Apple’s big updates for Intel-based Macs will end with Tahoe

Macs equipped with an Intel spot volition nary longer person large bundle updates aft the merchandise of macOS Tahoe this fall. During the WWDC Platforms State of the Union keynote, Matthew Firlik, Apple’s elder manager of developer relations, announced that macOS Tahoe “will beryllium the last merchandise for Intel Macs.”

After launching its archetypal in-house processor successful 2020, Apple completed its transition distant from Intel with the motorboat of the Mac Pro successful 2023. Intel-based Macs compatible with macOS Tahoe, specified arsenic the 16-inch MacBook Pro released successful 2019, volition proceed to person information updates for 3 years, according to Apple spokesperson Lauren Klug.

“Apple silicon enables america each to execute things that were antecedently unimaginable, and it’s clip to enactment each of our absorption and innovation there,” Firlik said. “If you’ve not done truthful already, present is simply a large clip to assistance your users migrate to the Apple silicon versions of your apps.”

Here’s a afloat database of devices compatible with macOS Tahoe, arsenic shown connected Apple’s website:

• MacBook Air with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
• MacBook Pro with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
• MacBook Pro (16‑inch, 2019)
• MacBook Pro (13‑inch, 2020, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports)
• iMac (2020 and later)
• Mac mini (2020 and later)
• Mac Studio (2022 and later)
• Mac Pro (2019 and later)

Apple is carrying implicit its new Liquid Glass design connection to macOS Tahoe, arsenic good arsenic several caller features, specified arsenic a more almighty mentation of Spotlight, enactment for the iPhone’s Live Activities, and the Phone app.