As we announced a few days ago, Mac with Intel processor will not receive macos 26and this is something that Apple itself has confirmed to us at the WWDC 25, taking out a list of equipment that can be installed, leaving aside those that do not carry the company's own chip.
This can be a problem for thousands of users, since many still use computers of 2019/2020 or previous, because normally this type of equipment lasts a decade or even more without problem, but this could change everything, and rethink their renewal.
Macs 26 only in Mac with Apple processor
And that, unfortunately, if you do not have a MAC with a M1, M2, M3, etc. New Liquid Glass designthat although it will be in most iPhones, since 11, it will not be in most Macs that are used today, since its useful life is usually greater than that of the phones, and some even 2020, will not have this option.
Reviewing the list of those who will become obsolete, and, therefore, they will not reach Macos 26, we see the following:
- MacBook Pro 16 ″ from 2019 or previous
- Mac Pro 2019 or previous
- MacBook Pro 13 ″ from 2020 or previous
- IMAC 27 ″ of 2020 or previous
Therefore, if you have an IMAC or Macbook Pro of 2020, you can not download the new system, although the computer is only 5 years old, or even less. We know that it is something frustrating, but quiet, this does not mean you have to change it.
Apple will continue to offer security and support patches for these devicesat least for some more year, which means that you will remain just as sure that if you were in Macos 26, and you would only lose the design and tools that are launched in it.
In addition to all this, you also have to keep in mind that some new programs or functions will only work in Macos 26, so if you have a Mac with Intel, little by little you will be left out. It will not be from one day to another, but it is progressive. For example, new tools with artificial intelligence, performance improvements or even some apps that are coming out, they may already begin to ask for a M1 or higher chip.
This also occurs in iOS and other systems, and for security, although Apple continues to support, bank apps or that they need certain stricter measures, they only work with last versions. Obviously, as we said, it will not be in 1 year or 2, but you could find this problem in the future.
On the other hand, what Apple is doing is no coincidence: they want all their ecosystem to work on their own chips, and that allows everything to be more optimized, to last the battery more, that the devices are better understood between them, etc. From their point of view it makes sense, but of course, those who still have an Intel Mac, this leaves them in a complicated situation
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