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Apple Officially Ends Intel Mac Era: What This Means for OpenCore and Hackintosh Communities

Apple’s Full Transition to Apple Silicon: A Defining Schism for Intel Mac Enthusiasts

Apple’s announcement at WWDC 2025 confirming that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the final version supporting Intel-based Macs marks a decisive milestone in the company’s hardware evolution. The declaration, made during the WWDC Platforms State of the Union, signals not just the conclusion of macOS support for legacy Intel hardware, but also a fundamental change in the viability of OpenCore Legacy Patcher (OCLP) and Hackintosh practices, both long established in the macOS enthusiast community.

End of the Road: OpenCore and Hackintosh

According to AppleInsider and 9to5Mac, the technical and community ramifications of this transition are significant. OpenCore, which has enabled macOS updates on unsupported Intel Macs, will no longer be able to patch future versions. Apple will remove all Intel-specific code—including the x86_64 kernel and related binaries—from upcoming macOS releases, starting

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Apple Ushers in a Post-Intel Era: Rosetta 2 Support Set to End After macOS 27

Rosetta 2’s Role Comes to a Close as Apple Finalizes the Intel-to-Silicon Transition

Following announcements at WWDC and an updated developer document, Apple has outlined a definitive end for Rosetta 2, its translation layer enabling Apple silicon Macs to run legacy Intel-based macOS applications. According to Apple’s documentation, Rosetta 2 will remain fully available through macOS 27, after which its functionality will be significantly curtailed starting with macOS 28.

Significance for Enthusiasts and Developers

For the Apple community, this marks a major milestone. Rosetta 2 was introduced alongside the first Apple silicon Macs (M1) in 2020, serving as a critical bridge between Intel’s x86 software ecosystem and Apple’s ARM-based architecture. The translation layer allowed Apple’s rapid chip transition without leaving long-tail desktop and pro applications behind. As reported by MacRumors and AppleInsider, Rosetta 2 provides translation mostly at install time, reducing runtime overhead compared to

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