macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review
Ars Technica reviews macOS 27 Golden Gate, highlighting an unavoidable Apple Intelligence upgrade, new AFM 3 Core models, and dropped Intel Mac support.
macOS 27 Golden Gate delivers the first significant Apple Intelligence upgrade two years after launch, and the toggle to disable the AI features or delete downloaded models is gone. Apple Intelligence runs on a new AFM 3 Core model built in collaboration with Google, while the more capable AFM 3 Core Advanced requires an M3 chip and at least 12GB of RAM. The release drops all Intel Mac support, requiring Apple Silicon, with Sequoia security updates expected to end in fall 2027 and Tahoe's in 2028.
- Apple Intelligence can no longer be disabled or its downloaded models deleted
- AFM 3 Core, built with Google, powers on-device AI; Advanced tier needs M3 and 12GB RAM
- First macOS release since the mid-2000s with no Intel Mac support
- Running unsupported older macOS exposes users to unpatched vulnerabilities
- Organizations
- Ars Technica
- AI models
- AFM 3 CoreAFM 3 Core Advanced
From the original article
15 min read at arstechnica.com
It’s both a “Snow Leopard update” and a major leap for Apple Intelligence. Apple Intelligence is back, baby! That’s right: Two years after its initial launch, Apple is giving its generative AI features their first significant upgrade, along with a new version of Siri that the company has been strongly insinuating would be a part of each of the last two macOS releases, without ever actually announcing a release date.
By Brajeshwar · arstechnica.com
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