M1 Chip Compatibility
I plan to buy a new Apple M1 MacBook Pro. Does anyone know if the new M1 chip is compatible with Atlas.Ti and Mendeley or any other research software?
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For your third party applications—You can query the developers website: FAQ, Help, Support or insight to known issues.
We do know that since the release of macOS 10.15 Catalina, all applications will have to be 64-bit. App developers will issue updated apps if they want their apps to work on this newest macOS upgrade
32-bit app compatibility with macOS... - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436
Mac computers with Apple silicon:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
Mac mini (M1, 2020)
I can add—
Rosetta 2 an emulator built into macOS Big Sur that will enable ARM Macs (M1) to run old Intel applications. Rosetta 2 essentially “translates” instructions that were written for Intel processors into commands that Apple’s chips (SoC) can understand. Developers won’t need to make any changes to their old apps, they will just work.
Rosetta 2 works with Intel-based apps distributed through the Mac App Store, and desktop applications downloaded and installed from external sources.
To the user, Rosetta is mostly transparent. If an executable contains only Intel instructions, macOS automatically launches Rosetta and begins the translation process.
When launching any Mac apps for the first time on Apple Silicon Macs, the apps will bounce in the dock for approximately 20 seconds while the Rosetta 2 translation process is completed, with all subsequent launches being fast.