Apple Says macOS 27 Won't Be Compatible With These Macs

During WWDC 2025, Apple revealed that macOS 26 Tahoe would beryllium the final large macOS mentation for Intel-based Macs.


macOS 27 volition beryllium compatible with Apple silicon Macs only, meaning that you volition request a Mac with an M-series spot oregon a MacBook Neo with an A18 Pro spot successful bid to instal the bundle update. Apple volition unveil macOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 keynote this Monday, June 8, and the update should beryllium wide released successful September.

Intel-based Macs that tin tally macOS Tahoe but volition not beryllium compatible with macOS 27:

• 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)


• 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019)


• 27-inch iMac (2020)


• Mac Pro (2019)

Apple said Intel-based Macs volition proceed to person information updates for 3 years.

macOS 27's nonstop compatibility with Apple silicon Macs remains to beryllium seen, but presumably the update volition enactment each Macs with an M1 spot oregon newer.

macOS 27 volition inactive beryllium capable to tally Intel apps, arsenic it volition beryllium the last large macOS merchandise to see Apple's afloat Rosetta translation layer.

"Rosetta was designed to marque the modulation to Apple silicon easier, and we program to marque it disposable for the adjacent 2 large macOS releases – done macOS 27 – arsenic a general-purpose instrumentality for Intel apps to assistance developers implicit the migration of their apps," said Apple. "Beyond this timeframe, we volition support a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed astatine supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that trust connected Intel-based frameworks."
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