Apple Silicon on macOS 26 or later only; 0.16.9

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - name: macOS 15, Xcode 26.2
-            slug: macos15
-            runner: macos-15
-            xcode: "26.2"
           # The OS most users are on: build with its SDK and run the tests on
           # it. GitHub names this image after its Xcode; it runs macOS 27.
+          # The app needs macOS 26 on Apple Silicon, so there is no older
+          # system or Intel Mac left to build for.
           - name: macOS 27, Xcode 27
             slug: macos27
             runner: xcode-27

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -40,14 +40,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Tests must pass before a release is cut
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
 
-  # One DMG per architecture rather than a universal app: each download is
-  # half the size, and the Intel build says plainly that it cannot run the
-  # local MLX engines.
+  # Apple Silicon only: the app needs macOS 26 and the local engines need
+  # Apple Silicon, so an Intel build would be a download nobody can use well.
   #
-  # Apple silicon is built with Xcode 27 on macOS 27, so the app is linked
-  # against the macOS 27 SDK and gets that system's behavior rather than a
-  # compatibility mode. macOS 27 does not run on Intel Macs, so the Intel
-  # build stays on the toolchain of the last system they run.
+  # Built with Xcode 27 on macOS 27, so the app is linked against the macOS 27
+  # SDK and gets that system's behavior rather than a compatibility mode.
   build:
     name: Build DMG (${{ matrix.arch }})
     needs: [version, test]
@@ -58,9 +55,6 @@ jobs:
           - arch: arm64
             runner: xcode-27
             xcode: "27"
-          - arch: x86_64
-            runner: macos-15
-            xcode: "26.2"
     env:
       VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
     steps:
@@ -95,8 +89,8 @@ jobs:
             -project ClassNote.xcodeproj \
             -scheme ClassNote
 
-      # The runner is Apple Silicon; x86_64 is cross-compiled. ARCHS pins the
-      # slice, since a Release build would otherwise make a universal binary.
+      # ARCHS pins the slice (project.yml does too), so the binary can never
+      # come out universal.
       - name: Build Release (${{ matrix.arch }})
         run: |
           xcodebuild -project ClassNote.xcodeproj \
@@ -149,7 +143,8 @@ jobs:
           name: ClassNote-dmg-${{ matrix.arch }}
           path: ${{ env.DMG_NAME }}
 
-  # Once, after both builds: two matrix jobs creating the same release race.
+  # Its own job, after the build, so a release is only created once there is
+  # a DMG to attach.
   release:
     name: Publish GitHub Release
     needs: build

App/ClassNoteApp.swift

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct ClassNoteApp: App {
             MainWindowView()
                 .environmentObject(appState)
                 .frame(minWidth: 960, minHeight: 600)
-                .background(translationBridgeView)
+                .background(AppleTranslationBridgeView())
                 .captureWindowActions()
                 .id(appState.languageRefreshToken)
         }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct ClassNoteApp: App {
                 LiveSessionView(windowId: id)
                     .environmentObject(appState)
                     .frame(minWidth: 640, minHeight: 460)
-                    .background(translationBridgeView)
+                    .background(AppleTranslationBridgeView())
                     .captureWindowActions()
                     .id(appState.languageRefreshToken)
             }
@@ -128,15 +128,6 @@ struct ClassNoteApp: App {
         }
         .menuBarExtraStyle(.window)
     }
-
-    @ViewBuilder
-    private var translationBridgeView: some View {
-        if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
-            AppleTranslationBridgeView()
-        } else {
-            EmptyView()
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 /// Observes `AppState` itself rather than taking a Bool from the scene body, so