The newest version of macOS, Sequoia, is finally set to launch on September 16, 2024 for a host of Macs, bringing with it new features, optimizations, and updated tweaks to existing system functions. This is the 15th major iteration of macOS, and marks the dawn of Apple Intelligence for Macs, albeit on a limited set of supported devices.
Not every Mac is set to receive the OS update though, and even among the ones that do, there exist certain omissions.
All Macs set to receive the macOS Sequoia update
- iMac: 2019 or later models
- iMac Pro: 2017 or later models
- Mac Studio: 2022 or later models
- Macbook Air: 2020 or later models
- Mac Mini: 2018 or later models
- Macbook Pro: 2018 or later models
- Mac Pro: 2019 or later models
You can check your Mac’s model by clicking on the Apple icon > About This Mac, which should then detail your device’s model name and year of release.
While a large number of Intel Macs do support Sequoia, Apple Intelligence requires an M1 chip or newer to work. As such, this feature will not be available on older, Intel-based machines.
All major features of the macOS Sequoia update
- Apple Intelligence: Introduces AI assisted tools such as generative images, writing and better Siri functionality.
- Continuity: Enables iPhone screen mirroring, allowing users to interact with (and control) their mobile devices within a Mac – even while the iPhone display is off. This also includes mirroring of iPhone notifications as well as seamless file transfer.
- Window Tiling: Window tiling finally comes to macOS, allowing for a tiled layout much akin to that seen in Windows’s own dynamic tiling layouts, or those more common within Linux-based window managers.
- Improvements to Safari.
- A unified app to manage your saved passwords.
- Metal 3
- Miscellaneous other improvements.
While macOS 15 is still unsupported on a lot of ‘outdated’ devices, patchers such as OCLP (Opencore Legacy Patcher) may still breathe fresh life into them – once they are ready for Sequoia.
