Rosetta 2 support discontinuation notice

For me, personally it just means R.I.P. Apple. I just have to run bunch of software that’s on life support and has no Apple silicone support and likely won’t ever have it. I’d still buy a hardware if I could run Linux on it (dualboot not VM), but even that is not really an option anymore.

You can always choose to stay on a certain platform, for example, macOS Tahoe (or its successor, macOS 27), in order to continue using Rosetta 2 and whatever apps need it.

Apple has stated that Rosetta 2 will continue to be available through macOS 27 (the successor to Tahoe). Given macOS history, we can expect macOS 27 to be officially supported until at least late 2029. Even after that it will remain viable for many years.

Heck, I'm still running High Sierra quite effectively on a couple of Macs, and it was released back in 2017 ... that's 8 years ago.

App developers have had plenty of time & warning to migrate their apps to Apple Silicon. If they haven't done that, the problem lies with them, not Apple.

This will be devastating for people who rely on x86_64 Docker containers and people who rely on running Windows apps using CrossOver! I strongly oppose the removal of Rosetta 2.

Developers have had five years to update their apps to a Universal, or Silicon native only. Six by the time Rosetta 2 is dropped. So, ask them what the heck they're waiting for. They should have transitioned at least two years ago.

If they never update their apps, then critical software will have to stay on an older Mac. Or, if on a new Mac without Rosetta 2, run an older version of macOS in a VM that does have Rosetta 2.

There will always be a certain group who caterwauls about this sort of thing, claiming they are entitled to perpetual support and bellowing about ‘planned obsolescence’. It’s like death and taxes. We all had our favorite goto app that got orphaned by change and the developer either couldn’t or wouldn’t update their code. Life goes on.

BobHarris wrote:

I actually agree with cutekids100. Docker and similar containers evolved while Macs were running intel processors. Rosetta 2 allowed those containers to continue working.

The apps in those containers are not Mac apps, and the vendors are not in the Apple Silicon re-build loop, so they are not going to port them.

Where I work, there are a lot of users using these containers to do their jobs.

It would be nice if Apple continued to maintain Rosetta 2 for this segment of the computing population.

If maintaining intel Mac app support is a problem, I can see the argument to stop that, but if it can be kept with little difficulty, it would be nice.

After all is said and gone

Apple is Apple

What more can be said