When does the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) stop getting updates?

Each figure is from the source marked¹ unless it carries its own number.

Quick look

Newest macOS it runs: macOS Tahoe 26²newest macOS Apple lists it for
Current macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gatecurrent macOSReleased 14 September 2026
Security updates: Not available³Security updates until
Feature updates: Not available³Feature updates until
Shipped with: macOS Catalina⁴shipped with
Released: 4 May 2020⁵Available online; Apple gave no in-store day
Releases since launch: 7macOS releases since 4 May 2020
Releases newer than its newest macOS: 1release newer than its newest macOSGolden Gate

Software support

Basis: our inference from history⁶
Security support for Tahoe, as endoflife.date lists it: Not available⁷

Earlier MacBook Pro 13-inch models

Security support listed, from release to end.⁸

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)

Newest macOS: Ventura
Security support end (endoflife.date): 15 September 2025
From release: 8 years 3 months

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

Newest macOS: Monterey
Security support end (endoflife.date): 16 September 2024
From release: 7 years 10 months (from online availability)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)

Newest macOS: Monterey
Security support end (endoflife.date): 16 September 2024
From release: 9 years 6 months

Apple’s pattern

New macOS: One a year
Patched in recent years: The two releases before the newest⁹
Older releases: Sometimes patched for longer⁹
That pattern would put the end of Tahoe around: autumn 2028⁹

Sources

endoflife.date — Apple macOS · Default for MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) · third-party figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — macOS Tahoe 26 is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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Not published by Apple. Apple has never published a date when a Mac stops getting macOS or security updates, and this site does not invent one. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, double the storage, and faster performance · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, double the storage, and faster performance · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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The newest macOS Apple lists this Mac for is macOS Tahoe 26; Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate list does not name it. endoflife.date shows Tahoe still receiving security updates on 22 September 2026. Apple’s habit of patching the two releases before the newest points to those updates ending around autumn 2028; that is an inference, not a commitment. Source: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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endoflife.date records no end to security support for Tahoe. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 2 Oct 2026
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The three most recent earlier releases in this line with a recorded end are shown. A row can stand for two Macs launched together on the same macOS. Each span runs from release to the end of security updates for the newest macOS that Mac ran, as endoflife.date lists it: its cycle end, not necessarily Apple’s last patch. Only Macs with a release day are listed; one known only by an announcement or a month is left out. Where Apple’s date is the day the Mac could be ordered online, the row says so. This is precedent, not a prediction. Apple publishes no date when a Mac stops getting macOS or security updates.
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An inference from Apple’s past releases, not a commitment from Apple, which publishes no date when a Mac stops getting macOS or security updates. A Mac missing from a new macOS compatibility list is not supported by that release; this page changes when that list does.
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