Continue Rosetta 2 support for x86 apps on Mac

Please don't stop Rosetta 2 support because it makes Mac hardly suitable for developers and lots of pro users.


Hello, I know Apple won't support Rosetta 2 anymore since Mac OS 28 because Intel Macs shouldn't be supported anymore.


I use Mac for development and I think it's the best choice for it. I really don't care about old Intel Macs, but nowadays Rosetta 2 is really not only about Intel Macs.


As a developer, I run a lot of Windows and Linux x86 applications in my VMs. Rosetta 2 user-space performance based on M4 Max CPU performance allows me run x86 applications as being native. x86 software emulation (in Parallels or any other VM hosts can't be compared to Rosetta 2).


For example, I can build x86 app using extremely slow software emulation and then run it perfectly on my Mac using Rosetta 2.


Please don't remove the feature that makes Mac so perfect because with Rosetta 2 you don't care about x86 platform compatibility. You can run almost any application developed for x86 Windows (in my opinion, it's about 80% of pro-apps). Please don't remove a bridge that makes ex-Windows users don't really care about switching to Mac.


Since now, I stopped updating my Mac OS. I know the cons of stopping updating Mac os, but the pros for me worth much better.


Please don't force me buying a new hi-end windows laptop instead of my M4 Max / 128 Gb / 8 Tb MacBook that I bought for development (as well as running x86 Windows pro apps).


Thank you for understanding.







MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Apr 4, 2026 4:49 PM

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Posted on Apr 4, 2026 7:10 PM

Log your feedback with Apple, as was suggested earlier.


(This is a user-to-user forum, and Apple may or may not read postings around here.)


Here are the published plans for Rosetta 2:


For Windows or Linux support for x86-64 architecture, your options are to acquire a Windows or Linux x86-64 system, or to run Windows or Linux as a guest either natively such as Windows for Arm, or Linux Asahi, or running the operating system using emulation via UTM with QEMU, or similar emulation. Or use Windows 365 virtualized desktops or equivalent hosted systems, when other platforms are necessary.


Put differently, I’d start the planning and the steps necessary for the end of Rosetta 2.

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Apr 4, 2026 7:10 PM in response to Bad_Red_Cat

Log your feedback with Apple, as was suggested earlier.


(This is a user-to-user forum, and Apple may or may not read postings around here.)


Here are the published plans for Rosetta 2:


For Windows or Linux support for x86-64 architecture, your options are to acquire a Windows or Linux x86-64 system, or to run Windows or Linux as a guest either natively such as Windows for Arm, or Linux Asahi, or running the operating system using emulation via UTM with QEMU, or similar emulation. Or use Windows 365 virtualized desktops or equivalent hosted systems, when other platforms are necessary.


Put differently, I’d start the planning and the steps necessary for the end of Rosetta 2.

Continue Rosetta 2 support for x86 apps on Mac

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