
Apple Silicon搭載,M1晶片Mac機系列

兩年過渡期,慢慢將全條Mac機line up由Intel (x86) CPU轉晒去用自家製ARM CPU,叫Apple Silicon
原因係Apple頂唔順Intel擠牙膏,想整合全個ecosystem都用晒同一個architecture

Universal 2 - 新寫既Mac apps可以同時寫晒俾x86同ARM兩面去行
Rosetta 2 - 響新ARM機可以binary層面用模擬形式去裝之後行x86 Mac apps
Virtualization Tools - Parallels之類VM可以原生運作,內行其他平台環境包括Linux,行Docker之類
iOS & iPadOS apps on the Mac - iOS AppStore apps可以原生響Mac度以Window形式去行 (有方法行.ipa)
一部份Apple自家apps已經完成ARM化,包括跟機嗰堆基本apps同埋FCP X、Logic Pro X
大廠如MS出Office、Adobe出CC等等都已經有beta甚至正式版可用
另外中小型developers似乎歡迎轉變,AS native (Universal or iOS port) apps由M1機見街每日增加中
對普通Mac用家意味:
衣家或者以前買落既Intel Mac機 (2006年至2020年)會響兩年過渡期內保證仲完全支援同埋仲有最新版本apps用,不過兩年之後Apple應該完成ARM化就好難講
任何一部Intel Mac同AS對位機比較,佢續航力、發熱、同埋整體效能都會被大大拋離
本身有用部Mac行Bootcamp去boot x86 OS包括Windows既人會限制於只可以用emu形式行VM而效能有折損/唔兼容 (eg. CrossOver / Wine)
接觸low-level層面既developers / advanced data人士會面臨唔少未知障礙
不過響日常用Mac既角度睇,因為將來會同iOS整合,可能好快會有海量本身macOS無既apps會突然有得用,次期新M系Macs既form factor可以預期會有突破(參考iPad Pro)
Hackintosh界別亦可能因為將來Apple唔再用x86 CPU而無得再搞 (欠缺街外硬件bootloader / firmware / driver)
Universal 2 大廠/重要apps
*** 幾乎所有Apple 1st party apps ***
Google Chrome 88+
https://www.google.com/intl/en_hk/chrome/
ZOOM 5.4.7+
https://zoom.us/download
MS Office 365 大部分主要apps
(Mac App Store download / MS website)
Adobe CC 部份主要apps
(Adobe CC app download + login)
Affinity 1.8.6+
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/apple-m1-chip-support/
DaVinci Resolve 17.1+
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20201113-01
Parallels Desktop 16.5
https://www.parallels.com/news/press-releases/show/2021-pd16-5-m1chip/
HandBrake 1.4.0 Beta
https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases/tag/1.4.0-beta.1
iStat Menus 6.51 (build 1164)+
https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test 3.3+
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/blackmagic-disk-speed-test/id425264550
Carbon Copy Cloner
https://bombich.com
Paragon NTFS
https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/
BetterTouchTool 3.502+
https://folivora.ai/blog/post/13015
1Password 7.7.1.BETA-2
https://app-updates.agilebits.com/product_history/OPM7#beta
Adblock Plus for Safari ABP
https://adblockplus.org
OpenVanilla 1.6.1+
https://github.com/openvanilla/openvanilla/releases/tag/1.6.1
***Yahoo KeyKey可以用64bit mod響Big Sur (M1)度照用
https://free.com.tw/yahoo-keykey-installer-64-bit/?amp
MacRumors有post追住加app
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/universal-and-native-apple-silicon-apps.2267176/
Is Apple silicon ready?
apps響Apple Silicon支援/運作情況database
https://isapplesiliconready.com