Following yesterday’s report that Apple will unify its working system versioning to 26 (so the subsequent model of macOS will probably be macOS 26 as a substitute of macOS 16), a report by AppleInsider reveals what Macs will be capable to run macOS 16, itemizing the next Macs:
- 2019 or later MacBook Professional
- M1 or later MacBook Air
- 2020 or later iMac
- M1 or later Mac mini
- All Mac Studio fashions
- 2019 or later Mac Professional
What’s notable concerning the checklist is that the newest Intel MacBook Air and Mac mini fashions, and the iMac Professional aren’t on it. Three Intel Mac fashions do make the checklist: the 2019 MacBook Professional, the 2020 5K iMac, and the 2019 Mac Professional.
When Apple introduced it was going to drop Intel processors again in 2020, the corporate additionally said that it will help Intel Macs for a number of years, although a particular timeframe has by no means been disclosed. Usually, Apple affords {hardware} compatibility with the newest model of macOS for 5 to seven years; after that, that Mac can now not improve to the most recent model of macOS, although they are going to obtain safety updates for a pair for years. The Macs which have been dropped from the macOS 26 compatibility checklist are about seven years previous.
The dwindling checklist of appropriate Intel Macs brings up the query of when they are going to be dropped utterly from the macOS checklist. Subsequent yr, you possibly can most likely guess that the 2019 Intel MacBook Professional and the 2020 5K iMac will probably be dropped. That would go away the 2019 Mac Professional, which can keep on the checklist a little bit longer resulting from its high-end processor and contemplating that its Apple Silicon alternative was launched solely two years in the past.
AppleInsider additionally cites unnamed sources which have seen the supply code of the brand new model of macOS and that it consists of references to macOS 26, although macOS 16 references additionally exist. For the reason that code continues to be a piece in progress, these references will change earlier than the software program is formally launched. No matter it’s known as, Apple will reveal the following model of macOS at WWDC25 on June 9, which may also reveal the official compatibility checklist.
