Effects • Re: Apple M4 compatible Plug-ins

I don’t think they are leaving anything but just needing to cover a user base that includes some on Intel and some on AS. So the installer is a universal binary and contains both versions, but it will only install the version you need. However it looks like when MacOs detects an installer containing Intel code it still requires Rosetta to be installed even though it isn’t going to be used to run the app

Well, it's actually simpler than that and, at the same time, error prone from a dev point of view.
The universal binary 2 plugin contains BOTH Intel and Arm version in the same binary, so it's not the installer that decides which one gets installed. The installer asking for Rosetta issue comes down to this single line:
Usually you didn't have to add the hostArchitectures parameter, so that's easy to miss that. If that parameter is not specified, the installer assumes that the software about to be installed is Intel and it pops up that window. Once added that hostArchitecture parameter to the Distribution.xml file, the installer will know what to do and won't ask for Rosetta any longer.

Cheers,
Luca

Statistics: Posted by Audiority — Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:54 am

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