Oliver Haslam·

Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate Will Be Last To Support Intel Apps

Apple announced the macOS 27 Golden Gate software update for the Mac earlier this week, and the update will be notable because it will be the last to support running Intel Mac apps on Apple silicon.

Currently, Intel apps can be emulated using Rosetta 2 on any Mac running an M1 or newer chip.

But Apple confirmed during its Platforms State of the Union that macOS 27 Golden Gate will be the last to offer such support.

Rosetta was designed to make the transition to Apple silicon easier, and we plan to make it available for the next two major macOS releases — through macOS 27 — as a general-purpose tool for Intel apps to help developers complete the migration of their apps. Beyond this timeframe, we will keep a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed at supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that rely on Intel-based frameworks.

The move means that, as of next year, any apps that are still designed to run on Intel chips will need to be updated to support Apple’s chips natively.

This shouldn’t be too surprising to developers because Apple has been warning everyone of such a move since the macOS 26.4 update. That update started displaying a system alert whenever an Intel app was launched on an Apple silicon Mac.

Interestingly, MacRumors reports that installing macOS 27 Tahoe will go so far as to remove Rosetta 2 from the system. It can then be reinstalled if it’s needed, however.

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