As Apple announced last year, this year’s macOS release will end support for Intel Macs. The macOS 27 Golden Gate release will require a Mac with an Apple Silicon chip inside, including the original M1 that launched in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini back in late 2020.

Macworld On June 8, Apple will officially reveal the follow-up to macOS 27 Tahoe, followed by a months-long beta cycle, and the official release of the new operating system in the fall. As for what to expect,

Here’s the complete list of supported iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Macs that will get iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27 and macOS 27.

"Attention to detail has always been core to Apple's DNA," said Stacey Ford, VP of OS Program Management, during the keynote. Which makes it all the more baffling that the inconsistent window corners shipped with MacOS Tahoe, let alone remain unchanged for an entire year.

If you’ve ever wondered what it felt like to use the many operating systems Apple (and NeXT) released over the past 40-plus years, The Virtual OS Museum has got you covered, and then some.

Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC 2026 on Monday, framing the release as a year of fixes rather than reinvention. A new slider tames Liquid Glass, a rewritten CPU scheduler delivers measurable speed gains down to the iPhone 11,