You may have to snag a newer Mac to run Apple’s upcoming operating system.
Apple announced its macOS 13 Venture operating system over at its Worldwide Developers Conference event on Monday. With the transition from Intel to its own silicon already completed and the M2 chip just revealed, this new operating system for the Mac will be limited to newer devices.
The upcoming operating system differs from Apple’s macOS Monterey operating system, which supported a slew of Macs, and shows that Apple is closing the gap between Intel-based Macs and its own Apple Silicon computers.
Here are the Macs that will support macOS 13.
Here’s the full list of compatible Macs:
- 2017 iMac and later;
- 2017 iMac Pro and later;
- 2018 MacBook Air and later;
- 2017 MacBook Pro and later;
- 2019 Mac Pro and later;
- 2018 Mac mini and later;
- 2017 MacBook and later;
- 2022 Mac Studio
When Apple transitioned from the PowerPC to Intel-based architectures, the company dropped support for all previous computers in only two years. While Apple has been transitioning from Intel to its own silicon since the macOS 11 Big Sur, users will have at least another year to take advantage of new features and software updates, in case Apple ever decides to cut all Intel Macs at once in 2023.
macOS 13 Ventura introduces new features such as the Stage Manager feature, which automatically organizes open apps and windows so users can concentrate on their work and still see everything in a single glance. The new operating system brings the Handoff feature to FaceTime, which allows users to bring a FaceTime call on one Apple device and seamlessly transfer it to another Apple device nearby. Messages on the Mac now includes the ability to edit or undo a recently sent message, mark a message as unread, or even recover accidentally deleted messages.
Via 9to5Mac