Apple will drop support for aging Intel macs and the Rosetta Intel code translator. RM will soon need to either provide Universal code or drop its (few?) mac customers.
Well, we (they) are talking about late 2026 for MacOS 27, so maybe there is time for whatever the development tool that RM uses to start spitting out ARM code. But …….
Looks like something we Mac users need to keep an eye on - or start pressing for more forcibly.
In my opinion, waiting to the very end of Apples Rosetta support is not an option. If RM decides to drop the Mac in the end, I would rather switch to something with a future on my computer now and not invest my energy into a data model that needs to be migrated. A roadmap - something many products publish - would build confidence and put Mac users at ease.
Other developers made Universal or Apple Silicon code for their products available quickly. I think RM has too small a mac customer base to bother having lost so many mac and windows people during the RM 8 mess.
You don’t need to worry. RM development is working on this. We will need two download options because not all users will immediately be on silicon chips.
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From what I can see Delphi already supports Apple SIlicon. As you say you’ll have to have an Intel and Apple Silicon downloads as many other products provide, but it should be a matter of a separate build targeting a different framework and not a huge rewrite.
Good. Most developers offer their mac apps with Universal code (old Intel + new apple silicon). I was impressed when even my Doxie Go scanner offered apple silicon code a year ago.
Thank you for letting us know the RM is already working on a native Mac silicon version. I started using RM with version 10, and have been hoping for a native version even before hearing Apple is discontinuing Rosetta support.