{"id":"troubleshooting.intel-mac-stays-on-4-17-1","url":"/faq/troubleshooting/intel-mac-stays-on-4-17-1","category":{"id":"troubleshooting","title":"Troubleshooting & messages"},"subcategory":{"id":"update-messages","title":"Updates and installing"},"question":"Why doesn't my Intel Mac get Storage Studio updates?","alt_questions":["storage studio intel mac no updates","is storage studio still supported on intel","update not offered intel mac","Check Now finds nothing on my Intel Mac"],"short_answer":"Storage Studio is for Apple silicon Macs only. An Intel Mac is never offered an update it can't run, and there's no Intel download; what you moved to your drives stays where it is.","answer_markdown":"Storage Studio is built for **Apple silicon** Macs only, and Intel Macs aren't supported. Every version we publish now needs Apple silicon, so an Intel Mac is never offered an update it can't run — installing one would only produce an app macOS refuses to open. There is no version to download for Intel Macs.\n\nNothing you moved with Storage Studio is affected: folders and apps on your external drive stay where they are.\n\nTo check which chip your Mac has, choose **Apple menu → About This Mac** and look for **Chip** (Apple silicon) or **Processor** (Intel).","answer_html":"

Storage Studio is built for Apple silicon Macs only, and Intel Macs aren't supported. Every version we publish now needs Apple silicon, so an Intel Mac is never offered an update it can't run — installing one would only produce an app macOS refuses to open. There is no version to download for Intel Macs.

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Nothing you moved with Storage Studio is affected: folders and apps on your external drive stay where they are.

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To check which chip your Mac has, choose Apple menu → About This Mac and look for Chip (Apple silicon) or Processor (Intel).

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Troubleshooting & messages · Updates and installing

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Why doesn't my Intel Mac get Storage Studio updates?

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Short answer: Storage Studio is for Apple silicon Macs only. An Intel Mac is never offered an update it can't run, and there's no Intel download; what you moved to your drives stays where it is.

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Storage Studio is built for Apple silicon Macs only, and Intel Macs aren't supported. Every version we publish now needs Apple silicon, so an Intel Mac is never offered an update it can't run — installing one would only produce an app macOS refuses to open. There is no version to download for Intel Macs.

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Nothing you moved with Storage Studio is affected: folders and apps on your external drive stay where they are.

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To check which chip your Mac has, choose Apple menu → About This Mac and look for Chip (Apple silicon) or Processor (Intel).

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