Apple WWDC 2026: The tech industry as a whole is looking forward to the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2026 that is slated to take place next week, starting 8 June and running through the week till June 12. This time it is expected that the tech giant will showcase its latest inline OS ecosystem for its three major products: the iPhone, iPad and Mac.
But before the actual release takes place, Apple has dropped some news for people still on Intel-based Mac systems. The Cupertino-based tech giant will end the support for newer generations of OS updates on Intel-based Mac computers, and that macOS Tahoe will be the last update that these systems will receive. The latest OS that is expected from the tech giant could be macOS 27, and it will run on Apple-based silicon hardware only, as the company has confirmed.
macOS Tahoe To Be The Last OS For Intel-based Macs
On its developer website page, the tech giant has confirmed that macOS Tahoe will be the last update that these Intel-based Mac systems will receive, which would mark the end of newer updates, and this will stand as the last major update. Apart from that, the tech giant has also mentioned that these systems will still continue to receive 3 years of security patches, but things end there. This means many Apple models that can run macOS Tahoe will not be able to run what's to come next, which could be the expected macOS 27.
The products that have made this list are the MacBook Pro 2020 (four Thunderbolt 3 ports), the 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019), the 27-inch iMac (2020) and the Mac Pro (2019).
Now there is no confirmed list from the Cupertino-based tech giant on which devices will support the expected macOS 27 update, but as far as expectations go, the latest devices with M series chips might be the ones running it, starting from M1. Although we do not know if the latest MacBook Neo will run the latest update or not, as it runs on the A18 Pro chipset, but if Apple wants to expand in the budget segment, this is a segment the tech giant might not want to miss.
The Cupertino-based tech giant has also confirmed on its developer website that its Rosetta translation will not be available after the macOS 27 update, meaning it will be the last such update that will have the capabilities to translate any Intel-based app.
What Is Rosetta?
Rosetta is a translation process that helps in running Intel-based apps on the macOS ecosystem based on Apple silicon. It is a layer of compatibility that automatically translates apps that contain x86_64 instruction data set in a way that they are able to run on Apple silicon-based hardware; users cannot see this process taking place, and it is invisible to them. It all happens at the back as soon as macOS assesses that an app is Intel-based; Rosetta translates it to run on the system just like a natively developed app.
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Apple has expressed that Rosetta will be available as a general translation tool through macOS 27 to mitigate the developers through a transition process, but only a subset of the process will be available, and that will also end with the newer updates to come in the future. Apple wants developers to launch native versions of their apps for its ecosystem.
As the industry looks forward Apple is expected to come out with more details about its latest OS update like devices it supports and even its official name, so all eyes on the WWDC keynote for now.