10.8 and above), and Windows operating systems and
+Linux, macOS (10.10 and above), and Windows operating systems and
the 32-bit (<code>386</code>) and 64-bit (<code>amd64</code>) x86 processor
architectures.
</p>
<tr><td colspan="3"><hr></td></tr>
<tr><td>FreeBSD 10.3 or later</td> <td>amd64, 386</td> <td>Debian GNU/kFreeBSD not supported</td></tr>
<tr valign='top'><td>Linux 2.6.23 or later with glibc</td> <td>amd64, 386, arm, arm64,<br>s390x, ppc64le</td> <td>CentOS/RHEL 5.x not supported.<br>Install from source for other libc.</td></tr>
-<tr><td>macOS 10.8 or later</td> <td>amd64</td> <td>use the clang or gcc<sup>†</sup> that comes with Xcode<sup>‡</sup> for <code>cgo</code> support</td></tr>
+<tr><td>macOS 10.10 or later</td> <td>amd64</td> <td>use the clang or gcc<sup>†</sup> that comes with Xcode<sup>‡</sup> for <code>cgo</code> support</td></tr>
<tr><td>Windows XP SP2 or later</td> <td>amd64, 386</td> <td>use MinGW gcc<sup>†</sup>. No need for cygwin or msys.</td></tr>
</table>
<div id="tarballInstructions">
-<h3 id="tarball">Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD tarballs</h3>
+<h3 id="tarball">Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD tarballs</h3>
<p>
<a href="/dl/">Download the archive</a>
<div id="darwinPackageInstructions">
-<h3 id="osx">Mac OS X package installer</h3>
+<h3 id="macos"><div id="osx"></div>macOS package installer</h3>
<p>
<a href="/dl/">Download the package file</a>,
<p>
To remove an existing Go installation from your system delete the
<code>go</code> directory. This is usually <code>/usr/local/go</code>
-under Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD or <code>c:\Go</code>
+under Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD or <code>c:\Go</code>
under Windows.
</p>
<code>PATH</code> environment variable.
Under Linux and FreeBSD you should edit <code>/etc/profile</code> or
<code>$HOME/.profile</code>.
-If you installed Go with the <a href="#osx">Mac OS X package</a> then you
+If you installed Go with the <a href="#macos">macOS package</a> then you
should remove the <code>/etc/paths.d/go</code> file.
Windows users should read the section about <a href="#windows_env">setting
environment variables under Windows</a>.