diff --git a/VoiceInk/Models/PredefinedModels.swift b/VoiceInk/Models/PredefinedModels.swift
index 1e3d7c7..47e62cb 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Models/PredefinedModels.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Models/PredefinedModels.swift
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ import Foundation
         NativeAppleModel(
             name: "apple-speech",
             displayName: "Apple Speech",
-            description: "Uses the native Apple Speech framework for transcription. Available on macOS Sonoma 14+.",
+            description: "Uses the native Apple Speech framework for transcription. Requires macOS 26.",
             isMultilingualModel: true,
             supportedLanguages: getLanguageDictionary(isMultilingual: true, provider: .nativeApple)
         ),
diff --git a/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState+ModelQueries.swift b/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState+ModelQueries.swift
index 48961c8..64d1ebd 100644
--- a/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState+ModelQueries.swift
+++ b/VoiceInk/Whisper/WhisperState+ModelQueries.swift
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ extension WhisperState {
             case .local:
                 return availableModels.contains { $0.name == model.name }
             case .nativeApple:
-                // Native Apple models are always available (though they require macOS 26+)
-                return true
+                if #available(macOS 26, *) {
+                    return true
+                } else {
+                    return false
+                }
             case .groq:
                 let key = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: "GROQAPIKey")
                 return key != nil && !key!.isEmpty