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Apple to end support for encrypted Mac OS Extended drives–here’s what it means

Macworld In a newly released support document, Apple announced that support for the encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format ...

PSA: macOS 28 will drop support for encrypted Mac OS Extended volumes

Apple has announced that starting with macOS 28, users will need to decrypt or reformat certain storage volumes to keep using ...
Digital Trends

Every macOS version in order: from the first public beta to macOS Tahoe

Apple’s macOS operating system has changed a lot over the last 25 years, with new features and designs coming and going as the decades have passed. Even the name has been adjusted, starting out as Mac ...

macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era

As Apple announced last year, this year’s macOS release will end support for Intel Macs. The macOS 27 Golden Gate release will require a Mac with an Apple Silicon chip inside, including the original ...
Memeburn

macOS 27 Golden Gate: Every Mac That Can Run It — and What You're Actually Getting

OS 27 Golden Gate drops Intel support entirely — here's the full list of compatible Macs, plus the biggest features arriving with Apple's AI-first update in 2026.
Macworld

macOS Tahoe vs macOS Sequoia: What’s different, what’s new, and should you update?

On Monday September 15, 2025 Apple will release a brand new operating system for the Mac. macOS Tahoe is the follow up to macOS Sequoia and it brings lots of new features, some new apps, and a brand ...
Boing Boing on MSN

A new map app for Mac OS 9

OS9Map is a new OpenStreetMap browser for Mac OS 9, which was last updated 24 years ago: three years before the ...
AppleInsider

How to use UTM to run almost any version of macOS — even very old ones

UTM is a cross-platform emulator that allows you to run macOS, Windows, or Linux. Here's how to use it to run very old versions of Apple's Mac operating system. But there's another great free OS ...