How testing Mach-O files to see if they’re Universal Binaries gets complicated – and probably isn’t as reliable before macOS 10.14.
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New version for Mojave and later improves accuracy of detection of Universal binaries which can run on Apple Silicon.
How can you tell whether an app on your Mac is a Universal App, or only support Intel processors?
Apple warns that “Rosetta translation applies to an entire process, including all code modules that the process loads dynamically” – here are some implications.
A new tool to report the architecture including 64-bit compatibility of any app, code bundle, or command tool. Free of course.
New iMacs were very welcome, but Apple is telling us about its future plans. Will these new versions only sell for the next year? What will replace them?
What’s this rumour about the new Macs having new processors? Not on your nellie: just look at the facts.
A modern iPod has a faster and more capable processor than the original Mac. How have they got so much faster? A look at CPUs, GPUs, and more.
It is also easy to lose touch with the real world when writing about computers, even Macs.
If you ever used a PowerBook G4 on naked flesh, you will already have experienced the thermal limit to processor speed.
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