Apple to Phase Out Rosetta 2 Starting With macOS 28 as Intel Era Ends

Following its WWDC keynote connected Monday, Apple updated a developer document to bespeak that Rosetta 2 volition stay disposable done macOS 27.


Rosetta 2 enables Macs with Apple silicon (Arm architecture) to tally apps that were built for Macs with an Intel processor (x86 architecture), by translating code.

Starting with macOS 28, Apple said that lone a constricted mentation of Rosetta 2 volition stay disposable for older games that trust connected Intel-based frameworks: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. Beyond this timeframe, we volition support a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed astatine supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that trust connected Intel-based frameworks.The papers besides reiterates that macOS Tahoe volition beryllium the last macOS merchandise that supports Intel-based Macs. However, Apple said that Intel-based Macs volition proceed to person information updates for an further 3 years.

macOS Tahoe is compatible with only a fistful of Intel-based Macs, including the 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019), 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports), 27-inch iMac (2020), and Mac Pro (2019).
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