Apple has announced many new features in today’s WWDC stream, but from a follow-up news, people have encountered a foreshadowing at the end of an era. MACOS 26 (also known as the Macos Tahoe) will be the last version of the operating system for use on Intel processor-powered Macs. Tahoe-backed Intel Macs will get full access to all new features and they will still receive security updates over the next three years. By 2028, although they will be separated from the Apple ecosystem.
The first Apple Silicon processor was launched in 2020. Since then, Apple has run all the hardware with its own Apple Silicon Microchips, which is stronger than Intel chips used for most of the millennium. Apple Silicon’s ARM-based architecture can perform more operations and use less battery power than an Intel processor based on X86. Many Intel-powered Macs have been aged from the update, but today’s update makes the last survivor’s expiration date.
The announcement was published on the Union Platform (SOTU) following the major WWDC event, and is mainly aimed at application developers. Apple is encouraging developers to plan for the post-teacher era and ensure that migrations to themselves and users are as smooth as possible. Both MacOS 26 and the next planned version of MacOS 27 will include the Rosetta translation process, which helps build applications for applications running on X86. After the age of 27, Rosetta will continue to move forward to support traditional video games.
Intel-powered Macs that will support Tahoe include the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro, the 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro, the 2020 27-inch iMac, and the 2019 Mac Pro.
