▲ 275 ▼ macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era (arstechnica.com) submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago (2 children) I thought they already did that a few years back? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago Very few Intel devices supported Mac OS 26. They’d been winding down supported machines for a while before that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago they just used their own arm chips, but didn't require them for macos until now. that meant up until now you could still use older intel macs with the newest macos version, but won't be able to do that anymore starting with 27. only apple chips will get the newest version. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago Very few Intel devices supported Mac OS 26. They’d been winding down supported machines for a while before that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago they just used their own arm chips, but didn't require them for macos until now. that meant up until now you could still use older intel macs with the newest macos version, but won't be able to do that anymore starting with 27. only apple chips will get the newest version. permalink fedilink source parent