Apple launched brand new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini models that are powered by its in-house Apple M1 chip last month. And if you go by the early reviews, Apple has knocked it out of the park with these new Mac devices. That said, the software still needs to catch up with the hardware. Most Mac apps are designed for Intel’s x86 architecture, and they can’t run natively on the new M1 Macs. So, before you switch, you should check the app compatibility of your most-used apps. Here is how you can check Apple M1 compatibility for your Mac apps.
This is not Apple’s first rodeo. It has already pulled off two chipset transitions in the past. So, it’s no surprise that the company was prepared for this new transition as well. While the Intel apps don’t run natively on Apple M1 Macs, Apple has released a built-in translation layer called Rosetta 2, which lets users run apps designed for Intel chips.
- Visit this website, and you will see the list of apps that are compatible with Apple M1 Mac.
See the symbols marked in the picture above. It will tell you what’s the current working status of the apps.
If you have already purchased the Apple M1 Mac and want to see which apps are running natively and which are running on Rosetta 2, there’s an easy way to see the list.
- Since I am on an old Intel Mac that is not running any universal app, you can see that all the apps are compatible with Intel only.
