[Elecraft] Updating Elecraft apps for Apple silicon

[Julia Tuttle]

Hi Steve,

I’m already running on Apple silicon, and I’m trying to plan for macOS 27,
but the next step in Apple’s instructions is to contact the vendor for an
update!

I do have a couple x86 machines around, but I’d hope Elecraft can come up
with a recompiled version of these apps for us too.

73,

Julie

On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 16:40 Steve Lawrence via Elecraft <
elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Apple has announced MacOS Tahoe (v26 - i.e. the current release) will be
> the final release to support Intel processors, while security updates for
> Intel will continue into 2028.  So the next release of MacOS (v27 - likely
> Fall 2026) will only run on Apple Silicon.
>
> I guess we will have to plan accordingly.
>
> Steve
> AA8AF
>
> > On May 6, 2026, at 1:28 PM, Julia Tuttle via Elecraft <
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got a notification from macOS that I needed to update the Elecraft
> > KX3 Utility app to a Universal or Apple silicon version, since support
> for
> > Intel-based apps will be (mostly) ending in macOS 28.
> >
> > Does Elecraft have plans to create Universal or Apple silicon versions of
> > these apps?
>
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