Apple Announces macOS Golden Gate

[theorist9]

Here are the Macs compatible with macOS Golden Gate, according to Apple:

• MacBook Neo (2026)
• MacBook Air with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
• MacBook Pro with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
• iMac with Apple silicon (2021 and later)
• Mac mini with Apple silicon (2020 and later)
• Mac Studio with Apple silicon (2022 and later)
• Mac Pro with Apple silicon (2023 and later)

The AS Macs were introduced in 2020. So this simply means all AS Macs are supported, and all Intel Macs have been dropped.

 

[capamac]

One can always install a BSD or a Linux distro on those Intel Macs in order to continue using the latest and most current operating system versions.

Or just use older macos. I've got an M1 Mac and I've chosen to stay with Sequoia. Might go to 27, dunno yet. Depends on reviews and personal tests. But Sequoia is fine, too.

It's not like the Intel Macs are going to perform any less than they are right now just coz a newer macOS version happens to be available soon.

 

[SkyBell]

Exactly, shouldn't the last OS for them be a polished experience?

Seriously, no need for a new OS every damn year. If Apple slowed down and took a few years between releases we could have an excellent user experience.

They did the same thing for PowerPC Macs, leaving them stuck on Leopard instead of giving them, the refined experience of Snow Leopard. Par for the course I guess.

 

[vindasal]

This is a very positive shift in the right direction. I still think it looks a bit worse than Sequoia (and significantly worse than Catalina or earlier) but for the first time in a long time we have a clear upgrade in usability and appearance from one OS to the next. I knew that those absurdly rounded corners were not long for this world, I'm just thrilled that it came as soon as it did. I actually did not expect the sidebars to be fixed in such a positive manner, but now things are looking quite acceptable again. I think that holding onto Sequoia just for UI/UX reasons is no longer necessary, this has addressed enough that it is no longer worth running.

Hopefully it'll be stable and we'll be on the right track with macOS again, especially with new leadership coming in now. Just a bummer that the last Intel Macs were left with this shoddy Tahoe which will go down as another Lion disaster. A very forgettable version.

 

[shapesinaframe]

I might be alone on this, but I absolutely hate that Apple left the 2019 MacBook Pro stranded on macOS Tahoe. It’s an unstable mess that completely ruined the machine. I know the laptop is getting older, but when you drop over $5,000 on a pro-tier computer, you deserve better than to have its lifecycle end on such a terrible OS.

What makes it worse is looking at macOS Golden Gate, which seems to fix so many of the exact issues Tahoe introduced. And sure, I know I could technically downgrade to an older macOS, but I shouldn't have to deal with constant, un-dismissible update notifications begging me to reinstall the very OS that broke my Mac in the first place.

On my other M1 Mac Mini, this is going to be a welcome change.

Install T2 Linux on it. I did with my 2019 and it’s like a brand new machine, and the OS doesn’t look and behave like ass.

 

[Macgeek808]

Install T2 Linux on it. I did with my 2019 and it’s like a brand new machine, and the OS doesn’t look and behave like ass.

I think that is exactly what I am going to do. I love Linux. I have had issues with the trackpad on previous Macs though.