What will happen to Rosetta 2 in 2027/macOS 28

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Created Jun ’25

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"Rosetta was designed to make the transition to Apple silicon easier, and we plan to make it available for the next two major macOS releases – through macOS 27 – as a general-purpose tool for Intel apps to help developers complete the migration of their apps. Beyond this timeframe, we will keep a subset of Rosetta functionality aimed at supporting older unmaintained gaming titles, that rely on Intel-based frameworks."

What will happen to Rosetta 2 then? Most importantly, will the ability to emulate x86_64 containers and binaries in virtual machines persist? Will Rosetta 2 be blocked only from the App Store? Will apps be barred from Rosetta, only games be able to use it? Will it only support frameworks?

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’25

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At this point in time we’re not able to provide guidance beyond that text in the public documentation.

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Frameworks Engineer OP

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Jun ’25

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Hi!

Most importantly, will the ability to emulate x86_64 containers and binaries in virtual machines persist?

I assume thats a question about Running Intel Binaries in Linux VMs with Rosetta . In this instance, the binaries in question are not relying on system frameworks distributed with the operating system. As the page notes, its about Running x86_64 Linux binaries

It's not the same use case as the Rosetta Translation Environment which is about running x86_64 macOS binaries.

Will Rosetta 2 be blocked only from the App Store?

Rosetta usage on macOS is a system capability, generally transparent to applications, regardless of how they are distributed.

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