Phooey; my work MacBook Air (2018 model) won't be able to run Sequoia. Of course, I wasn't planning to use it for more than a year, so I may be able to get by with it for a while until it's time to replace it with another Mac that can run the latest version of Apple Configurator.
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macOS Sequoia and iPadOS 18 Drop Support for These Macs and iPads
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Shouldn’t be! There are Intel Macs that were purchased new that are only a few years old.
M1 air is now the lowest supported on the air side… not a good sign for people buying them today from Walmart.
If you bought a MacBook Air on March 17th, 2020, it received it's final major update on June 5th, 2023, just 3.2 years later. If you got the bare bones model ($1099), you paid just under $1/day for those 1175 days of support. If you got anything but the absolute base, you paid quite a bit more than that.
The Apple Tax used to be justified by the comfort of knowing your device would be supported for 7+ years. Now you can't even get half that long. I have an 8 year old Dell laptop that's still getting updates. I wouldn't really recommend it (Windows and batteries don't get along at all) but... I mean, we're looking at having it be supported for 3x as long as that MacBook Air.
The Apple Tax used to be justified by the comfort of knowing your device would be supported for 7+ years. Now you can't even get half that long. I have an 8 year old Dell laptop that's still getting updates. I wouldn't really recommend it (Windows and batteries don't get along at all) but... I mean, we're looking at having it be supported for 3x as long as that MacBook Air.
Open Core Legacy Patcher will allow them to run at least Sequoia and probably beyond. Shouldn’t have to find a workaround like that but at least it’s an option. And even if you don’t go that route the older macOS versions will still receive security updates for years to come.
But can you control your Mac with the iphone ? That's what I truly need
YES! Awesome. I am buying a used 2019 Mac Pro because of this.
I prefer Intel over non upgradable or fixable Apple Silicon.
I prefer Intel over non upgradable or fixable Apple Silicon.
Sigh. I feel your pain.Oh darn my 10.5 iPad Pro was finally dropped
They don't have to do anything. It would be nice of them to do something, but they don't have to. No laws exist to dictate it.
Even the UK law that forced Apple to published iOS support timelines only forced them to disclose the amount of time it is supported since it was introduced, not since it was last sold. And the 5 years it dictated for the Macs released in 2020 would have been fulfilled as long as they received Ventura (because there is still 1 more year of security update for Ventura ending in September 2025).
I got mine new in 2022 (I think in June or July) and actually have on order the W6800X Duo cards which should be arriving soon. it's a dependable machine that handles everything I throw at it without issue. I can just keep loading it up with more and more and it just chews through it no matter what.
But I can certainly imagine some people will be throwing their toys out of the pram because Apple didn't drop Intel support after a year or more of sustained posts all over web forums trying to say that support is gone, etc.
I hope Sequoia fixes the irritating bug Apple introduced with PCI-E based storage which drops out randomly. This was introduced by them in Sonoma, so they should fix it. I know Sonnet is working with Apple on this so hopefully a fix arrives soon. Yes, they don't have to fix any bugs at all (even ones affecting Silicon powered machines), but it would be better for their reputation if they did.
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Same here. Every year I expect them to kill it, but it keep chugging along.
I supposed it doesn't really matter because this is likely the last iPad I'm going to own and I'll just keep using it until it stops turning on, but it's great to get the value for money from it while I have it.
Hope you’re mainly using that as a gaming PC or frequently upgrade hardware because the days of X86 code in macOS are numbered. Unless you’re fine with keeping an old OS on there in the next couple years.
TL;DR: Any Mac with an Intel Core 6000 chip and Intel integrated or with AMD dedicated graphics is capable of the base feature set.
Long story long: This is just enough for placating people. Honestly Intel’s 6th Gen - 10th Gen 14nm Core-series chips are all basically the same with minor graphics improvements along the way.
AMD’s GCN was similar from Gen 1-Gen 4; still similar for Gen 5, and then even RDNA has GCN in its “DNA” (“R-DNA, anyone?)
At least looking at Vulkan supported features with the open source RADV driver, the M200X, M300X, M400X, 400 Pro and 500 Pro series chips, Vega chips of all kinds and RDNA again should all be capable of support.
It’s the ongoing cycle of planned obsolescence to slowly push folks toward an Apple Silicon upgrade.
Don't keep your serial number for that visible or someone else might use it for their hackintosh.
They've pushed this user towards a PC workstation upgrade rather than Apple Silicon. Silicon is okay for a laptop I only use when I'm not at my desk. I wouldn't buy a workstation for five figure price tag than cannot be upgraded with more RAM and cannot use proper GPUs.
On the Windows side I can use Nvidia RTX4090 which is a damn powerful GPU and the 5000 series looks like a big leap above the 4090. I can keep it going that way until it's not useful anymore then buy something else.
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I mainly use it for macOS. That's where most of my computing takes place, including heavy use of Logic Pro.
I do also play some games.
I was prepared for Sonoma to be the last macOS and yet here we are with yet another new version running Intel.
macOS Sequoia wallpaper reminds me of Windows Vista and Windows 7 beta wallpaper...
https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Img24_(Windows_Vista).jpg
https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Img24_(Windows_7_Beta).jpg
https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Img24_(Windows_Vista).jpg
https://windowswallpaper.miraheze.org/wiki/File:Img24_(Windows_7_Beta).jpg
The iPad support doesn't make sense to me. The iPad 7th gen has an A10 chip and will get iPadOS 18 but the iPad 6th gen with the same chip won't. Yet the iPhone 7 with A10 and even iPhone X with A11 didn't get iOS 17.
You would think they'd only support up to iPad 8th gen since that has A12 like other baseline iPadOS 18 iPads.
You would think they'd only support up to iPad 8th gen since that has A12 like other baseline iPadOS 18 iPads.
Sell it today until others won't notice it. 👍Oh darn my 10.5 iPad Pro was finally dropped
On the contrary. There's good reason to believe that Apple will support the M1 Macs until 2028-2030 even.
Just bought a gently used M1 iPad Air. Good timing, for once.
macOS Sequoia is still compatible with several Intel-based Macs, but it does drop support for 2018 and 2019 models of the MacBook Air.
macOS Sequoia is compatible with the following Macs, according to Apple:
- MacBook Pro: 2018 and later
- MacBook Air: 2020 and later
- Mac mini: 2018 and later
- iMac: 2019 and later
- iMac Pro: 2017
- Mac Studio: 2022 and later
- Mac Pro: 2019 and later
The upcoming "Apple Intelligence" suite of AI features will require an Apple silicon Mac with an M1 chip or newer. The new AI features can help you write faster, categorize mail, prioritize notifications, and more. A smarter version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence will also be limited to Macs with an M1 chip or newer.
iPhone Mirroring will be available on both Apple silicon Macs and Intel-based Macs with the T2 security chip, letting you control your iPhone from your Mac's screen:As for iPadOS 18, the update drops support for the first-generation 10.5-inch iPad Pro, second-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the sixth-generation low-end iPad.
iPadOS 18 is compatible with the following iPads, according to Apple:
- iPad Pro: 2018 and later
- iPad Air: 2019 and later
- iPad mini: 2019 and later
- iPad: 2019 and later
macOS Sequoia and iPadOS 18 are now available in beta for Apple Developer Program members, and the updates should be released in September.
Article Link: macOS Sequoia and iPadOS 18 Drop Support for These Macs and iPads
My 2020 iPad 8 is destined for my daughter and an easier life as a YouTube and TikTok portal (as opposed to my enforced regime as laptop replacement).
With the clock ticking louder now for my iPhone 11, seeing what the Apple Intelligence is really going to do for me might inform next year’s phone considerations.