It's not for on-prem but your right Skype for Business are unlikely to become native.
What's the difference between native and universal anyway? What's preferred to install?
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What's the difference between native and universal anyway? What's preferred to install?
Universal contains both Intel and Arm binaris. So it has native binaries for both platforms, but the cost is size. Unfortunately I anticipate that to be the norm for many years to come, making base storage even more limited and partly why I choose 1TB (happy I did, since I am already using half of it).
I have about 83 GB left of my 245 GB available (256 GB nominal) ... a 'tiny home.' I like living on the edge (not really). I know, I should have bought the 'Macmansion' ... but I'd just fill the space with junk. Need to weed out even more ... think I can ditch another 30 GB ... just have to find the time to do it! I'll go work on my actual garage.
I checked my System Report > Applications. The only two 'pure' Apple Silicon applications that I have are: Rosetta 2 Updater and Zoom. The rest are Universal but with a very few old Intel applications (mostly printer related which I need to weed out). Goal is to get as many Apple Silicon applications as possible. I have about 21 GB of applications in total ... I don't know what the possible savings will be if they are replaced by Apple Silicon versions ... half?? But that won't be possible for years, if ever!
Don't know. You always wonder if the Mac will turn into one large stationary iPad someday. They certainly have to somehow combine the app development on their hardware to some degree.
Probably wouldn't make sense for Dropbox, since on the Mac it needs to have Finder integration and on iOS it connects differently via the Files API.
But waiting (im)patiently for Dropbox to go Universal.
Unofficial build of Signal Messenger available. It’s built off the same source as the Main branch, just with tweaks to allow for native operation.
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Release v5.4.0 · dennisameling/Signal-Desktop
This is the 5.4.0 release, with some very exciting news! All releases are code-signed from now on, both on Windows and macOS. That means that you won't get security warnings anymore and can more e...
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Adobe Updates Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom Classic to Run Natively on M1 Macs
Adobe today announced the release of major updates across its Creative Cloud software suite. Most notably, its Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom Classic apps now run natively on Macs with the M1 chip, resulting in faster performance. Creative Cloud apps are on average over 80% faster on an...
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Maybe they could also explain why I'm now running 65 processes all called 'Core Sync Helper'
I looked at my Activity Monitor and I have no Core Sync Helper showing anywhere (I am running only Universal applications) ... I don't know what particular application scenario in your case generates core sync helper(?) usage. Sorry, can't help!
Going off topic... Using Creative Cloud I updated Photoshop, Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw earlier today. I've only run the Creative Cloud app (for the updates) and since then Lightroom Classic (which uses Camera raw). Neither are running now, but the 65 helpers are.
See what happens when I eventually reboot...
Yes, maybe that will degenerate those. I am lucky I don't need to use Adobe applications, or their cloud. For general work type stuff my work place uses MS applications/Outlook ... but I've also avoided these and their One Cloud by using the Apple applications. Really, I guess I am the ideal user for the iMac.
I hate that Adobe makes it impossible to completely remove their cloud drive. You can disable it, but it's still around.
There's so much bloat in Adobe CC. It's mind boggling how they went from lean and mean CS6 to this abomination.
Seriously - Creative Cloud is so bloaty these days it's approaching the status of malware.
Anyone know of a crypto wallet that works natively with Apple silicon? The only thing I could find is Opera browser with a built-in wallet - https://www.opera.com/crypto .
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Off-Topic - Post reboot I was down to about half a dozen processes of various flavours and the only app of theirs that I've run is reader.
A few hours later and I'm back to twenty or so, all doing nothing
I'll say no more, there are libel laws 😁