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macOS 26.6 Public

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The public macOS Tahoe 26.6 release closed the planned cycle with Spotlight preparation, storage deprecation guidance, and health, messaging, compatibility, and enterprise fixes.

Date
Jul 27, 2026
Availability
available
Revision
No
Build
25G72

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  1. macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · CoreStorage — Deprecations

  2. macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · Ecosystem — Resolved Issues

  3. macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · HealthKit — Resolved Issues

  4. macOS 26.6 (25G72)

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · macOS 26.6; build 25G72

  5. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.6 — Fixes

  6. What’s New for Enterprise in macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.6

  7. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.6

  8. macOS 26.6 (25G72)

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

    Legacy chronology source: Apple Developer

  9. macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-29

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

bugFix · fixed

False Intel-only compatibility notice fix

documentedconfirmed

The release corrected false Intel-only warnings caused by system plug-in loaders such as color-picker or print-dialog extensions.

  1. [1] macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes · Ecosystem — Resolved Issues

enhancement · changed

Spotlight preparation for macOS 27

documentedconfirmed

macOS 26.6 included preparation work for Spotlight behavior in macOS 27 rather than a separately exposed user feature.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.6

removal · changed

Encrypted HFS+ CoreStorage deprecation

documentedconfirmed

Apple advised moving encrypted HFS+ backups to encrypted APFS because CoreStorage support is planned to end in macOS 28.

  1. [1] macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes · CoreStorage — Deprecations

bugFix · fixed

Overlapping-sample HealthKit average fix

documentedconfirmed

A HealthKit calculation error that could produce unusually high weighted averages for overlapping samples was corrected.

  1. [1] macOS Tahoe 26.6 Release Notes · HealthKit — Resolved Issues