Five Tips And Information For New Mac Owners With M2
Are you a newcomer to macOS? These tips are for you.
A few weeks ago, at this year’s developer conference, Apple introduced two new MacBooks in addition to new operating systems. Specifically, we saw the 13″ MacBook Pro and the completely redesigned MacBook Air, both of which feature Apple’s latest Silicon chip, the M2. Both of the previous MacBooks are currently on sale, so virtually nothing stops you from buying one. If you’ve recently purchased a Mac with an M2 or other Apple Silicon chip, you’ll find this helpful article, in which we’ll look at five tips and tricks for new Mac owners with an M2.
About the Rosetta compiler
The transition from Intel processors to Apple Silicon chips has been massive for Apple. This is mainly because Apple Silicon chips use a different architecture, which means that applications built for Intel processors will not work on Apple Silicon for users. Of course, Apple couldn’t force all developers to make an app for Apple Silicon before the release. So a code compiler had to be developed that could take the code of an application designed for Intel and “chew” it on Apple Silicon. This compiler is called Rosetta 2, and the request to install it appears the first time you try to run an Intel application on a Mac running Apple…
