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Rosetta

Caches, buffers and swap

They’re everywhere: whatever you do, something somewhere will cache it. Later that can cause puzzling problems, but makes our Macs faster as a result.

February 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Rosetta 2

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Rosetta 2 is key feature for the transition to Apple silicon, and is also available to run Intel x86_64 binaries in virtual macOS and Linux (in Ventura).

December 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Liviable now shares folders in Linux VMs, and should support Rosetta 2

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Now feature-complete with support for shared folders with the host Mac, and everything is in place for Rosetta 2 translation of x86_64 binaries within the VM.

December 9, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: How virtualization is important to the future of macOS

Why would Apple invest several years of hardware and software engineering just to see what 3rd party developers might do with it?

July 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: Virtualisation and Rosetta 2

Ventura can use Rosetta 2 to translate Intel binaries inside an ARM-native virtualised Linux. The impact and importance of this is explained.

June 11, 2022 Macs, Technology

What shouldn’t you use an M1 series Mac for?

For the great majority of Mac users, M1 series Macs are a big step forward. But some users want the impossible. What can’t M1 Macs do?

February 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

Explainer: caching

They contain recently browsed web pages, ARM code translated from Intel executables, security data, font information, and much more. And they can cause problems.

October 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

How Rosetta complicates call chains on M1 Macs

Two basic rules: M1 Macs run Arm-native code when it’s available, but won’t mix ARM-native and Intel code in the same process. Here are the details.

January 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

Running Intel code on your M1 Mac: Rosetta 2 and OAH

Internally, it isn’t called Rosetta, but OAH. Although itself tiny, its demands on memory and CPU can be great. Details of how and what it does, and more.

January 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

So Santa brought you an M1 Mac: here’s what you should know

A short introduction to some of the highlights and quirks of M1 Macs, from dealing with apps which don’t run properly, to entering Recovery Mode and dealing with disaster.

December 25, 2020 Macs, Technology

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