Apple drops Intel Macs from the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad compatibility lists, though both still work with themApple drops Intel Macs from the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad compatibility lists, though both still work with them

Apple has removed every Intel-based Mac from the compatibility lists for the USB-C Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad, MacRumors reported on 7 October.

According to MacRumors, the product pages in Apple's online store changed around 25 August, and this week Apple updated the matching technical specifications pages to agree. MacRumors says both accessories still work with Intel Macs and that Apple did not answer its request for comment.

What Apple's pages say now

We read both pages on 8 October. The store page for the white USB-C Magic Mouse, at 79 dollars in the US, lists iPad Pro models from the first generation to the M5, followed by Macs that are all Apple silicon, from the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 of 2020 to the Mac Studio with M5 Max or M5 Ultra. No Intel model appears. The support page for the same mouse, article 121931, carries the same list.

The store page's system requirements line has not changed to match. It still asks only for a Mac with macOS 15.1 or later, or an iPad with iPadOS 18.1 or later. macOS Sequoia 15.1 runs on a long list of Intel Macs, so on Apple's own page an Intel Mac meets the stated requirement and is missing from the list of compatible models.

Will a Magic Mouse still work with an Intel Mac?

Yes. MacRumors says both continue to work with Intel Macs, and nothing on Apple's pages says otherwise; the system requirement an Intel Mac running Sequoia meets is still printed there. The change is in what Apple lists, not in what the hardware does.

What may differ is what Apple will help with. A compatibility list is likely to be what an Apple Store or AppleCare adviser checks first, so an Intel Mac owner with a pairing fault may be told the setup is not supported.

Our take

This is housekeeping, but it fits a clear pattern. macOS Tahoe 26 is the last macOS Apple released for Intel Macs, which is why OpenCore Legacy Patcher 3.0 calls it the last macOS they can ever run. Once a computer stops getting new versions of the operating system, Apple stops listing it for new accessories, even when those accessories plug in and work. Expect the same edit on other Apple accessory pages over the coming months.

The mismatch between the requirements line and the model list is the part we would fix first, because it is the part a buyer reads. Someone with a 2019 MacBook Pro running Sequoia sees a requirement they meet and a list they are not on, and has no way to know which to believe.

Our advice for Intel Mac owners is simple. Buy a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad if you want one; it will work, and it will move with you to an Apple silicon Mac later. Just do not expect Apple to troubleshoot it on the Intel machine. APPDOOK reads the change as Apple drawing a line under Intel support rather than as anything to do with the accessories themselves.