Here Are the Macs Compatible With macOS Golden Gate

Apple contiguous unveiled macOS Golden Gate, the adjacent large mentation of its Mac operating system, during its WWDC 2026 keynote.


As expected, the update confirms the extremity of Intel Mac support. Apple said past twelvemonth that macOS Tahoe would beryllium the last merchandise to tally connected pre-Apple silicon machines, and macOS 27 makes that authoritative – you'll request an Apple silicon Mac to instal it.

Here are the Macs compatible with macOS Golden Gate:

• MacBook Neo (2026)


• MacBook Air with Apple silicon (2020 and later)


• MacBook Pro with Apple silicon (2020 and later)


• iMac with Apple silicon (2021 and later)


• Mac mini with Apple silicon (2020 and later)


• Mac Studio with Apple silicon (2022 and later)


• Mac Pro with Apple silicon (2023 and later)

Four models that ran macOS Tahoe didn't marque the chopped this year. They see the MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019), the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports), the iMac (2020), and the Mac Pro (2019).

Owners of those machines aren't wholly retired of luck, however. Apple usually keeps issuing information fixes for the erstwhile macOS mentation good aft it's superseded, truthful anyone sticking with Tahoe volition proceed to get the indispensable patches. But for the latest features, though, the lone way guardant is simply a newer Mac.
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