{"id":268255,"date":"2026-06-08T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/apple-quietly-kills-off-support-for-intel-macs-and-macbooks\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:50:13","slug":"apple-quietly-kills-off-support-for-intel-macs-and-macbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/apple-quietly-kills-off-support-for-intel-macs-and-macbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple quietly kills off support for Intel Macs and MacBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/mac-os\/apple-quietly-kills-off-support-for-intel-macs-and-macbooks\">Apple quietly kills off support for Intel Macs and MacBooks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/mac-os\/apple-quietly-kills-off-support-for-intel-macs-and-macbooks\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/mac-os\/apple-quietly-kills-off-support-for-intel-macs-and-macbooks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-08 14:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c8239275-2e09-4663-ae08-32ace0edea9e\">If you&#8217;re using an older Mac or MacBook with an Intel chip, then we have bad news, as Apple has quietly killed off support for any device sold before 2020 that doesn&#8217;t have an Arm-based Apple silicon chip (that is, Macs with M1 chips or newer, or the A18 Pro, in the MacBook Neo&#8217;s case).<\/p>\n<p>Apple announced macOS 27 Golden Gate at WWDC 2026, and highlighted new features and performance improvements. However, it didn&#8217;t reveal which Macs would be getting the upcoming operating system, which is due to release &#8216;this Fall&#8217;, so expect it about October.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c8239275-2e09-4663-ae08-32ace0edea9e-2\">Instead, we found confirmation tucked away at the bottom of the macOS news site. This is a bit cheeky, as it&#8217;s a major change that will impact a lot of people, though it&#8217;s also not that surprising, as it was only a matter of time before Apple dropped support for older Macs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This also means there&#8217;s no Mac Pro or iMac Pro model which can run macOS 27. Will Apple silicon models come out this year for those super-powerful workstations? Let&#8217;s hope.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bye-bye-intel-4\">Bye bye Intel<\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-edd1d356-9747-4e6a-b4e4-9a939614f5fa\">Here is the list of Macs and MacBooks that will be able to run macOS 27 Golden Gate:<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-4adc089d-7712-4f7b-9ea0-b70adebf1769\">\n<li>MacBook Air M1 or later<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Pro M1 or later<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Pro 13-inch M1 2020 or later<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Pro 14-inch M1 Pro 2021 or later<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Pro 16-inch M1 Pro 2021 or later<\/li>\n<li>MacBook Neo<\/li>\n<li>iMac M1 2020 or later<\/li>\n<li>Mac mini M1 2020 or later<\/li>\n<li>Mac Studio 2022 and later<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-40de970c-cffc-44a3-af2b-a51b13736a0d\">By concentrating on its own chips, which use Arm architecture, Apple also no longer has to worry about Macs running on Intel&#8217;s x86 chip tech, which will hopefully mean the macOS team has more scope to improve the performance of the software and add features in the future.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an Intel Mac, you can continue to use it with macOS 26, though running an older operating system that might not get security updates in the future isn&#8217;t recommended. 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