Just to go on this "closed question" from
peppe0703
Looks like on my brand new MacBook Pro on Monterey, the "Intels" process are translated on the fly, according to the Activity monitor... in the case of a complex app like Ableton Live, the system added a Hidden files with same size (3GB) in the application folder
Looks like a rosetta translation ?
No more rosetta here, but Intels app working quite fine
If you need to install Rosetta on your Mac
Rosetta 2 is only available on Apple Computer with the Silicon M1 / M2 CPU.
There are three categories / types of software that can run on the Operations System.
Only Intel Binary Code. This software will invoke Rosetta 2 to translate the Intel binaries so the operating system can understand and execute the Application. The Applications must be 64 Bit to function on Big Sur, Monterey and Ventura
Universal Binary Software. It contains Both Intel and M1 ARMs binary code and refer to ( Universal 2 ) When the user installs a 64 bit Application that contains Both Intel and M1 ARMs binaries - depending on factors, the Operating System may or may not invoke Rosetta 2.
“ Apple Silicon “ Checking in System Information >> Applications >> as of now, only see One Application classified as Apple Silicon and that is “ Rosetta 2 Updater “.
That would make perfect sense since. It is specifically designed to operate only on Apple Silicon M1 / M2 ARMs based computers
At some point, unknown to use, Rosetta 2 may not longer be offered nor required in future versions of macOS.
Apple with determine just if or when that may or may not occur.
Developers of Third Party Applications have been nudged to Code their Software to match up to the Requirements of the M Class computers ( Apple Silicon ).
At some point in the future, if the software is not coded to these specification, they will cease to function on Apple Silicon Computers
I see a parallel between the original Emulator in older versions of OSX as Apple moved from the Motorola PPC CPU to the Intel CPU.
Eventually, the Emulator was not longer offered as part of the Operating System on newer versions of macOS
There may be components that are Intel only in the compiler of the application, but the runtime may be platform agnostic.
I wouldn't especially worry unless the program stopped working as intended.
But also if you have plans to upgrade the operating system, realize the lack of any Rosetta 2 mention is indicative you are taking a risk that later this application may not function at all during a future upgrade of the operating system, and before upgrading the operating system, be sure that the application is patched to work with the new operating system.
Do you see Rosetta 2 mentioned in the Application's Finder Get Info window?
No, no Rosetta2 mentioned here,
only the application's type: "Application (intel)"
then size and so on.
Installing Rosetta 2 on this system is not supported Macbook Pro M1 Macos Monterey
