The numbers are in! Given the same amount of time in use, with data spanning more than a decade, Intel Macs come in for service at twice the rate that Apple Silicon Macs have. There are fewer problems with refurbished Apple Silicon Macs versus Intel versions. When it comes to device longevity, Apple's products tend to last quite a long time, if cared for properly. While this has been a consistent feature of Apple's hardware, it seems that the chip being used plays a factor. According to a June report from UK Apple refurbisher Hoxton Macs, it has found that Intel Macs it has sold is returned for a hardware fault at twice the rate of Apple Silicon models. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
macOS 27 Golden Gate is the final version of macOS to feature full Rosetta 2 support, meaning the translation layer that keeps Intel-built apps running on Apple silicon Macs is set to disappear entirely with next year's major macOS release. Golden Gate is the first macOS release limited to Apple silicon Macs and marks the end of the road for Intel-based hardware, but the implications reach Apple silicon owners too. Rosetta 2 is the dynamic binary translator Apple introduced alongside the M1 chip in late 2020. It currently allows Intel-compiled apps to continue running on Apple silicon without modification. Apple first confirmed this timeline at its Platforms State of the Union during WWDC 2025: Rosetta was designed to make the transition to Apple silicon easier, and we plan to make it available for the next two major macOS releases — through macOS 27 — as a general-purpose tool for Intel apps to help developers complete the migration of their apps. Beyond this timeframe, we will keep a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed at supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that rely on Intel-based frameworks. With macOS 27 Golden Gate now in beta testing, that commitment has reached its final stage. Apple silicon Mac owners running Intel-only apps have one macOS release left before those apps stop working. Apple began warning users ahead of the cutoff. With macOS 26.4 and 26.5, a system alert surfaces whenever a user launches an Intel-only app, flagging that support will end in a future macOS release. The notifications are designed to give both end users and developers time to find or build native Apple silicon alternatives before the deadline arrives. Most widely used apps have been updated with native Apple silicon support in the six years since the transition was announced in 2020. Developers and organizations still dependent on Intel-only software, however, will need to find replacements or push for updated builds before macOS 28 ships, or simply remain on macOS 27. Golden Gate also automatically uninstalls Rosetta 2 if you had it installed in macOS 26 Tahoe, so those who need to continue using it will have to reinstall the feature. macOS 27 Golden Gate is currently in beta for developers, with a public beta coming next month and launch expected in September. Related Roundup: macOS Golden Gate Tags: Intel , Rosetta This article, " macOS 27 Golden Gate Is the Last to Support Intel Apps via Rosetta 2 " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi has explained why the company launched a standalone Siri app in iOS 27 , after previously characterizing a dedicated chatbot as contrary to its Apple Intelligence strategy. The new ‌Siri‌ app, announced at WWDC earlier this week , gives users a centralized place to manage and revisit their conversations with ‌Siri‌ AI. Federighi addressed the apparent about-face during a post-keynote discussion for the media at Apple Park this week, responding directly to a question about Apple's prior public stance. Following WWDC 2025, Federighi and senior vice president of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak went on a media tour in which they described Apple's approach as weaving ‌Siri‌ into the user's existing workflow rather than offering "a bolt-on chatbot on the side." Federighi this week said the decision came down to a practical user need to return to and continue past ‌Siri‌ conversations. Apple determined that a home screen app was the most natural affordance on its platform for that purpose, and framed the ‌Siri‌ app as an extension of the system experience rather than a standalone product: We see Siri not as a separate chatbot, just an unintegrated place you go and chit-chat, but rather as an integral, conversational tool that you use in the moment, deeply integrated into your experience. Understanding what's on screen, able to interface, not in some separate world, but directly in the document that you're editing and that you want help proofreading, that you want tips on. And so all these experiences are conversational. They are really an extension of your system experience, deeply integrated into your flow. Now, we did go back and forth on what's the best way, if you want to get back to such a chat that you had, because you want to continue it, you want to reference it, and quite honestly, in our platform, the most natural affordance for any user to go find something like that is to have an app that they can manage on their home screen, launch, and get back to. And so we have a Siri app, and that Siri app just re-embodies those capabilities of that core system experience. The ‌iOS 27‌ developer beta is available now , though access to the new ‌Siri‌ requires joining a waitlist in Settings, with a public beta expected in July. Tags: Craig Federighi , Siri , Siri AI , Siri Chatbot , WWDC 2026 This article, " Craig Federighi Explains Why Apple Pivoted to a Siri Chatbot App " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
