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Universal and Native Apple Silicon Apps
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Never heard of it. I'll take a look.
That's a business package. Overkill for my needs.
I often write documents using Emacs and LaTeX too.
The latest update of photoshop beta keeps crashing on launch. The previous version was fine.
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Anyone still having issues with Universal (non-Apple) apps re-translating after nearly every open? I just updated to the latest beta yesterday on the M1 and it appears that each of my Office Apps takes about 20 bounces on the dock to open. I'm thinking of doing a fresh reset and starting over to see if that helps if others aren't having this same issue...
I get my Office Apps from Microsoft Update not the App Store.
They are Apple Architecture not Intel and have been for quite a while
Can you share the link to where you would download these from Microsoft direct? Can't seem to find them. The App Store versions are "Universal" and aren't running through Rosetta 2. Is there a difference between the versions running as Universal and these?
I have a subscription, I log in and download them from there. Then they get updated my Microsofts autoupdate.
Im confused, post 506 you said they were running through Rosetta, post 508 you said they aren't
You can see which architecture it is from Activity monitor.
Optimisation for Apple Silicon is described here - https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/tell-apps-optimized-for-m1-apple-silicon-macs/
What I have noticed with many apps, not just Office, is that the bounce is variable depending on what is in recents. If any of those are on an external drive and the drive is platter and isn't spinning then the app seems to bounce until the drive spins, even though it doesn't yet know what I want to open
Regarding Microsoft Office apps, they can bounce in the dock for a while if there is an issue checking One Drive at application launch. Unless Microsoft snuck in the updates very recently, the only way to download the M1-native versions of the Office apps from Microsoft is through the Office Insider program, not the normal installer.
"The December 2020 release (build 16.44) provides native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel-based Macs. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote are supplied as a Universal macOS binary, where the Mac operating system will dynamically load the most optimal app components for your device. This release of Office includes the latest optimizations for macOS Big Sur, which is the first operating system to support Apple Silicon."
These are the "Universal" binaries running under "Apple" architecture on the activity monitor. Still bouncing 15-20 times before opening. Sometimes (rarely) they open incredibly quick 1/2 to 1 bounce on the dock, but more often than not it's taking a lot longer. I have not been able to figure it out. I'm running an M1 MacBook Pro, no external hard drive.
Still not super clear if there's an advantage to "Native" apps versus those with "Universal" binaries for both M1 and Intel. I can understand this behavioral for apps running in Rosetta II, or those opening for the first time as universal, however this is consistent with apps running on "Apple" architecture.
I think I'm going to reset this machine and try again. Not sure what else to do at this point.
Has anyone actually quantified the power of these efficiency cores? Maybe expressed as a percentage of a performance core? Eg. 25%
Just curious but why are you still using HFS+ ? Is it a legacy storage volume?
From Apple:
So 25% seems to be a right estimate (Geekbench Macbook Air 2020 dual core ≈ 2000, single core M1 ≈ 1750).The four high-efficiency cores […] by themselves, these four cores deliver similar performance as the current-generation, dual-core MacBook Air at much lower power.
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Also, I've been using this app, which shows you the architecture for the frontmost app in the menu bar. Pretty useful: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/silicon-info/id1542271266
Yay - VLC has been updated...
(EDIT - note that the automatic update will still push out the Intel build, so you might need to download the AS binary)
(EDIT - note that the automatic update will still push out the Intel build, so you might need to download the AS binary)
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Per the notes on update screen, install the automatic update and it's the Intel, then check for updates and it then installs the AS over the top; which it does
Is Think or Swim native or does it otherwise perform well on the M1? I am using it now and wonder if it can work on the M1. I tried ATP on my i7 laptop and it is a truly terrible experience. Absolutely horrible. Also thinking about Street Edge but do not know much about it. I am looking for broker that will work when I decide to transition to Apple Silicon. I figured from your post you may know something. I need a DOM, which Fidelity does not even seem to offer. Perhaps Trade Station will work if Think or Swim only runs as a mobile version. Thanks.This is the Fidelity Active Trader Pro thread where a user is unhappy with the performance. I got it installed and started it up but didn't try to actually do anything with it. ATP uses 13% of my i7-10700 Windows system but 40-63 percent on his M1. I borrowed an M1 system to test the installation. So it may be better running this particular program on an Intel system.
Fidelity Active Trader Pro on M1 MacBook Pro
Active Trader Pro runs like trash on my M1 Air, sits somewhere between 100-250% CPU usage and is unusably laggy.forums.macrumors.com