Yesterday, Apple introduced the subsequent main variations of its varied working methods – telephone, pill, watch and pc. Nonetheless, assist for some older gadgets was discontinued. We’ll cowl the iPhone state of affairs in a separate publish, here’s what is occurring with the opposite Apple gadgets.
Beginning with tablets, iPadOS 18 is coming to most slates which can be nonetheless supported. There are a few exceptions, although. The vanilla iPad from 2018 (aka sixth gen) is discontinued and solely 2019 (seventh gen) and newer fashions are getting the replace. The 12.9” iPad Professional from 2017 (2nd gen) additionally will get dropped, the oldest giant Professional that continues to be present is the one from 2018 (third gen).
The ten.5” iPad Professional from 2017 can also be discontinued, that is listed as “1st gen” (this ignores the unique iPad Professional 9.7 from 2016). The 11” Professional mannequin from 2018 can also be listed as “1st gen”, which could be slightly complicated. Anyway, that’s now the oldest small Professional with ongoing iPadOS assist.
Transferring on to Apple Watches: watchOS 11 can be delivered to Apple Watch Collection 6 and later (together with Apple Watch SE (2022), aka 2nd technology). Which means the Apple Watch Collection 4 and 5, together with the unique Watch SE, are now not supported – the newest replace for them stays watchOS 10.5.
Subsequent up, Macs and this can be quick. There are nearly no modifications right here and loads of Intel-powered fashions transfer on to macOS Sequoia. The one exception to that’s that MacBook Air fashions from 2018 and 2019 (which used eighth gen Intel processors) are dropped, whereas the MacBook Air from 2020 (the final with an Intel, utilizing a tenth gen CPU) stays supported.
| macOS Sonoma | macOS Sequoia | |
|---|---|---|
| iMac | 2019 | 2019 |
| iMac Professional | 2017 | 2017 |
| Mac Professional | 2019 | 2019 |
| Mac Studio | 2022 | 2022 |
| MacBook Air | 2018 | 2020 |
| Mac mini | 2018 | 2018 |
| MacBook Professional | 2018 | 2018 |
All Apple Silicon Macs are getting Sequoia, after all. And it goes with out saying that the brand new iPad Professionals with an M4 chip and the brand new iPad Airs with M2 are getting up to date (they’re solely a month outdated, in any case).
However there’s something to notice: Apple Intelligence is coming to the iPhone 15 Professional and 15 Professional Max (older and vanilla fashions not invited) in addition to iPads and Macs with the M1 chip (or later). Which means a number of iPads and Macs will get iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia with out Intelligence.
