As Apple announced last year, support for Intel Macs will end with this year’s macOS release. The macOS 27 Golden Gate release will require Macs with Apple Silicon chips, including the original M1 that launched in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini in late 2020.
Intel Macs running macOS 26 Tahoe can expect security and Safari patches for about two years after the release of macOS 27 Golden Gate. Macs running macOS 15 Sequoia will receive another year of updates. Apple Silicon Macs will still be able to run Intel Mac apps via the Rosetta 2 compatibility layer in macOS 27, but future releases will begin limiting the technology (Apple has said it will be used primarily to support older games that still use Intel code).
This change has been a long time coming, and each new macOS release has left behind a longer and longer list of Intel Macs. But many Mac owners who purchased late-model Intel machines in 2019 and 2020 can still run the latest version of the operating system, and third-party utilities like OpenCore Legacy Patcher helped more adventurous Mac owners use their unsupported hardware a little longer.
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