I know they just rolled these new laptops out, but is there any indication of being able to run Catalina compatible cracks on the M1 Macs through Rosetta 2?

 

Let's give our engineer the time to study and do their thing, pretty sure any relevant information will be shared in the future, for now it's still all new and all!

 

You are right and I am being a little impatient. Thank you!

 

it seems Windows executables work just fine with latest Crossover for Mac:
https://www.codeweavers.com/blog/jw...he-bandwagon-apple-silicon-is-officially-cool

 

At risk of being annoying i'll ask a more specific question. Does anyone know if any version of Kontakt (Native Instruments) is working on m1 with Rosetta?

 

someone please fix me if im wrong - but im assuming the teams/crackers will need to patch plugins (or any software really) both on its x86 architecture, AND on its ARM architecture right? which basically means double work necessary?
if thats the case im kinda afraid were gonna see even less mac releases, or atleast - very specific ones, meaning some releases will be for intel macs only and some, in the future, will be ARM only

weird times my friends! 2020 keeps getting into the unknown

 

Big Sur is not listed in Kontakt requirements, so I guess no
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-6-player/specifications/

 

Devs are going to create an x86/ARM version jump.
Example :
version 1.x is x86 only
version 2.y is ARM only

I rarely seen TWO architectures at the same time.
There is just a point when there are MUCH MORE ppl on ARM.
Justifying the final jump.
In between, Rosetta do the "adapter" job.

For now, it is FAR AWAY.
Remember : Apple still sell Mac Pro Intel for thousands bucks

 

gotcha... so if something is Big Sur compatible that mean a good indication of working with M1?

 

For now - thats actually not true
Both Intel macs, and ARM macs are going to co-exists for years still from now, and there are plenty of apps that run on both architectures natively right this moment.
in fact, apple encourages developers to create their so call "Universal Apps" - meaning developers will build their apps for both architectures - in one installer package, and not abandon one architecture behind [and even once an app is fully ARM based, you can still right click an app and open it with Rosetta (x86) if they were built for intel too]

Developers ARE going to translate and develop their apps for both architectures, I'd say for atleast 5 more years.

My question is whether cracking teams will have to do double work by patching both x86 binary assembly AND ALSO ARM assembly.
Like are we going to start seeing 'FabFilter - Collection (Mac-ARM)' along side 'FabFilter - Collection (Mac-x86)'?
Or will it be installed normally and patched in the .vst/au level? - meaning they patch both architectures inside the plugin files and you will replace them?

I guess we'll have to see!

 

The new apple silicon has its own chip section for security/crypto/apple spyware? wtf i dont like that shit at all

Why do companies think professionals want everything stuffed in and locked down on a proprietary chip? crazy. this is not a teenagers cellphone, its a professional machine.
Professional machines are serviceable and tweak-able

Is apple killing intel and doin the right thing?
markets say otherwise, apple has been slipping for years and years.

Apple havent done anything good since the antichrist Steve Jobs tried & died.
Making their own proprietary CPU chip where the only upside is its slightly faster, and theres MANY downsides to it, meh

So, Mr. Jobs lifted it up a bit and its been a money hungry disgrace since (for pro audio),
Do they want an award for being the largest tech company in the world and they finally made a CPU themselves?
They are all about locking out customers from their own machines as if they only pay for the privilege to rent, i dont see why apple hasnt done this trick sooner!

 

Last edited: Dec 9, 2020

no, that's 2 different things,
MacOS support is the first step, M1 support is another step