Apple to Unveil macOS 27 Next Month With These New Features

[Padre_Pio]

I miss TimeCapsule.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

1. It's unbelievable how 2 years later they still didn't release Siri and app intents

2. I fail to see how such a huge upgrade with app intents integration, much much more indexing, local LLM, more ML, touch interface , changes to Liquid Glass, plus several other things , can come in concomitance with a "snow leopard" update. Doesn't make any sense at all to me.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Not really a great thing. I can’t even tell you how many people’s 2015 and 2017 Air’s that I’ve installed it on. It looks like Tahoe’s not going to be possible, so Sequoia will be the end of the line for security updates in a year and a bit.

Well too bad for them, that’s why the MacBook Neo is here after all !

 

[Padre_Pio]

I would buy the touch screen MacBook Pro day 1. I thought it was a gimmick until my work gave me an HP and I never looked back. ChatGPT says 25-35% of laptops worldwide sold have a touch screen. I believe it. Very handy.

That means upwards of 75% of laptops don't. There's a reason for that.

 

[Padre_Pio]

Finally no more open core legacy patcher !! IT’S THE END HAHAHA

The end of a great era. It surprising Apple let it go on so long.

 

[Edgecrusherr]

The ONLY features I want are stability and to clean up the user interface.

 

[Velora Bloom]

Touch interface on a laptop, what a stupid idea, I really hoped Apple wouldn't waste time with this. I mean that is assuming 50/50 Gurman is right.

More or less stupid than more AI? More or less stupid than more Siri?

Gotta be honest and say I’m not affected as I don’t have a Mac but every time I hear more about the direction they’re heading I want one less and less…

 

[Nermal]

Maybe Apple will reverse course and go all in on intel and release it for every intel Mac dating back to 2006.

With the claim that new Arm machines are likely to be out of stock for "months to come" it does seem a little strange (although not as strange as positioning reduced hardware support as a "feature") to drop support for existing hardware if you can't buy the new stuff. I suppose we'll need to see what the deal is towards the end of the year.

Of course, I certainly don't expect support back to 2006 🙂

 

[David1986H]

They won't mention anything about touch interface as that will confirm a mac is coming with a touchscreen, ill be surprised if they do.

 

[ArrayDecay]

Well, cool.

 

[ryanmp]

More or less stupid than more AI? More or less stupid than more Siri?

Gotta be honest and say I’m not affected as I don’t have a Mac but every time I hear more about the direction they’re heading I want one less and less…

Well AI isn't stupid, it's just non-existent in any real useful way with Apple at the moment, including Siri. That being said, I'm still withholding judgment until WWDC to see what Apple may have cooked up.

But touchscreen laptops, still stupid.

And if you're not a Mac user, despite all you might read, they are still the best out there. I HATE going to work each day to use my Dell (touchscreen) laptop with Windows.

 

[4 bit 9d api]

Dropping support for Intel Macs and Time Capsules are not "features."

 

[tcphoto1]

After the issues I've encountered with the Tahoe BETA, I will never participate with BETA's again. Good luck if you do but I've had too many problems and it's not worth it.

 

[AppleTO]

With the claim that new Arm machines are likely to be out of stock for "months to come" it does seem a little strange (although not as strange as positioning reduced hardware support as a "feature") to drop support for existing hardware if you can't buy the new stuff. I suppose we'll need to see what the deal is towards the end of the year.

Of course, I certainly don't expect support back to 2006 🙂

Even if they backtracked and decided to support devices from 2015 and newer, imagine how many devices would be saved from recycling and landfills. Countless devices would become secure and usable again.

All they would have to do is a bit of optimization. The hardware isn’t that old and still very capable.

 

[Corefile]

I'd like to think that they'll give Intel Macs a reprieve and support the 2018 Mini again with macOS 27.

 

[goobot]

I miss TimeCapsule.

Apple needs to stop playing around with cars and super expensive vr and make products that actually make sense for them.

 

[Velora Bloom]

And if you're not a Mac user, despite all you might read, they are still the best out there. I HATE going to work each day to use my Dell (touchscreen) laptop with Windows.

My 120Hz display 64GB RAM Dell runs Arch haha

But totally get what you mean! Been waiting for years for the display in the Air to get an update so I can try Mac too 🤩

 

[kalsta]

let us turn off Liquid Glass !

Does it still look ugly as heck?

They are still talking about Liquid Ass. So yes, it still will look like a devolved Windows Vista.

Oh yes, do please let us turn it off Apple. All your new MacBook Neo switchers won’t know how truly delightful macOS used to be before Liquid Glass ruined everything.

 

[HaHaRich!]

No AirPort Time Capsule Support

Starting with macOS 27, Macs will not support the AirPort Time Capsule or any other storage drives that use the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), according to a warning shown by Apple on macOS Tahoe. Time Capsule backups will require a storage drive that supports more current file-sharing protocols like SMBv2 and SMBv3.

Pedantry Inbound (but go ahead and correct me if I'm wrong, I can take it!): Time Capsule is a brand name for Apple's defunct router with integrated storage, not a catch all for network-based backups, right? Nothing in Apple's Time Machine settings refers to anything but Apple's router's as a Time Capsule, even Airport Extreme's with USB drives. Shouldn't it read "Time MACHINE backups will require a storage drive that supports more current file-sharing protocols like SMBv2 and SMBv3" or "Time Machine backups to networked drives"?

 

[Black_Mage]

Sounds exciting, but I'll still wait for the .1 update before installing.

 

[ddauerbach]

It's a Snow Leopard style "fix the leaky pipes" release but the end of Rosetta 2 support is the kicker there. I work for a massive media company and you would not believe how many video production teams are using ancient Intel apps that either have no Apple silicon equivalent, or more often there's no budget/desire to upgrade to the newer, costlier, SAAS versions.

As it is, my entire July is gonna be rewriting our build because it even depends on some ancient apps that gotta go.

Yeah, I'm going to have to buy a cheap used Macbook and never update it. One of my most important apps is an intel abandonware that works perfectly under Rosetta and for which there is no substitute. (Breadstorm, if you're interested) It's a simple program but nobody has replicated or reverse engineered it.

 

[ProtocolX]

Hopefully they will update the Liquid Ass user interface to Tinted Glass.

 

[Siliconguy]

Even if they backtracked and decided to support devices from 2015 and newer, imagine how many devices would be saved from recycling and landfills. Countless devices would become secure and usable again.

All they would have to do is a bit of optimization. The hardware isn’t that old and still very capable.

Any of the 64 bit Intel machines can run Linux. The hardware is indeed capable. Even the 2006 Intel Macs can stagger to life with the last 32 bit Debian version with the xfce desktop. Be warned it is a battle, not recommended except for the truly stubborn. 😉

I have the brand new Lubuntu version on a 2014 mini. Apple would benefit from taking a look at a clear and attractive desktop and rethinking the abomination even more so now that they dropped the goggles. Keeping the same Design Language as the product they dropped is no longer a virtue.

If they want something new go back and update Mavericks for Retina screens.

 

[AppleTO]

Nothing in Apple's Time Machine settings refers to anything but Apple's router's as a Time Capsule, even Airport Extreme's with USB drives.

As far is I know Airport Exteme’s with USB storage will also no longer function. Airports don’t support SMB2 or 3.

Also I want to point out that SMB2 is from around 2006. Apple deliberately chose not to support this and continued to use a highly outdated protocol, even on brand new products released throughout the 2010s.

 

[steve333]

If it is still infested with Liquid Ass than I am already unimpressed