Programmer Abdullah Diaa has put together a website to help determine if
your favorite apps work on Apple Silicon yet. An anonymous reader shares
a report from The Next Web: … [P]lease say hello to Is Apple silicon
ready? The idea behind the site is simple: it shows you if specific apps
will work on laptops and desktops with Apple’s in-house chip. Easy to get
your head around, right? It shows you a list of software and, if they
have native M1 support, they’re given a green tick. Here’s an image that
shows you what’s going on far clearer than lots of words could. As you
can see, the site also shows you if the app you’re after has Rosetta 2
support. Effectively, Rosetta 2 is an emulator, allowing a large number
of apps designed for Intel machines to run on Apple Silicon. If this is
supported, you will still be able to use that software on an M1-toting
machine. Further reading: Linus Torvalds Would Like To Use An M1 Mac For
Linux, But… …
