While Apple officially unifies all its platforms to version 26, Apple continues with the traditional California landmark naming scheme with macOS. For this year, Apple names its next release of macOS as macOS Tahoe, bringing a fresh new look, more Continuity features, and improved file management.
macOS is the heart and soul of the Mac, and with Tahoe, we’re building on what users love most. Whether you’re a power user or just getting started on Mac, there’s something for everyone, with even more features to turbocharge productivity and make working across Mac and iPhone more seamless than ever before. With its gorgeous new design, amazing Continuity experiences, powerful enhancements to Spotlight, more intelligent shortcuts, and updates to Apple Intelligence, the Mac experience is better than ever.
-Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior VP of Software Engineering
As Apple is transitioning away from Intel-based Macs, this release of macOS continues to drop more Intel-based machines, so macOS Tahoe will support the following Mac models:
- MacBook Air with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
- MacBook Pro with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
- MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- iMac (2020 and later)
- Mac mini (2020 and later)
- Mac Studio (2022 and later)
- Mac Pro (2019 and later)
This means that the following Intel Macs are dropped:
- MacBook Air (2018/2019/2020)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- iMac (2019)
- iMac Pro (2017)
- Mac mini (2018)
Additionally, Apple states in its Platforms State of the Union event that macOS Tahoe will be the last major release for Intel Macs, but security patches will be provided for those machines for the foreseeable future. In summary, all Apple silicon-based Macs and the last of the Intel Macs with the T2 security chip will be able to run macOS Tahoe.
macOS Tahoe is currently in developer beta, but we should see a public beta sometime next month, and it will be publicly available to all users later in the fall.
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