The following macros are predefined in OS X:

__APPLE__
    This macro is defined in any Apple computer.
__APPLE_CC__
    This macro is set to an integer that represents the version number of
    the compiler. This lets you distinguish, for example, between compilers
    based on the same version of GCC, but with different bug fixes or features.
    Larger values denote later compilers.
__OSX__
     Presumabley the OS is a particular variant of OS X

Predefined Macros

The following macros are predefined in OS X:

__OBJC__

This macro is defined when your code is being compiled by the Objective-C compiler. By default, this occurs when compiling a .m file or any header included by a .m file. You can force the Objective-C compiler to be used for a .c or .h file by passing the -ObjC or -ObjC++ flags.

__cplusplus

This macro is defined when your code is being compiled by the C++ compiler (either explicitly or by passing the -ObjC++ flag).

__ASSEMBLER__

This macro is defined when compiling .s files.

__NATURAL_ALIGNMENT__

This macro is defined on systems that use natural alignment. When using natural alignment, an int is aligned on sizeof(int) boundary, a short int is aligned onsizeof(short) boundary, and so on. It is defined by default when you're compiling code for PowerPC architecutres. It is not defined when you use the -malign-mac68kcompiler switch, nor is it defined on Intel architectures.

__MACH__

This macro is defined if Mach system calls are supported.

__APPLE__

This macro is defined in any Apple computer.

__APPLE_CC__

This macro is set to an integer that represents the version number of the compiler. This lets you distinguish, for example, between compilers based on the same version of GCC, but with different bug fixes or features. Larger values denote later compilers.

__BIG_ENDIAN__ and  __LITTLE_ENDIAN__

These macros tell whether the current architecture uses little endian or big endian byte ordering. For more information, see “Compiling for Multiple CPU Architectures.”

Note: To define a section of code to be compiled on OS X system, you should define a section using __APPLE__ with __MACH__ macros. The macro __UNIX__ is not defined in OS X