Macos Tahoe 26.0 Beta 3 (25a5306g) Hackintosh Multilingual
 

macOS 26 Tahoe is Apple's 22nd major release of macOS, named after Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border, continuing the tradition of Californian landmark. In a new versioning strategy, Apple aligned major macOS releases with the year of launch-hence 26 for this 2025 release.
Design - Liquid Glass
• Introduces a fresh "Liquid Glass" aesthetic: enhanced translucency, soft gradients, rounded corners, and transparent menu/control panels with subtle color tinting
• Users can now personalize folder colors, add emoji/symbol overlays, and even unify app icons' tints to match wallpapers
• The redesign extends across the Menu Bar, Control Center, Dock, sidebars, and core apps like Safari, Photos, and FaceTime
Spotlight & Productivity
• The biggest Spotlight overhaul yet-Spotlight becomes a power tool: filters by file type, natural language search, clipboard history, and support for actions like sending emails, creating notes, launching podcasts, and custom Quick Keys
• Launchpad has been retired in favor of app launching directly through Spotlight
Apple Intelligence & Automation
• Expanded Apple Intelligence features now include: live translation in Messages, FaceTime, Phone; advanced Shortcuts with AI integration (e.g. text summarization, image generation via ChatGPT or on-device engine)
• Genmoji (custom animated emojis) and Image Playground support new styles like oil painting, vector art, etc.
Continuity & Calls
• For the first time, a Phone app arrives on Mac: make/receive calls, view contacts, call history, voice mail, all synced via iPhone
• New telephony features include Call Screening, Hold Assist, and Live Translation during calls-all controlled from your Mac
• Live Activities from iPhone apps (food delivery, rideshare, flight updates, sports) now appear in Mac's menu bar and support seamless interaction
Games App & Game Overlay
• The new Games app centralizes Mac gaming-integrating Apple Arcade, App Store titles, and even highlighting big AAA games (e.g. Cyberpunk 2077)
• Game Overlay enables on-the-fly chat, settings adjustments, and invites without exiting full-screen gameplay
• A Low Power Mode and Metal 4 support help boost performance and battery life during gaming
Accessibility & Utilities
• Magnifier on Mac streams iPhone camera to the Mac for zoomed-in viewing-complete with color/contrast filters
• Vehicle Motion Cues display visual indicators to reduce motion sickness when using Mac in motion
• Braille Access brings a refreshed Braille UI, support for Live Captions, and improved navigation
• Accessibility Reader offers a system-wide read aloud mode with text customization
Compatibility & System Support
• Compatible with Apple Silicon Macs (M1 and later) and select Intel models with T2 chips-but it's the final macOS version to support Intel processors
• Dropped support for older Macs (2017 iMac Pro, 2018 Mini/Pro models, 2019 & early 2020 Intel MacBooks/iMacs)
Supported Mac Models
Apple Silicon Macs (Full Support)
- MacBook Air (M1, M2, M3, 2020-2024)
- MacBook Pro (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max, M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, 2020-2024)
- iMac 24-inch (M1, M2, M3, 2021-2024)
- Mac mini (M1, M2, M2 Pro, 2020-2024)
- Mac Studio (M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2 Max, M2 Ultra, 2022-2024)
- Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, 2023)
Intel Macs (Limited Support)
- MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019)
- MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020, four Thunderbolt 3 ports only)
- iMac 27-inch (2020)
- Mac Pro (2019)
- Feature Limitations on Intel Macs
Intel Mac users will not have access to
- Apple Intelligence features (requires Neural Engine)
- Enhanced Liquid Glass effects (limited GPU performance)
- Phone App for Mac
- Live Translation in Messages and FaceTime
- Advanced Gaming Mode optimizations
- Some Continuity features with newer devices
For hackintosh
- Processors without AVX2 (Ivy Bridge and older) - not officially supported!
- Integrated graphics processors SKL and older - not officially supported!
- AMD graphics older than RX4xx - not officially supported!
- Only processors with SSE4.2 (haswell and above) are supported
- Video cards supporting Metal (Radeon), Intel HD (kabylake or higher).