The mac intel market is only shrinking at least as fast as the Apple Silicon one is growing.. Opposite track 10's of millions of systems piling up on the 'obsolete' classification stack every year.

However, Apple continued selling the 2018 Intel Mac mini and 2019 Mac Pro until 2023. Those late Intel buyers are likely to be hit the hardest with the support cutoff announcement.

Apple's breakup with Intel might have been overblown, as new reports indicate the two companies could team up again in the next few years.

But Tahoe does still support some Intel Macs. That includes compatibility with the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro, the 2020 Intel 13-inch MacBook Pro, 2020 iMac, and the 2019 Mac Pro.

If I were to guess, the list of existing Intel Macs we have right now is probably pretty similar to what they’ll support with macOS 16. They might drop a couple, like the 2019 iMac or 2018 Mac mini.

While macOS 26 introduces new features for a handful of Intel-based Mac machines, it’s the end of the line regarding new features. MacOS 27 will not support any of the Intel-based Macs.

When Apple announced it was going to drop Intel processors back in 2020, the company also stated that it would support Intel Macs for several years, though a specific timeframe has never been ...

Apple's decision to make macOS Tahoe the last version to support Intel Macs is going to cause enormous problems for OpenCore and Hackintosh users. The communities are taking the news quite well.

At WWDC25, Apple announced that Rosetta 2’s support is coming to an end. “Rosetta was designed to make the transition to Apple silicon easier, and we plan to make it available for the next two ...

The clock is ticking for Intel apps on Mac, with only two more iterations of macOS providing full support for Intel-only apps Rosetta 2 — here's how to find out which of your apps may lose ...

When Apple drops support for your Intel Mac, these Linux distributions can give it a fresh lease on life. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer June 11, 2025 at 8:26 a.m. PT ...

When you say what Apple will do, what 80% of developers did in the past is irrelevant. And killing Rosetta 2 means that pure Intel code will not run on a Mac with MacOS 26.