New M1 CPU & LC
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:58 am
Hello,
Is LiveCode IDE compatible with new M1 CPU Mac models?
Cheers,
Louis
Is LiveCode IDE compatible with new M1 CPU Mac models?
Cheers,
Louis
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I suppose the inevitable question then is "When, if ever, will there be a native Apple M version of LiveCode?"FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:56 amApple provides a compatibility layer which should run LC well.
Why "if ever"? Ever is a very long time.fritzdekatt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:57 pmI suppose the inevitable question then is "When, if ever, will there be a native Apple M version of LiveCode?"FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:56 amApple provides a compatibility layer which should run LC well.
FourthWorld wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:40 pmWhy "if ever"? Ever is a very long time.fritzdekatt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:57 pmI suppose the inevitable question then is "When, if ever, will there be a native Apple M version of LiveCode?"FourthWorld wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:56 amApple provides a compatibility layer which should run LC well.
This engine has been stewarded through every CPU change Apple has made:
68k > PPC
PPC > Intelx86
Intelx86 > AMD64
In each case the company delivered a version compatible with Apple's requirements before the old architecture reached EOL.
I am not aware of any circumstance which would prompt them to not migrate their compilation to M1. Doing so would effectively mean abandoning the macOS platform, currently LC's biggest user base segment.
Well that doesn't make that much sense, is there a benefit to limiting your choices like that?
Is there a mac with an AMD CPU??FourthWorld wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:40 pmThis engine has been stewarded through every CPU change Apple has made:
68k > PPC
PPC > Intelx86
Intelx86 > AMD64
On would assume so; but I would suppose the best way to find out is to writeit seems unthinkable that LC's roadmap doesn't include Apple silicon...
Well, Yes: "I had a friend who removed his testicles and tried to pass himself off" as a Mac Mini with an ARM processor . . .So happens I have a friend who had removed Rosetta from his M1 and planned never to install non-M1 apps. just sayin’.
That made me LOL, not a great thing to do while taking a big gulp of coffee!!! You owe me a cup of coffee and cleaning billrichmond62 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 8:12 amWell, Yes: "I had a friend who removed his testicles and tried to pass himself off" as a Mac Mini with an ARM processor . . .
Personally, when I drop coffee all over myself, I shove my shirt in the washing machine.cleaning bill
It occurs to me that this question was asked about 2 years ago and we haven't seen a LC version that compiles Mac apps that are Apple Silicon native and that just seems a bit weird because, doesn't LC use Xcode in order to compile AS native apps for iOS? Why wouldn't that same concept/relationship allow LC to be able to add a new option to build Mac apps for native AS? Do we really have to wait for LC 10 for the option to compile for AS?