As a result of the low price, initial sales of Mac OS X 10.7 were significantly higher than that of its predecessors. On August 28, 2009, it was released worldwide and was made available for purchase from Apple's website and its retail stores at the price of US$29 for a single-user license.
Mac OS X 10.7 was publicly unveiled on June 8, 2009, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Mac OS X 10.7 is the recent major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.
