"Support Ending for Intel-based Apps" -- Spurious Warning?

@ldw David G. Rossiter
Wed, 06 May 2026 08:37:28 +0000

Thanks, I hadn’t realized that. I checked with Claude: “Can I be using Intel versions of apps on an Apple M Mac?
Claude responded: Yes, through Rosetta 2, Apple’s translation layer that automatically runs x86-64 (Intel) binaries on M-series chips.

And indeed Application Monitor shows that Aquamacs is an Intel app… Claude pointed me to this feature of the monitor.

So the message is useful! Those are apps I use a lot. But why the message now? Maybe the first time I opened them after upgrading to 26.4.1? Or triggered on May Day?

I hadn’t realized about Rosetta. I guess way in the past I knew but I am not as much of an Apple-head as many TidBit’ers. So thanks for the explanation.