Apple Is Officially Dropping Support for Intel-Based Macs

**TL;DR:** Apple Is Officially Dropping Support for Intel-Based Macs

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In 2020, Apple announced that it would be transitioning from Intel's chips to Apple silicon on all Macs. Over the next couple years, Apple replaced all Intel Macs with those running its own M-series Apple silicon processors. The company then began slowly dropping software support for Intel Macs—and now, that process is complete. At WWDC, Apple announced that it won't be supporting any Intel Macs going forward, which means that none of those devices will get macOS 27 Golden Gate.

All the Macs that won't get macOS 27 Every single Apple silicon-powered Mac, including my humble MacBook Air (M1, 2020), will be getting macOS 27 Golden Gate, which is expected to release this fall. However, the following Intel Macs have been dropped for the upcoming version of macOS: MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, with four Thunderbolt ports) iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) Mac Pro (2019) The peculiar thing is that the 2020 MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt ports was already dropped from software support last year, but the version with four of those ports got updated to macOS 26 Tahoe.

For macOS 27 Golden Gate, even that variant has been left behind. This marks the end of an e

Source: Lifehacker

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