Apple has removed every Intel Mac from the compatibility lists for its USB-C Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad. If you still use an Intel MacBook Pro or iMac, that sounds like bad news, but the requirement printed on those same pages says your Mac still qualifies.
MacRumors spotted the edit. It says Apple changed its online store listings around August 25 and then updated the tech specs pages this week. We checked both specs pages ourselves. The supported Macs start with the M1 Mac mini and the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro from 2020 and run up to the newest M5 models. There isn't a single Intel machine on either list.
Here's the odd part. Both pages still say you need a "Mac with macOS 15.1 or later". Several Intel Macs clear that bar easily. Sequoia, which is macOS 15, runs on Intel Macs as far back as the 2018 MacBook Pro and Mac mini, plus the 2017 iMac Pro, the 2019 iMac and Mac Pro, and the 2020 MacBook Air. Four of them can even run macOS 26 Tahoe, the last release Apple is making for Intel hardware: a 16-inch MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro from 2019, plus a 13-inch MacBook Pro and a 27-inch iMac from 2020.
MacRumors says the mouse and trackpad still work with Intel Macs, and Apple hasn't answered its requests for comment. We haven't been able to test one on an Intel Mac ourselves. The Mac Observer, reporting separately, reached the same view from the macOS requirement alone, saying the change "does not establish that the accessories have stopped working with Intel Macs". So if you pair one tomorrow, it should work just as it did yesterday. What you lose is Apple's written word that it's supported. That could matter if something breaks, though Apple hasn't said whether its support staff will treat Intel problems any differently.
The change fits a longer goodbye. Apple said in 2025 that Tahoe would be the end of the road for Intel Macs, and Engadget reported that those machines would keep getting security fixes for roughly three more years. MacRumors has since reported that macOS 27 runs only on Apple silicon. For Apple (AAPL), editing accessory pages is housekeeping. For Intel owners, one possibility (and Apple hasn't said this) is that future firmware updates for these accessories won't get tested on their machines.
Next, watch whether the Magic Keyboard pages get the same edit. For Intel owners, the deadline that matters more is security: with three years of fixes after Tahoe's 2025 release, Engadget expects those Macs to drop out of Apple's update cycle by 2028.
Sources
- 1.Apple Drops Intel Macs From Magic Mouse/Trackpad Compatibility Lists · MacRumors
- 2.Magic Mouse (USB-C) - Tech Specs · Apple
- 3.Magic Trackpad (USB-C) - Tech Specs · Apple
- 4.macOS Tahoe is the end of the line for Intel Macs · Engadget
- 5.macOS 27 Will Mark the End of an Era · MacRumors
- 6.These are the remaining Intel Macs that can run macOS Sequoia · Macworld
- 7.Apple Drops Intel Mac Support From Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad Compatibility Lists · The Mac Observer
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