Intel Chip Mac Devices' Limitations in macOS Sonoma and iPhone Mirroring

TapTechNews June 13 news, although Mac devices using Intel chips can be compatible and upgraded to Apple's macOSSonoma system, but some functions such as AppleIntelligence cannot be used.

TapTechNews quoted the report of the tech media 9to5Mac and briefly summarized the macOSSonoma functions/features that Intel chip Macs cannot use as follows:

AppleIntelligence

All the AppleIntelligence functions announced by Apple can only be used on Macs with Apple Silicon processors, requiring an M1 or a higher version of the chip. This means that Intel users will not be able to keep up with the leap and use Apple's AI functions.

Live audio transcription

Apple said that in macOS Sequoia, the support for live audio transcription in AppleNotes is also limited to AppleSilicon devices.

Live audio transcription refers to recording an audio session in AppleNotes and generating live audio transcription, which you can search or check against other notes, checklists, or merged documents.

This function is limited to AppleSilicon Mac devices and currently only supports the following languages:

English (Australia)

English (Canada)

English (Ireland)

English (New Zealand)

English (South Africa)

English (UK)

English (US)

Intel Mac devices can use iPhone mirroring

Apple's official introduction is as follows:

macOS Sequoia makes the Continuity experience even more amazing through iPhone mirroring, and users can directly access and control the iPhone completely from the Mac.

The custom wallpaper and icons on the iPhone will be synchronized and displayed, and users can also swipe to switch pages, open or browse all apps on the home screen. The Mac's keyboard, trackpad and mouse can all be used to interact with the iPhone, and the iPhone audio can even play on the Mac. Users can also drag and drop files smoothly between the iPhone and the Mac.

During iPhone mirroring, the iPhone will remain locked, so other people cannot use this iPhone or see the user's operations on the iPhone.

The iPhone can also turn on standby display when mirroring, and users can get information at a glance. In addition, users can directly browse and reply to iPhone notifications on the Mac.