Call, message, or save any phone number you see. Your Mac now lets you interact with text in any image. Inspired by Portrait mode on iPhone and powered by the M1 chip, this new video effect puts the focus on you - not what’s behind you. Some of these make more sense than others - why would the Maps features not be possible on Intel, for example? But a lot of these clearly make use of the M1 family's neural processor. Here are all the features that Apple lists on its macOS Monterey preview pages as not working on Intel-based Macs running macOS Monterey. Which Macs can run macOS 12?Ĭheck out our guide to every MacBook currently available as well as our review of the most recent iMac.Īdditional Monterey features on Apple SiliconĪpple macOS Monterey will offer Apple Silicon users - those with Apple M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max rather than Intel-based Macs - quite a few extra features above and beyond what is available to the Intel powered Macs.

Apple is still selling Intel Macs and, while that will change, you have to think that software updates will support Intel models for a few more years at least. Of course, owners of older Macs can still run a relatively new version of macOS, with last year's Big Sur supporting back to 2013 and Catalina going back to 2012.įor the avoidance of doubt, Monterey supports both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, just as Big Sur did before it.

The iMac, by comparison, only shifts forward ard a year. Whereas last year's Big Sur update didn't leave many older Macs high and dry, this time we're losing a couple of years of compatibility for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro - these now need to be made after early 2015.

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