Guides for the Apple silicon transition.
Practical, data-driven guides on the Rosetta 2 transition, macOS 27, and preparing your Mac or fleet for the macOS 28 cutoff.
macOS 27 Lists Your Intel Apps. Here's What It Can't See.
macOS 27 Golden Gate lists your Intel apps. Apple's own release notes say it misses Intel plug-ins, drivers, and the components hidden inside native apps. Here's the gap.
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Native Instruments Is in Insolvency: What It Means for Your Intel Plug-Ins
Native Instruments entered insolvency in 2026, and the group includes iZotope, Plugin Alliance and Brainworx. Your plug-ins keep working today: the real risk is the Intel-only ones that may never get a native update before macOS 28. A plain-English guide to what happened, the most likely outcome for your Intel plug-ins, what to do now, and where to follow the story.
Read postYour Printer Software Is Intel-Only: How to Keep Printing and Scanning on Mac
Rosetta Check flagged your printer or scanner software as Intel-only, so it stops working on macOS 28. Good news: your printer hardware is fine, and macOS already prints and scans on its own. A plain-English guide to AirPrint, driverless scanning with Image Capture, what to do for older or label printers, and free fallbacks like Gutenprint.
Read postAnatomy of the Intel Long Tail: What 4,600 Apple Silicon Macs Still Run Through Rosetta
A deep data dive into the Rosetta Check community catalogue: 20,900 distinct Intel binaries across 4,600 Apple silicon Macs, why thousands still run Intel copies of apps that already shipped native (including Office), why audio plug-ins dominate the embedded component long tail, why printer drivers win on installs, and where the real macOS 28 migration risk actually hides.
Read postFind Intel Plug-Ins, Drivers, and Extensions on Your Mac (Beyond the App List)
Audio Units, VST, AAX, FxPlug, OFX, Photoshop plug-ins, Spotlight importers, virtual cameras, launch agents and embedded helpers all carry their own architecture. Here's how to find every Intel binary on your Mac with Rosetta Check 2.0 (TestFlight).
Read postWhy Is My Mac Showing a Rosetta Warning? (macOS 26.4 Explained)
macOS 26.4 added a popup that appears every time you open an Intel-based app. Here's what triggers it, why Apple added it, and how to handle it.
Read postWhat Happens to Your Intel Apps in macOS 28
macOS 28 ships in late 2027 and is the end of the road for general Rosetta 2 support. Here's what will and won't keep working, and what to do now.
Read postHow to Prepare Your Mac for macOS 27
macOS 27 ships in autumn 2026. Whether you're on Apple silicon or Intel hardware, here's what to check before you upgrade and how to plan for macOS 28.
Read postIntel Mac Apps That Still Don't Have Apple Silicon Versions in 2026
Real data from 2,794 contributing Macs in the Rosetta Check community database on the most commonly reported Intel-only Mac apps in 2026, from printer drivers and Google Earth Pro to legacy Amazon components and the Pro Tools and Logic plug-in tail.
Read postHow to Audit Your Mac Fleet for Rosetta Dependency Before macOS 27
A practical guide for IT admins managing Mac fleets via Intune, Jamf, or Kandji. Deploy Rosetta Check silently, collect Intel app inventory, and build your migration plan.
Read postMore guides coming as WWDC 2026 approaches.