Mac users that upgrade their machine to macOS 27 will no longer see the upgrade remove their existing Rosetta installation according to Apple’s enterprise release notes for macOS 27.2. Users that had previously installed Rosetta, the translation tool that lets Intel-based apps run on Apple silicon Macs, discovered that when upgrading to macOS 27 Golden Gate, the update removed their Rosetta installation.
Apple announced in June 2025 that macOS 27 would be the final version of the Mac operating system to offer full Rosetta support. Apple said that starting with macOS 28, only a limited version of Rosetta 2 will remain available for older games that rely on Intel-based frameworks. macOS 28 will be released in 2027.
If you’d like to know which apps will no longer work in macOS 28, just click the Apple icon in the upper-left hand corner of your Mac’s Desktop, then click “More Info.”. An “About” window will open. Click “General,” then scroll down to and click “System Report.” Scroll down until you see “Software,” then click “Applications.”
A list of your Mac’s installed apps will appear. Click the column entitled “Kind,” which shows the processor architecture the app was designed for. This will sort your apps by the platform they were designed for. You need to worry about the apps marked as “Intel.” The apps marked as “Universal” or “Apple Silicon” will keep running in macOS 28.
