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Totally makes sense, macOS Golden Gate will no longer run x64 apps.

by lekevicius 2mo ago

Lammy 2mo ago
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- datakan 2mo ago
  What e-waste would you be referring to?
  - outworlder 2mo ago
    Probably due to the fact that older machines won't get updates
    - joshl32532 2mo ago
      It's still functional and will get security updates, no? No reason to throw it away?
  - y04nn 2mo ago
    I've got a notification stating that in the next update the device (a working scanner) will stop being supported, probably because of the lack of ARM driver.
- fsiefken 2mo ago
  There is still Linux and/or OpenJDK to run on intel or powerpc macs
- flohofwoe 2mo ago
  FWIW old Macs (I have a 2014 MBP still lying around) still boot up and work, they just don't get the latest OS updates anymore.
- DJBunnies 2mo ago
  Lighten up, friend. Oracle dropping Java support does not an e-waste make.
jherskovic 2mo ago
This keeps getting posted and is not true. Rosetta is still present and working. It throws a deprecation warning notice but otherwise runs fine. It's macOS 28 that will no longer run x86_64 apps, although games are exempt. Rosetta is basically going game only at that point. They haven't announced how long it will keep working in this capacity.
- Teever 2mo ago
  Have they announced how they’re going to make it game only? A whitelist based on a hash of the executable? That seems cumbersome.
  - klausa 2mo ago
    The basic answer is ability to run x86_64 will still be there, but the system frameworks (apart from like OpenGL shims etc.) will no longer be shipped with x86_64 slices.
  - rarepostinlurkr 2mo ago
    The macOS 27 release notes explain how to activate this mode. `game-test-tool`
- jen20 2mo ago
  My guess (without much to substantiate it) is that it will also keep support for running x86_64 programs in virtual machines via `container` too.
  - mrpippy 2mo ago
    That’s correct, Rosetta for running x86_64 binaries in Linux VMs is not going away. They’re no longer branding this feature as Rosetta, so it doesn’t get lumped in with the Rosetta removal for Mac binaries (although it’s all still kinda confusing) https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Virtualization/running-intel-binaries-in-linux-vms https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Virtualization/run...
wiether 2mo ago
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Totally makes sense, macOS Golden Gate will no longer run x64 apps.

Lammy 2mo ago

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datakan 2mo ago
What e-waste would you be referring to?
- outworlder 2mo ago
  Probably due to the fact that older machines won't get updates
  - joshl32532 2mo ago
    It's still functional and will get security updates, no? No reason to throw it away?
- y04nn 2mo ago
  I've got a notification stating that in the next update the device (a working scanner) will stop being supported, probably because of the lack of ARM driver.
fsiefken 2mo ago
There is still Linux and/or OpenJDK to run on intel or powerpc macs
flohofwoe 2mo ago
FWIW old Macs (I have a 2014 MBP still lying around) still boot up and work, they just don't get the latest OS updates anymore.
DJBunnies 2mo ago
Lighten up, friend. Oracle dropping Java support does not an e-waste make.

jherskovic 2mo ago

This keeps getting posted and is not true. Rosetta is still present and working. It throws a deprecation warning notice but otherwise runs fine. It's macOS 28 that will no longer run x86_64 apps, although games are exempt. Rosetta is basically going game only at that point. They haven't announced how long it will keep working in this capacity.

Teever 2mo ago
Have they announced how they’re going to make it game only? A whitelist based on a hash of the executable? That seems cumbersome.
- klausa 2mo ago
  The basic answer is ability to run x86_64 will still be there, but the system frameworks (apart from like OpenGL shims etc.) will no longer be shipped with x86_64 slices.
- rarepostinlurkr 2mo ago
  The macOS 27 release notes explain how to activate this mode. `game-test-tool`
jen20 2mo ago
My guess (without much to substantiate it) is that it will also keep support for running x86_64 programs in virtual machines via `container` too.
- mrpippy 2mo ago
  That’s correct, Rosetta for running x86_64 binaries in Linux VMs is not going away. They’re no longer branding this feature as Rosetta, so it doesn’t get lumped in with the Rosetta removal for Mac binaries (although it’s all still kinda confusing) https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Virtualization/running-intel-binaries-in-linux-vms https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Virtualization/run...

wiether 2mo ago

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