Is macOS 15.1 a nothingburger for intel macs

[Speed38]

I just installed 15.1 on my 2020 iMac (intel) and it looks like those of with Intel Macs essentially will get none of the benefits accruing to Silicon Mac users. This is the single most disappointing macOS upgrade in over twenty years on a Mac.

 

[Fishrrman]

I'm wondering if we are seeing that "fork in the road" where Apple is now "leaving behind" Macs with Intel CPUs...?

As with your experience -- the 15.1 "update" works, but many of "the features" are now limited to Apple Silicon (only) Macs...?

If true, "it is what it is" and not much to do about it, except to keep using the Intel Mac for as long as you can (provided it still does "what you need")...

 

[Slix]

There have always been updates that only apply to certain newer devices, not just recently. iOS 4 only gave home screen wallpapers and multitasking to 3rd and 4th gen iPod touches and iPhones, but the 2nd gens got iOS 4.

I expect we'll see additional features in 15.2 that are for both platforms (aside from Apple Intelligence), but we'll have to see. A .1 update isn't that big usually (and a lot of .4 or .5 updates in recent years were essentially "Bug fixes, oh and we added 1 minor feature in Podcasts" or something) anyway.

 

[SoYoung]

This update bring drag and drop support for mirroring iPhone, so for me its enough to make this update worth it. I never expect much for a .1 update so this one is very decent for me. But on the down side, it breaks iPhone notifications on macOS for me.

 

[gilby101]

I just installed 15.1 on my 2020 iMac (intel)

macOS 15 and 15.1 are mostly bug fixes for our Intel Macs (2019 iMac for me). The main advance(?) is the extra "security" alerts that we learn to ignore/bypass.

 

[benmuetsch]

On my 2019 Mac Pro, Sequoia fixed the issues with internal PCIe storage which existed since Ventura, so that's quiet a deal for users of Intel Mac Pros.