macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era
6 hours ago
- #Intel Mac Transition
- #Apple Silicon
- #macOS Support
- macOS 27 Golden Gate will exclusively support Macs with Apple Silicon chips.
- Intel Macs running macOS 26 Tahoe will receive security and Safari patches for two more years.
- Macs on macOS 15 Sequoia will get one additional year of updates.
- Apple Silicon Macs will retain Rosetta 2 compatibility for Intel apps in macOS 27, but future versions will restrict it.
- Third-party tools like OpenCore Legacy Patcher have enabled extended use of unsupported Intel hardware.