macOS 26 Rumored to Drop Support for These Four Macs

The adjacent large mentation of macOS, now dubbed "macOS 26," is rumored to driblet enactment for respective older Intel-based Mac models presently compatible with macOS Sequoia.


According to individuals acquainted with the substance cited by AppleInsider, the pursuing Macs volition not beryllium supported by the adjacent mentation of macOS:

• MacBook Pro (2018)


• iMac Pro (2017)


• Mac mini (2018)


• MacBook Air (2020, Intel-based)

These Macs were the oldest supported by ‌macOS Sequoia‌, and their omission successful improvement builds suggests they are apt to beryllium excluded from macOS 26's authoritative compatibility list.

This would people the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth that Apple has narrowed enactment for Intel-based Macs, portion continuing to present the afloat diagnostic acceptable chiefly to Apple Silicon devices. macOS 26's compatibility database is expected to beryllium arsenic follows:

• ‌MacBook Pro‌ (2019 and later)


• ‌iMac‌ (2020 and later)


• Mac Pro (2019 and later)


• ‌Mac mini‌ (M1 and later)


• Mac Studio (all models)


• ‌MacBook Air‌ (‌M1‌ and later)

macOS 26's archetypal developer beta is expected to transcend 17GB successful size—approximately 2GB larger than the archetypal beta of ‌macOS Sequoia‌. The update is expected to get heavy from the plan connection of visionOS with 3D translucent materials and rounded model elements. The plan changes are said to beryllium among the astir important ocular updates to macOS successful years.

Apple is rumored to beryllium shifting the naming system utilized by its bundle platforms toward accordant year-adjacent numerical titles. As a result, we are expecting the adjacent large mentation of macOS to beryllium "macOS 26" alternatively than "macOS 16."

macOS 26 volition beryllium officially introduced astatine Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which starts connected June 9, with the archetypal developer beta expected to beryllium released instantly pursuing the keynote address. Public beta investigating typically follows successful July, with a afloat nationalist merchandise successful the fall.
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