Rosetta 2 has been one of the less visible reasons Apple’s move from Intel to Apple silicon went as smoothly as it did. It translates Intel-built Mac software so that older apps can continue to run on newer Macs. Apple has now confirmed that Rosetta is entering its final years as a general-purpose compatibility layer. macOS 27 will keep Rosetta available, but Apple says that from macOS 28 it will retain only a limited subset of Rosetta for certain older, unmaintained games that depend on Intel-based frameworks. That distinction matters. It is too broad to say every Intel-only app will suddenly…

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