Will Rhino work with the new M1 chip for Macs?

Not natively on ARM, only emulated on Rosetta 2.

Hi Joe - Rhino currently doesn’t work on Macs with a M1 chip. -wim

[image] ME_Mark: Not natively on ARM, only emulated on Rosetta 2. Theoretically according to Apple. [image] wim: Hi Joe - Rhino currently doesn’t work on Macs with a M1 chip This seems to contradict Apple’s position. Has it been tried and demonstrated to fail?

[image] AlW: This seems to contradict Apple’s position. I’m not aware of Apple having tried to run Rhino. It really depends on how you define “works”, Al. If you just want to sit and look at a wireframe of a box all day, then, yes, it works. Trying to actually work will crash. -wim

[image] AlW: Has it been tried and demonstrated to fail? another thread about this, others already tried running Rhino: [image] Apple Silicon/M1 - No for BigSur 11.2, yes for BigSur 11.3 Rhino for Mac I can confirm that 7 and M1 Mac are not currently compatible. I’…

[image] AlW: This seems to contradict Apple’s position. Has it been tried and demonstrated to fail? On our internal tests we can crash Rhino in Shaded, Arctic, Rendered, and Raytraced display modes. We aren’t sure yet if this will require changes on our part or if a patch for Big Sur will fix…

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furtonb November 24, 2020, 3:03pm 8

another thread about this, others already tried running Rhino:

Topic		Replies	Views
Apple M1/ M1X Compatibility/Solutions? Rhino for Mac mac	5	1875	April 26, 2021
Are Rhino & Grasshopper compatible with Apple Macbook Air/Pro with the latest M1 chip? Grasshopper	8	5231	August 18, 2021
M1 and Rhino 6 Mac Hardware windows	5	2088	June 25, 2021
Is Rhino 7 usable with M1 Macs? Rhino for Mac mac , apple-silicon	35	19791	November 28, 2021
Running Windows Rhino on a M1 Apple Rhino windows , apple-silicon	20	3545	January 14, 2022

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