We need to know which regions this applies to before we know if it will have a large impact. I would have thought they would wait until at least 12 before dropping Rosetta 2 or have it as an optional download.
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Rosetta May Be Removed From M1 Macs in Some Regions on macOS 11.3
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Wasn’t there code in iOS 13 that referenced air tags? I understand the potential implications but think you guys are reading too much into this...
Great article here:
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Everything you need to know about Rosetta 2 on Apple Silicon Macs
Because it is so tightly integrated with the chip, Rosetta 2 means some apps will run faster on an Apple Silicon Mac than they do on Intel.
Sounds like Intel's lawyers found something usable in the proverbial attic...
Implementing Rosetta 2 must have been a lot of work for Apple, so I can’t imagine they’d want to disable it so soon on their own.
In any event, I don’t imagine this will impact most of us in most countries.
In any event, I don’t imagine this will impact most of us in most countries.
Love all the breathless frothing going on here based on incomplete information as to how/why Rosetta disappeared in some regions and if it's a software glitch or intentional.
Nope. Then it would be the U.S., and it won’t be the U.S.
More likely it has to do with export controls - something about Rosetta is technology that can’t be exported to certain “hostile” countries. That’s my bet, anyway.
Maybe it’s just Egypt because they don’t approve the naming of it.
So untrue. It is very easy to recompile for Apple silicon via Xcode as is proven by the large number of programs already done so. So perhaps we should wait to see what the real issue is. Patent, copyright, local law. Who knows until we do know
It would help if the article told us in which regions this is actually happening right now.
I'll wait until I see what this really is about, might be reasons as some suggested.
That’s unknown currently. The author would have been guessing.
This sounds like the least likely conspiracy theory so far on this issue
“Certain regions” = only Epic’s headquarters.
If you don’t live in North Korea, Iran, or certain other countries where the U.S. has strict export controls, my guess is you’re fine.
Apple Silicon Simulator.
Not good Apple.
...I just had to Bork my Intel iMac in early December...😢 I really liked the M1 MBP initially, but software compatibility issues and meh battery life have made it disappointing. If Rosetta 2 is axed sooner rather than later that will be problematic for me.
Bummer.
...I just had to Bork my Intel iMac in early December...😢 I really liked the M1 MBP initially, but software compatibility issues and meh battery life have made it disappointing. If Rosetta 2 is axed sooner rather than later that will be problematic for me.
Bummer.
It is! People love to go out of their way with next to zero information, assuming the sky is falling due to some sort of nefarious plot or scheme perpetrated by an evil entity/company, critical thinking be damned.
This is the most likely explanation. For anyone who's submitted iOS apps, there's an odd question about whether your app uses "encryption," including HTTPS. If yes, it's subject to whatever export laws. No idea why Rosetta 2 would be affected in particular if macOS isn't, but these are weird laws with a long history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States
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