In macOS 27, you can make the iPhone Mirroring window bigger by dragging its edge or corner, and some iPhone apps use the extra space to show more content. The iPhone needs iOS 27, and Apple says resizing isn’t supported on iPhone 11, 12, or 13 (any model) or iPhone SE (2nd or 3rd generation).…
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macOS 27 deprecates encrypted HFS+ drives: Here's how to check your backups
Apple’s macOS 27 release notes list Encrypted HFS+ (CoreStorage) as deprecated. The entry reads: “Encrypted HFS+ (CoreStorage) is deprecated and will not be supported in a future version of macOS. If you use Encrypted HFS+ backups on external drives, begin backing up to encrypted APFS-formatted external drives instead.” Apple's M6 Mac mini. Image: Apple A…
macOS 27 now lists your Intel apps: Here's where to find it and what it means
macOS 27 Golden Gate can show you which of your apps are still built for Intel. Open System Settings, click General, then About, and click the Details button next to Intel-based Apps in the macOS section. Apple's M5 and M6 chips side by side. The Intel-based apps list is for Macs with Apple silicon running…
macOS Golden Gate lists 54 security fixes that Tahoe 26.7 doesn't
Apple’s security page for macOS Golden Gate 27 lists 54 CVEs that don’t appear on the pages for macOS Tahoe 26.7, Safari 27 or Xcode 27, the updates a Tahoe Mac got on September 14. If your Mac can run Golden Gate, upgrading gets you fixes Apple has documented only for the new release. Apple's…
macOS 27 Golden Gate for musicians: Native Instruments and Focusrite say wait
If your Mac runs a studio, hold off on macOS 27 Golden Gate until your instruments, interface drivers and plug-ins are cleared for it. Native Instruments says its hardware and software “is not supported on macOS 27 Golden Gate,” and Focusrite tells customers not to upgrade until its testing is finished. The M5 Max chip…
Apple Intelligence's Top Tier Needs M4 on iPad and M3 on Mac, With 12GB on Both
Apple Intelligence has a tier above the tier, and it asks for a different chip on each platform. On the iPad it needs M4 or later with 12GB or more of unified memory; on the Mac it needs M3 or later with the same 12GB. The 27 releases arrive free on Monday, September 14. Image:…
macOS 27 Golden Gate vs iPadOS 27: Six Mac Features Apple Does Not List for iPad
iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate ship on the same day, Monday, September 14, and they are not the same update. Apple’s macOS page lists six things its iPadOS page does not, and the iPad page lists one thing the Mac page does not. Safari and Siri side by side, the kind of layout…
macOS 27 Golden Gate Has One Cutoff, Not Two: Every Mac on Apple's List Runs Apple Intelligence
On the Mac there is only one cutoff. Every Mac family on Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list also appears on Apple’s Apple Intelligence device list, so a Mac that can install Monday’s update can also run the intelligence features that come with it. The 27 software family ships free on Monday, September 14.…
Should You Install macOS 27 Golden Gate on Monday? What Apple Publishes About the Rollout
macOS 27 Golden Gate arrives as a free update on Monday, September 14, and Apple has published a date, a build number and a compatibility list. It has not published a release time, a download size, a free space requirement or any description of how the rollout is staged. Apple issued the macOS 27.0 release…
macOS 27 and iPhone 18 Pro: What Apple Says Needs Both, and What Works on Only One
The list of features Apple says need both a Mac running macOS 27 Golden Gate and an iPhone 18 Pro is shorter than the pairing suggests. The clearest one is a Siri conversation that begins on the Mac and finishes on the phone, because Apple syncs that history through iCloud. The Siri app, the clearest…
Siri AI on Mac in the EU: Apple’s Exclusion Names iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, Not macOS
Apple’s sentence about Siri AI in the European Union names three operating systems, and macOS is not one of them. The wording is that Siri AI “will not be available initially in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS,” while Mac and Apple Vision Pro users in the EU can use it when their system…
Which Macs Run macOS 27 Golden Gate? Apple’s List, Line by Line, and the Tier Above It
Every Mac that can install macOS 27 Golden Gate on Monday, September 14 is an Apple silicon Mac. Apple’s compatibility list covers seven model lines, the oldest machines on it are from 2020, and no Intel Mac appears anywhere on it. Apple issued release candidate builds for every OS 27 platform on September 9, the…
macOS 27 Golden Gate: Release Date, Compatible Macs and Siri AI on Mac
macOS 27 Golden Gate arrives as a free update on Monday, September 14, 2026, and it runs on Apple silicon Macs only, from the new MacBook Neo back to the 2020 MacBook Air. It is also one of just two platforms where Siri AI works in the European Union at launch, which is the largest…