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Reset Rosetta Flag for Desktop App

A little bit of background: If you make an app with no compiled Arm64 binaries in the Content/MacOS folder, MacOS erroneously identifies it as an Intel based app. After launching the app, MacOS will ...
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Force SDKMAN! to install for Intel versions on ARM (Apple Silicon) Macs?

SDKMAN! does a great job of identifying that the running Mac has an Apple Silicon (ARM) chip and filtering its offerings accordingly. For example, sdk list java shows only JDK product for the M1/M2/M3 ...
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Docker Desktop app for Apple Silicon requires Rosetta 2. Why?

After installing Docker Desktop app version 4.25 on my MacBook Pro running macOS Sonoma, I was prompted to install Rosetta 2. I verified that I had indeed downloaded the version of Docker Desktop for ...
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Trying to assemble and run x86_64 assembly on M1

For a university course i need to use x86_64 assembly (AT&T syntax) and I was wondering if there is a way to run this through rosetta 2. So far I've set the OG terminal to run through Rosetta 2, ...
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Can't duplicate apps from Apple (like Terminal.App) in macOS 13

I am using conda a lot and for some packages and environments I need x86_64 architecture. I did this by duplicating my Terminal.app and starting one duplicate with Rosetta (as described here: https://...
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What is `oahd-helper` and why is it eating my CPU?

I noticed today that when changing SIP mode (either enabling or disabling), upon reboot my macOS Monterey CPU usage is heavily consumed by a series of oahd and oahd-helper processes. Researching ...
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Disable automatic Rosetta translation for `.pkg` applications

When I'm installing Microsoft Office for Mac (universal), the installer hangs at the end. Checking the logs, I see that it's because oahd is translating the Intel part. I do not use any plugins, so I ...
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How can I run a script in Rosetta from terminal on M1 Mac? [duplicate]

How can I run a shell/bash/zsh script in Rosetta from Terminal without having the Terminal being opened in Rosetta?
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Playing League of Legends on an external monitor with Apple silicon (display glitchiness)

I just bought myself a 14" MacBook Pro (M1 Pro), which I use as my personal computer, including for casually playing League of Legends (a popular MOBA game). I am connected to an external display ...
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How to tell if M1 Mac has Rosetta installed?

I am trying to run only native software. So I would like to be able to monitor whether Rosetta 2 is available or not. I am not asking if Rosetta 2 is running. I am asking if Rosetta 2 is present, is ...
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How can I limit the disk usage of the Rosetta 2 oah cache?

On macOS 11, Rosetta2 apparently caches translated programs and shared libraries under /var/db/oah. On an M1-based CI instance where we are testing per-commit-novel x86_64 binaries under Rosetta2, ...
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How am I running x86_64 programs without arch on Apple Silicon?

After getting an M1 MacBook Air, I wanted to install some command-line packages. Following this blog post, I duplicated Terminal.app and set it to run with Rosetta. Using this x86_64 terminal, I ...
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Open with Rosetta not available

I've just downloaded Visual Studio Code ( 1.51.1 ) on an Apple Silicon MBP. I downloaded the Intel version (the ARM version is still in dev I think) assuming that I would have to right click and ...
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Rosetta 2 installation on M1 MBP fails

I'm trying to install rosetta 2 via command line, using this command: /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --install-rosetta Source: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2020/11/17/installing-rosetta-2-on-apple-...
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