What this is
macOS shows an alert about Intel-based apps — on macOS 26 Tahoe it is titled “Support Ending for Intel-based Apps”, on macOS 27 Golden Gate it becomes “App Update Required”. macOS has a setting that controls whether it posts these notices, and we have made a small configuration profile that turns it off. It is signed by us, you install it in three steps, and you can remove it again whenever you like.
If you are wondering what the alert means for your software in the first place, that has its own page: Apple Silicon, macOS, and your desktop software →. The one-line answer: if your AlphaCorr desktop software runs on your Mac today, it keeps running — the alert is about Apple's Rosetta translation layer, not a fault in the software.
Worth knowing before you install it: this turns off Apple's Intel-app notice for every Intel application on that Mac, not only ours. If you have other Intel software you would want to hear about, this quietens those notices too.
What it does not do, so there are no surprises:
- It does not disable Rosetta, or change how anything runs.
- It does not modify your AlphaCorr desktop software, or any other application.
- It does not change what happens in macOS 28 (not yet named, and not due until September 2027). The transition is unchanged — this only stops the notice about it.
- It is removable at any time, which brings the notice back.
Install it — three steps
- Download and open the profile. Double-click it, then open System Settings and go to Device Management, select the profile and click Install. You will be asked for your Mac password. No MDM or IT setup is needed.
- Clear the alert you already have from Notification Center — swipe it away, or click Clear. This step matters more than it looks.
- Restart your Mac.
Step 2 is the one people skip, so here is why it is in the list: an alert you were shown before installing does not disappear on its own. macOS holds an undismissed notification and re-presents it after a restart. So if you leave it sitting there, you will install the profile, reboot, see that same alert again, and reasonably conclude the profile did not work. It did — nothing new was posted, you were shown the old one again. Clearing it first avoids the whole misunderstanding.
Also worth setting your expectations: you may see nothing for up to 30 days whether or not you install this, because macOS only repeats this notice roughly once a month per app. Silence is not proof the profile worked, and a single alert is not proof it failed.
Suppress-Message-Intel-App-Support-is-Ending.mobileconfig · measured on macOS 26.6 Tahoe and macOS 27.0 Golden Gate, including for applications that reopen automatically at login.
What you will see when you install it
macOS shows a sheet naming the profile “Suppress Message: Intel App Support is Ending”, marked Verified, from Ashlar-Vellum. Ashlar-Vellum rather than AlphaCorr because these products are built on the Graphite engine and the profile comes from the same engineering team — it is the right profile for your Mac. That is worth making a habit of: a configuration profile can change a great deal about a Mac, so check the signer on any profile before you accept it, ours included. If a sheet is not signed, or names someone you do not recognise, stop.
To remove it
Open System Settings, go to Device Management, select the profile and remove it. The notices come back, and nothing else changes.
If your Macs are managed by an IT department
The same payload can be deployed through your MDM to as many machines as you like, without anyone installing anything by hand. If that is your situation, ask us and we will send it in whatever form your administrator prefers.
If you still see the alert
“I installed the profile and the alert is still there.” Almost always this is a leftover rather than a failure, and the alert's own date tells you which.
Open Notification Center and look at when it arrived. If it is the same alert you already had before you installed the profile, it is a leftover — macOS keeps showing an undismissed notification after each restart. Dismiss it and it will not come back. Only an alert dated after your install would mean the profile is not doing its job.
And remember the timing: macOS repeats this notice only about once a month per app, so a quiet week is not evidence either way. If you do get one dated after your install, tell us — we would like to know, and we will work out what happened on your Mac with you.
Questions?
If anything here does not match what you see on your Mac, or you would rather we walk you through it, talk to us. We would rather answer a question early than have you plan around a guess.
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