{"id":229657,"date":"2021-04-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-does-native-apple-silicon-support-mean\/"},"modified":"2021-04-17T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T12:00:00","slug":"what-does-native-apple-silicon-support-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-native-apple-silicon-support-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Does Native Apple Silicon Support Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab56ed2de7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab56ed2de7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-native-apple-silicon-support-mean\/#Native_Software_Runs_Faster\" >Native Software Runs Faster<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-native-apple-silicon-support-mean\/#Apple_Silicon_Macs_Have_a_New_Architecture\" >Apple Silicon Macs Have a New Architecture<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-native-apple-silicon-support-mean\/#Rosetta_2_Is_Great_but_Native_Apps_Are_the_Best\" >Rosetta 2 Is Great, but Native Apps Are the Best<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Does Native <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Silicon Support Mean?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-703013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/apple_silicon_hero_1.jpg?width=1200&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Apple Silicon Chip Hero\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In late 2020, Apple released several Macs that use the new Apple Silicon architecture. You may have heard that not all Mac software \u201cnatively\u201d supports Apple Silicon yet. But what does that mean?<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Native_Software_Runs_Faster\"><\/span>Native Software Runs Faster<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Software that is \u201cnative\u201d to a certain computer system has been written especially for that type of computer (otherwise known as an \u201carchitecture\u201d). Native is a relative term. If software is non-native, it was created for another type of computer than the one you\u2019re using.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, a computer can\u2019t run non-native software. But there are special software tools called emulators, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_machine\">virtual machines<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Binary_translation\">binary translators<\/a> that can help the process along by translating code between architectures on the fly as you run the software. This allows non-native software to run as translated or emulated software, with few or no preparations needed by the software developer.<\/p>\n<p>On the downside, this translation process adds complexity and computation time, which means that non-native software usually runs slower than native software. Also, non-native software may not take advantage of all the features and advantages of the new architecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Does it Mean for Software to Run Natively? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Apple_Silicon_Macs_Have_a_New_Architecture\"><\/span>Apple Silicon Macs Have a New Architecture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-721580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/new_mac_mini.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Apple Mac Mini M1 Model from 2020\" width=\"650\" height=\"398\" data-credittext=\"Apple, Inc.\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Apple, Inc.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At their core, Apple\u2019s new Apple Silicon Macs use a different computer architecture (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ARM_architecture\">ARM<\/a>) from Intel-based Macs (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X86-64\">x86-64<\/a>). This means that the CPUs inside the two types of Macs work in fundamentally different ways and that the software that runs on Intel Macs must either be translated on the fly using special software or changed (rewritten or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compiler\">recompiled<\/a>) by the developers in order to run natively on Apple Silicon Macs.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that Apple uses to automatically translate Intel Mac software to run on Apple Silicon Macs is called Rosetta 2, and it\u2019s fairly amazing. The first time you attempt to run an Intel app, Rosetta 2 will be installed, and the app will run seamlessly after that. Rosetta 2\u00a0translates the underlying software code between architectures and then <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ahead-of-time_compilation\">saves what it has learned<\/a>\u00a0in order to run the app even faster the next time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How the Mac Will Switch From Intel to Apple&#8217;s Own ARM Chips<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rosetta_2_Is_Great_but_Native_Apps_Are_the_Best\"><\/span>Rosetta 2 Is Great, but Native Apps Are the Best<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even though Rosetta 2 is amazing, there\u2019s still a performance penalty for running non-native software on a Mac, since the software wasn\u2019t specially optimized to run efficiently on the new architecture. If you were to compare the same app running through Rosetta 2 versus running natively on Apple Silicon, the native version of the app should theoretically run faster and more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>So running native software\u2014apps written especially for Apple Silicon machines\u2014is almost always better if you have the choice. That\u2019s not always easy when there\u2019s a brand new platform (such as the Apple Silicon Macs) without much native software available for it yet, but there are ways to check whether the apps you\u2019re running on your Mac are native or not.<\/p>\n<p>Also, keep an eye on the websites and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> accounts of your favorite software developers. The website <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/isapplesiliconready.com\/\">isapplesiliconready.com<\/a> also contains a helpful list that shows which popular apps natively support Apple Silicon.<\/p>\n<p>As time goes on and more people buy M1 Macs, it\u2019s almost guaranteed that every Mac developer with an active product will release a native Apple Silicon version of their app sooner or later, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Check Which Apps Are Optimized for M1 Macs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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