macOS Tahoe will be the final significant upgrade for Intel-based Macs. Although the company has been gradually removing features from its software updates for these devices for quite some time, it has chosen to cease support for them entirely upon the release of macOS 27 in the autumn of 2026.
Even though we are still several months away from that date, Apple Silicon users are gearing up for a change in the Mac landscape that is rarely seen. After all, the transition from PowerPC to Intel hardware occurred in 2006, and Apple ceased software support for PowerPC Macs with Mac OS X Snow Leopard in 2008.
Despite processors being vastly more powerful than they were two decades ago, witnessing Apple finally finalize the switch to its own silicon indicates that M1-series Macs will be six years old when macOS 27 arrives. With this in view, we are likely approaching the point where an Apple proprietary chip may not be supported by the company’s software in the future.
