INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The support list for macOS Tahoe still includes Intel Macs, but it's been whittled down to just four models, all released in 2019 or 2020
We speculated that this meant that the end was near for Intel Macs, and now we can confirm just how near it is: macOS Tahoe will be the last
new macOS release to support any Intel Macs
All new releases starting with macOS 27 will require an Apple Silicon Mac.Apple will provide additional security updates for Tahoe until
fall 2028, two years after it is replaced with macOS 27
That's a typical schedule for older macOS versions, which all get one year of major point updates that include security fixes and new
features, followed by two years of security-only updates to keep them patched but without adding significant new features.Apple is also
planning changes to Rosetta 2, the Intel-to-Arm app translation technology created to ease the transition between the Intel and Apple
Rosetta will continue to work as a general-purpose app translation tool in both macOS 26 and macOS 27.But after that, Rosetta will be pared
longer being actively maintained by their developers
Devs who want their apps to continue running on macOS after that will need to transition to either Apple Silicon-native apps or universal
apps that run on either architecture.
