Apple is phasing out support for Rosetta 2, a feature that allows Intel-based applications to run on Apple Silicon Macs. Rosetta will stop working for most apps in macOS 28, and when that happens, apps that use it will stop working.
Apple began warning customers and businesses about Rosetta’s impending demise with macOS Tahoe, and the warnings go even further in macOS Golden Gate.
If you have applications that still use Rosetta, you will receive a warning every time you restart your Mac or open an Intel application. macOS Golden Gate also adds a new list where you can check which apps will stop working in the future.
You can access the list by going to Settings > General > About > Intel-based apps and clicking on the “Details” option.
The interface lists all the apps that are going to stop working, giving Mac users plenty of time to contact app developers or find alternative apps.
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macOS Golden Gate doesn’t install Rosetta automatically, so if you still have those outdated Intel apps, there will be a short install when you try to open one for the first time after upgrading to Golden Gate. Authentication plugins and other pre-login utilities that require Rosetta fail to load in macOS Golden Gate due to the throttling.
Apple designed Rosetta to help users and developers transition from Intel to Apple silicon, but Apple phased out the last Intel-based Mac years ago. Apple only sells Apple Silicon Macs and is phasing out support for Intel models.
macOS Tahoe was the final version of macOS available for Intel Macs, and macOS Golden Gate requires a Mac with an Apple silicon chip.
