macOS Monterey brings another sign of impending Mac fragmentation
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Monday, June 7 saw Apple kick this year`s WWDC event off with a bumper keynote. We saw iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and macOS Monterey. That`s a lot to take in, but the last one on that list is causing me a little discomfort. Not gall stone levels of discomfort. Not pain, as such. But more the unpleasant sensation you have when the sounds your stomach makes are cause for concern. It`ll probably be fine. But it could go horribly wrong any minute. The reason? macOS Monterey and its list of features that won`t work on Intel Macs. We know that the transition to Apple silicon would be littered with the bodies of APIs and frameworks and apps and maybe even users – metaphorically, of course. But whole features missing? At a point where the percentage of people running Intel Macs must still be huge compared to those with shiny new M1 machines? People with Intel machines already have to deal with not being able to run the iPhone apps M1 people are enjoying already. Now macOS do...