macOS 27 Golden Gate review: Apple Intelligence everywhere, Intel Macs dropped

macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review

Ars Technica reviews macOS 27 Golden Gate. Apple Intelligence is now mandatory with no off switch. The on-device model is AFM 3 Core, built with Google; a more capable AFM 3 Core Advanced variant requires an M3 chip and at least 12GB RAM, currently used only for expressive Siri voices and dictation. The OS itself fixes many design sins from macOS 26 Tahoe, making it a 'Snow Leopard'-style refinement release. This is the first macOS since the mid-2000s to drop all Intel Mac support, ending updates for the 2019 Mac Pro and other late Intel models.