## 14.12.4 Mac OS Platform

`mac_ver`( | release='', versioninfo=('','',''), machine='')

  Get Mac OS version information and return it as tuple `(release, versioninfo, machine)` with versioninfo being a tuple `(version, dev_stage, non_release_version)`.

  Entries which cannot be determined are set to `''`. All tuple entries are strings.

  Documentation for the underlying `gestalt()` API is available online at http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/.