macOS 27 Golden Gate just killed the Intel Mac. For good.
Apple's WWDC confirmed what they hinted last year — macOS Tahoe was the final release for Intel. macOS 27 drops support for every remaining Intel Mac:
- MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019)
- MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, 4x Thunderbolt)
- iMac (2020)
- Mac Pro (2019)
That's it. The Mac Pro 2019 — the $50,000 cheese grater — is now officially unsupported.
The bigger picture: Apple is also cutting 16 devices across watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and tvOS 27. The Apple Watch gets hit hardest — Series 6, 7, 8, Ultra 1, and SE 2 all dropped in one wave. That's three generations wiped at once, the biggest cull in Watch history.
iPadOS 27 raises the floor to A14 Bionic or M1 — killing the iPad Air 3, iPad Pro 2018, iPad 8th gen, and iPad mini 5.
What this tells you:
- Apple is accelerating the silicon transition clean-up. Every Intel Mac is now legacy.
- The Apple Watch upgrade cycle just got compressed. S9 or nothing.
- If you're still on an Intel Mac or pre-M1 iPad, this fall is your deadline.
The bright spot: iOS 27 keeps the same device support as iOS 26. No iPhones were dropped. Your iPhone 15 will be fine.
Source: MacRumors / 9to5Mac