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What apps are still not working under Silicon? [MERGED]

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phl92

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I am gonna ask the opposite question:

What in 2023 is still not running on Apples M1/M2 chips? With not running I mean not just not optimized, but also not on Rosetta or running only in limited ways or under extremely tedious and complicated configuration/installation mode.

I guess a lot of people here are also working in the tech industry and using special software.
In my case (still a CS student) I just couldn’t run GNS3 on my M1. Cost me tons of hours but eventually everythingn failed.
Especially from people working in the cybersecurity or IT security engineering field I would be interested.

Thanks!
 
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phl92 said:
I am gonna ask the opposite question:

What in 2023 is still not running on Apples M1/M2 chips? With not running I mean not just not optimized, but also not on Rosetta or running only in limited ways or under extremely tedious and complicated configuration/installation mode.

I guess a lot of people here are also working in the tech industry and using special software.
In my case (still a CS student) I just couldn’t run GNS3 on my M1. Cost me tons of hours but eventually everythingn failed.
Especially from people working in the cybersecurity or IT security engineering field I would be interested.

Thanks!
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People in this thread seem to have GNS3 working on Apple Silicon: https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/3257
 
I would say BI Tools. There's not many good apps out there. Tableau works - but it's still under Rosetta and the SalesForce team doesn't seem to give a ****.

It's sad to say, but a Mac is not a good platform to make BI tools. I wonder what Apple themselves do.
 
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PsykX said:
I would say BI Tools. There's not many good apps out there. Tableau works - but it's still under Rosetta and the SalesForce team doesn't seem to give a ****.

It's sad to say, but a Mac is not a good platform to make BI tools. I wonder what Apple themselves do.
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I just checked out Tableau Desktop. It's literally the same experience as the web. It looks like an Electron App wrapped around a website. So if Tableau doesn't update it to work with Apple Silicon, that's on them. Blame Tableau. It's easy to update to a newer version of Electron that supports ARM.

And even if Tableau Desktop isn't updated, running it under Rosetta will still be faster than most Windows laptops.

So I'm not so sure why you think Mac isn't a good platform for BI.

99.99% of BI is a website anyways.
 
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chrfr said:
People in this thread seem to have GNS3 working on Apple Silicon: https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/issues/3257
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Follow the last comment you linked:

Ean Towne
GNS3 Moderator
Apr 6 2023 at 4:54pm

This helps in some aspects, but does not resolve the issues of:

  1. Lack of nested virtualization support
  2. Poor performance of x86_64 emulation by QEMU when run on ARM based CPU (Apple Silicon)

I am very happy you were able to resolve a portion of the issue, however please do not set users up for false expectations. GNS3 on Apple Silicon (other than just the GNS3 GUI is not supported and is still experimental.
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phl92 said:
I am gonna ask the opposite question:

What in 2023 is still not running on Apples M1/M2 chips? With not running I mean not just not optimized, but also not on Rosetta or running only in limited ways or under extremely tedious and complicated configuration/installation mode.

I guess a lot of people here are also working in the tech industry and using special software.
In my case (still a CS student) I just couldn’t run GNS3 on my M1. Cost me tons of hours but eventually everythingn failed.
Especially from people working in the cybersecurity or IT security engineering field I would be interested.

Thanks!
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Look at the MacRumor's thread Universal and Native Apple Silicon Apps or Roaringapps.com to search what is Silicon ready
 
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BootLoxes said:
Kindle still doesnt have a native build for some reason... I would be happy if they just released the iOS version with slight tweaks to work better on macOS
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This annoys me too, so I just use Kindle Cloud reader instead. It also runs pretty well through MenuBarX.
 
CalMin said:
This annoys me too, so I just use Kindle Cloud reader instead. It also runs pretty well through MenuBarX.
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I tried using it but I have image heavy stuff and every few pages it has to load. Would prefer to just download and view it locally for a smoother experience.
 
BootLoxes said:
I tried using it but I have image heavy stuff and every few pages it has to load. Would prefer to just download and view it locally for a smoother experience.
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The Intel Kindle app should work just fine. Rosetta 2 does a good job trans compiling. I've never seen any performance hits from it. Eventually Amazon will probably get off their buts and recompile it for AS, but in the meantime the Intel app should work better than the web page.
 
JTK Awesome said:
You want a reason to pull your hair out?

Adobe Acrobat Reader is now native to Apple Silicon but the installer still requires Rosetta 🤯
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I was able to install it a couple of weeks on a new Mac that doesn't have Rosetta, so you might want to check again. I got it from here:

Adobe - Download Adobe Acrobat Reader

Download free Adobe Acrobat Reader software for your Windows, Mac OS and Android devices to view, print, and comment on PDF documents.
get.adobe.com get.adobe.com
 
JTK Awesome said:
Hmmm, when I got my new Mini and my wife’s new MBP last month, the Adobe installer insisted on Rosetta 🤔
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PIA VPN is the same way (although the Apple Silicon version is only available in beta and has to be downloaded through the app unless you know where to find it on GitHub).

I have a new Mac for work which I am trying to keep from any legacy Intel apps. I'm not sure why though - Rosetta2 performs the translation on first run only and then it just runs the translated app, so it's not as if its running in the background slowing the system down... I suppose I just like the idea of keeping the system clear of cruft.
 
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