Which apps work on M1 Macs? Rosetta 2 should mean most apps run on M1 Macs, but developers are now shipping native versions. Find out which are available here December 15, 2020 https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/which-apps-work-on-m1-macs-3798238/ Spoiler: List Google Chrome Google has shipped a version of Chrome with M1 support. However, some aspects of the browser still uses Rosetta 2. Crossover 20 Adobe Lightroom On Tuesday 8 December Adobe released a new version of its image management software Lightroom. Adobe Photoshop It's not yet in final verison but Adobe has released a beta version of Photoshop for Apple's M1 Macs. It will also work on the ARM-based Surface Pro X. Firefox Firefox had offered preliminary support for M1 in the Firefox 84 Beta. As of 15 December the public version of Firefox has been updated to support the M1 natively. Microsoft Office The Office apps - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook are now ready for the M1 processor. Pixelmator Pro Image editing program Pixelmator Pro version 2.0 supports Apple's new M1 processor, which means higher performance on the new models of Mac mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Twitter Twitter updated its Mac app in November so it's now compatible with the M1 chip. World of Warcraft Blizzard is the first gaming company to release a title optimized for the new Mac models. Other apps and tools optimized for M1 There are lots of other apps that have been optimized for the M1 chip. [...] Apple's apps Apple's own apps including Safari, Pages, Numbers and Keynote, iMovie and GarageBand, as well as Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro have all been updated for the M1. iPhone and iPad apps Because they use the same family of processors as the iPhone and iPad the M1 Macs will be able to run iOS and iPadOS apps - as long as the developer agrees to port them over (some apps won't be suited to the Mac, for example a game that uses the accelerometer or where there is a suitable Mac version already).
Is Apple silicon ready? The complete guide for MacOS Apps Optimized for M1 Apple Silicon MacBooks https://isapplesiliconready.com/
Microsoft Edge Canary now natively supports Apple’s new M1 Macs December 17, 2020 https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-edge-canary-now-natively-supports-apples-new-m1-macs
Parallels Desktop 16 for M1 Macs December 17, 2020 https://www.thurrott.com/forums/apple/apple/thread/parallels-desktop-16-for-m1-macs Parallels: Parallels Desktop for Mac with Apple M1 chip (Apple Silicon)
Microsoft adds Apple M1 support for many Microsoft 365 apps and Visual Studio Code Universal binaries are now available through the Mac App Store December 16, 2020 https://www.techspot.com/news/87999-microsoft-adds-apple-m1-support-many-microsoft-365.html Microsoft: 4 ways Microsoft 365 is improving the experience for Mac users
Zoom to roll out native support for Apple Silicon Macs on December 21 December 20, 2020 https://9to5mac.com/2020/12/20/zoom-apple-silicon-support/ Zoom: New updates for macOS
Adobe releases Apple Silicon version of Premiere Pro in beta The first release is focused on its core editing functionality December 21, 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/21/22192979/adobe-arm-m1-mac-apple-silicon-premiere-pro-beta Adobe: Premiere Pro on Apple Silicon M1
But isn't this crazy, should really all apps be redesigned for the new Apple ARM chips? So if they are designed for the Intel Core CPU, it's game over?
OK thanks for the info, had never heard of this. Let's hope that all non-optimized apps will continue to work correct on the new ARM CPU. I already thought this was weird, because if not it would have been a huge gamble that Apple made. And now M$ is also planning to design ARM chips for the Surface. I hope this won't become a trend, would be very bad for Intel.
Intel manufacturing sites aren't leading way. They are actually slightly behind. On high-performance desktop computing AMD processors have more cpu power and are just faster in many scenarios. Apple's laptops are ditching Intel CPUs. It is indeed bad period for Intel.
So basically you're saying that Intel dropped the ball. Perhaps this will now push them to make new CPU's more advanced. Especially power saving is a big deal, I've noticed that my battery on my new Lenovo laptop doesn't really last that long. Of course it also depends on your activities, but I believe this is one of the reasons that Apple wanted to design their own CPU.
It is supposedly a big deal for a lot of people, but I don't care about it. My laptop is connected to AC adapter >97% of time I use it. I forgot to mention all these bug that Intel has had introduced in newer microarchitectures. These issues include, but are not limited to, security bugs. Former Intel Engineer Explains Why Apple Switched to ARM
To me it's also not a big deal since I use my laptop mostly at home, but lots of people can't always plug it in. That's why it's also a shame that we can't replace batteries in smartphones and laptops, how cool would that be. And thanks for the extra info.
Brave Crypto Browser Now Supports Apple's M1 Macs December 31, 2020 https://decrypt.co/52914/brave-crypto-browser-now-supports-apples-m1-macs
VLC media player for macOS updated with full support for M1 Macs January 18, 2021 https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/18/vlc-media-player-for-macos-updated-with-full-support-for-m1-macs/
There are at least a couple of resources you can use to validate the ARM-readiness status of macOS applications... Is Apple silicon ready? -- A website describing itself as "The complete guide for MacOS Apps Optimized for M1 Apple Silicon Macs." Silicon -- A free macOS app from DigiDNA the developers of iMazing that identifies installed apps with Universal or Intel-only binaries. https://github.com/DigiDNA/Silicon/raw/master/Assets/Screen.png
Yeah, eventually all apps will have to be re-compiled for Apple ARM chips. Right now vendors are compiling into something called "Universal" binaries which include both Intel x86 as well as the new ARM executables. Intel-only binaries will be sort of just-in-time recompiled behind the scenes by Rosetta 2 on first run, which is apparently all pretty seamless to the end-user. But maybe 8-10 years down the road, when Apple no longer sells any Intel-based Macs and all of the current Intel-based Macs are old and end-of-life... they will switch to apps being ARM-only and Universal will disappear. Apple did the same thing in the transition from the Motorola 68000 architecture to the Intel architecture back in the early 2000s.
Yup, definitely seems like Intel has been dropping the ball for the past decade. From what I have read, Apple switched for the following reasons... Efficiency. The ARM architecture is far more efficient, not only leading to longer battery life for laptops... but also greatly reduced thermal loads (lower fan speeds or, in fact, no internal fans at all as in the new M1 MacBook Air). People love not having any noise while running heavy loads. Lots of articles references performing some CPU heavy task (software compilation, video transcoding, etc) and not having any fan noise whereas their Intel-based Mac or Windows PC would be emitting a fairly loud whine under the same load. Quality Assurance. Apparently Intel's manufacturing qualities were slipping as you noted. Vertical Integration. Apple is now in charge of their own destiny at the chip level, and does not have to be at the mercy of a 3rd-party manufacturer for such a key component. Product Differentiation. Apple will now have a way to strongly differentiate themselves from the more commoditized Windows PC / laptop marketplace. Performance Projections. AnandTech prepared a neat graph comparing the growth in performance of Intel vs that of Apple over the past few years and Apple's growth rate is quite a bit steeper than Intel's (see graph below). Manufacturing Process. Apparently, Intel is still on a 10nm process and struggling to get to 7nm or 5nm... while Apple in partnership with TSMC is already producing and shipping the M1 on a 5nm process and have contracted to mass produce and ship on a 3nm process in 2022. https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16226/perf-trajectory_575px.png
OK thanks for the interesting info. Let's hope that after a few years they won't change their mind and switch to Intel or AMD again LOL.
Yeah, if you want a bit more of an overview of how it works, here is some documentation from Apple... Porting Your macOS Apps to Apple Silicon
Seems like Intel is disputing that Apple M1 chips are better: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple...ionary-rather-than-evolutionary.519176.0.html
Adobe Photoshop now runs natively on Apple M1 Macs March 10, 2021 https://www.neowin.net/news/adobe-photoshop-now-runs-natively-on-apple-m1-macs/ Adobe: Adobe Photoshop ships on Macs with Apple Silicon: Gains speedier selections, filters and performance boosts
1Password for Mac update delivers Apple Silicon support March 10, 2021 https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/10/1password-for-mac-update-delivers-apple-silicon-support
