The assistance list for macOS Tahoe still consists of Intel Macs, however it’s been trimmed to simply 4 designs, all launched in 2019 or 2020. We hypothesized that this indicated that completion was near for Intel Macs, and now we can verify simply how near it is: macOS Tahoe will be the last brand-new macOS release to support any Intel Macs. All brand-new releases beginning with macOS 27 will need an Apple Silicon Mac.

Apple will supply extra security updates for Tahoe up until fall 2028, 2 years after it is changed with macOS 27. That’s a normal schedule for older macOS variations, which all get one year of significant point updates that consist of security repairs and brand-new functions, followed by 2 years of security-only updates to keep them covered however without including substantial brand-new functions.

Apple is likewise preparing modifications to Rosetta 2, the Intel-to-Arm app translation innovation developed to relieve the shift in between the Intel and Apple Silicon periods. Rosetta will continue to work as a general-purpose app translation tool in both macOS 26 and macOS 27.

After that, Rosetta will be pared back and will just be offered to a minimal subset of apps– particularly, older video games that rely on Intel-specific libraries however are no longer being actively kept by their designers. Devs who desire their apps to continue working on macOS after that will require to shift to either Apple Silicon-native apps or universal apps that operate on either architecture.