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lerbi Author

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I use a genealogy program called rootsTrust that is written in Java. To use it on my M1 MacBook Air, I'm told that I need to install Rosetta. Don't need to do this on my 2020 Intel iMac. At this point, I have other options (native Mac OS genealogy software programs) that can be used other than rootsTrust (but I do like that software).

Am I asking for problems by using Java programs? If so, what?
What about Rosetta? Good idea to install? Potential problems?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 8:43 AM

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Keith Barkley

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Posted on Jun 16, 2021 9:37 AM

Rosetta just emulates the Intel Processor for M1 Macs. Since there are no native versions of Java yet, you must use Rosetta to run Intel based programs.

Java programs should run just fine.

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