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The macOS 15 Sequoia replace will inevitably be often called “the AI one” on reflection, introducing, because it does, the primary wave of “Apple Intelligence” options.
That is humorous as a result of none of that stuff is definitely prepared for the 15.0 launch that is popping out right now. Numerous it’s coming “later this fall” within the 15.1 replace, which Apple has been testing solely individually from the 15.0 betas for weeks now. A few of it will not be prepared till after that—rumors say picture technology will not be prepared till the top of the yr—however in any case, none of it’s prepared for public consumption but.
However the AI-free 15.0 launch does give us an opportunity to guage all the non-AI additions to macOS this yr. Apple Intelligence is sucking up a variety of the media oxygen, however in most different methods, it is a typical 2020s-era macOS launch, with one or two headliners, a number of quality-of-life tweaks, and a few sparsely documented under-the-hood stuff that may subtly change the way you expertise the working system.
The AI-free model of the working system can also be the one that every one customers of the remaining Intel Macs will likely be utilizing, since all the Apple Intelligence options require Apple Silicon. A lot of the Intel Macs that ran final yr’s Sonoma launch will run Sequoia this yr—the primary time this has occurred since 2019—however the distinction between the identical macOS model operating on completely different CPUs will likely be wider than it has been. It is a clear indicator that the Intel Mac period is drawing to a detailed, even when assist hasn’t completely ended simply but.