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…
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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…
Intel Mac Owners: What Actually Changes on Monday, September 14
Apple’s published compatibility list for macOS 27 Golden Gate names seven categories of Mac, and every one of them runs Apple silicon. No Intel-based Mac appears on it, which means Monday, September 14 is a non-event for an Intel Mac in one specific sense: it will not offer macOS 27 through Software Update, because Apple…
Rosetta Ends With macOS 27, Except When Apple Says 26 or 28
Apple has published three separate pages this month stating when Rosetta, the tool that lets Intel-only Mac apps run on Apple silicon, stops working. One says macOS 27. Another says macOS 27 too, with a narrower carve-out starting macOS 28. A third, posted eight days later, says macOS 26 was already the cutoff and that…