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Apple details the end of Intel Mac support and a phaseout for Rosetta 2

by airhangerf15 on 6/9/25, 10:56 PM with 17 comments

• by makeitdouble on 6/10/25, 1:57 AM

  Docker still relies on Rosetta 2 on some parts, I wonder how it will go on that front

  https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/mac-install/

  While the documentation doesn't really dig on the issue, I remember it was needed for x86 emulation (if you're trying an older image of MySQL for instance), so I guess other platform emulation will be significantly harder from now on for Apple Silicon ?

• by jshier on 6/10/25, 12:14 AM

  They won't do it, as they hate anything more than a minimal testing matrix, but it would be nice if, when the Intel versions of the system frameworks are fully removed, Rosetta 2 could be updated to include them as a downloadable component, so we could keep easy Intel support for those that really need it. It sounds like they're going to do something similar for games, where you can download a version of Rosetta 2 specifically created for them, but it would be nice to make them available for any app.

• by magic_hamster on 6/10/25, 2:12 AM

  Rosetta 2 is pretty important for running amd64 containers on Mac. Removing it will be a big disadvantage. Why take something that works well and throw it away with no alternative?

• by TMWNN on 6/10/25, 8:57 AM

  I have one Intel app that I am absolutely dependent on

• by burnt-resistor on 6/10/25, 9:59 AM

  Forced obsolesce and incompatibility in the name of cute design and "progress".

  What is needed is an app/infrastructure that doesn't just convert app temporarily but translates them permanently.

• by seam_carver on 6/10/25, 3:45 AM

  Removing in macOS 28