What software is incompatible with Apple chips.

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Frogstar6 Author

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What software is incompatible with Apple chips.

Moving to Apple m3 chipped iMac. What known issues are there?

iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Dec 5, 2023 3:27 PM

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Yer_Man

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Dec 5, 2023 11:23 PM in response to Frogstar6

I'm not familiar with MovieMator but each of the others apps you mention are still available, but will need to be updated. In some cases this will mean a new purchase, this is certainly the case with the Office apps. I know of no software issues migrating to the new chip. Perhaps you will find one, most likely you won't. But, if you're running a 9 year old Mac then there will be changes to the OS and the apps from what you're used to. These are usually incremental but may feel like a big step when you upgrade.

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Yer_Man

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Dec 5, 2023 3:36 PM in response to Frogstar6

Unfortunately that's a rather big and vague question. Congrats on your new Mac, but as we have no idea what you're moving from, what apps you use, or even what you use your Mac for, I'm not sure how we can help.

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Frogstar6 Author

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Dec 5, 2023 7:36 PM in response to Yer_Man

Apologies for the too broad question. I'm moving from a 2014 iMac to a new 2023 one. I use it mostly for graphics using Graphic Converter, MovieMator, GIMP, and various photo retouch and conversion apps. My wife uses it in her administrative work using most of the MS Office apps, Cisco web meetings, Skype, Zoom, etc. I'm wondering if any of that might be a problem in the switch to apple chips. We got burnt pretty good when the PowerPC shift came along, and so I guess I'm having the equivalent of "flash backs". I haven't seen a list of software issues. Is there one, or is the problem more or less non-existent?

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What software is incompatible with Apple chips.

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