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macOS Tahoe 26.4 Displays Warnings for Apps That Won't Work After Rosetta 2 Support Ends

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macOS Tahoe will be the last version of macOS that supports Intel-based Macs, with Apple planning to phase out Intel Macs entirely following its transition to Apple silicon.

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Apple today reminded developers and users that future versions of macOS will not support Intel machines, and Rosetta 2 support for apps will end after macOS 27.

Starting with ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4, when users launch an app that uses Rosetta 2, there will be a popup letting them know that the app will no longer work when support for Rosetta 2 ends.

Apple says that it will continue to support older, unmaintained gaming titles with Rosetta along with software running Intel binaries in Linux VMs beyond macOS 27. There could also be future security fixes.

Apple first announced plans to stop supporting Intel Macs with new versions of macOS back in June 2025 when it debuted ‌macOS Tahoe‌ at WWDC.

Apple started its transition to Apple silicon with the 2020 launch of the M1 Mac machines, and three years ago, the company completed the transition to Apple silicon with the Apple silicon Mac Pro.

macOS 27 will launch in September 2026, so the end of support for Intel-based Macs is approaching.

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Rachid Vàzquez Avatar
Rachid Vàzquez
7 months ago
It’s very frustrating because there will be hundreds of Steam games that won’t get updated, even though they run just fine under Rosetta. It’s total nonsense
Score: 52 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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infinitedreams
7 months ago
Is anyone up for donating a bunch of Apple Silicon Macs to indie developers like Google, Microsoft and Sky?



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Score: 45 Votes (Like | Disagree)
LimeiBook86 Avatar
LimeiBook86
7 months ago
Ending Rosetta support after macOS 27 is a silly move. There are plenty of great Intel apps and utilities that don't need to be rebuilt, and most never will for Apple Silicon. These apps run perfectly today and it's a shame the ability to run them will be thrown out... except specifically for some games? What a weird restriction.
Score: 31 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Johnny907 Avatar
Johnny907
7 months ago
Wow. What an absolute d*ck move.
Apple is just done pretending it’s not all in on forced obsolescence I see.
Score: 29 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bradman83 Avatar
bradman83
7 months ago

The article it a bit strangely worded, but if I understand correctly, then the support will end with the release of macOS 27 this year, in September 2026.

So that means, that macOS 27 wont include Rosetta 2 anymore.

Sorry, my English is so-so.
No. macOS 27 will continue to include Rosetta but it will not run on Intel Macs.

Rosetta will still be included in macOS 27 for all Intel-based apps, but in macOS 28 and beyond it will be restricted to just older games that are basically abandoned. (How Apple will accomplish this restriction is unknown).

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apple-details-the-end-of-intel-mac-support-and-a-phaseout-for-rosetta-2/
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bradman83 Avatar
bradman83
7 months ago

So the new system (macOS 27) won't even run on Intel machines, right?

Ah, thanks for this information. So Apple will artificially cut off the old architecture, meaning they will no longer support it or they just don't want it... so you will be forced, to buy a new Mac.
Yes, this is exactly what Apple did when migrated from PowerPC to Intel 20 years ago. The Intel transition happened in 2006 and then Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was released in 2009, just three years later, it cut off support for PowerPC based Macs.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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