Benjamin Levicek The last conference, where Apple presented the new MacBook Air, 13″ MacBook Pro and Mac mini with the first Apple Silicon chip M1, attracted really huge media attention. This was mainly due to the words with which Apple guarantees the above-standard performance and durability of these new machines. But apart from that, there have also been questions about the compatibility of third-party apps.
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Vratislav Holub The Californian giant has assured its supporters that developers will be able to program unified applications that will use the full power of processors from both Intel and Apple. Thanks to the Rosetta 2 technology, users will also be able to run non-adapted applications on Macs with M1 processors, which should run at least as fast as on older devices. Apple fans, however, rather hope that as many applications as possible will be "written" directly to the new M1 processors. So far, how are the developers doing in supporting new processors, and will you be able to work on new computers from Apple without any problems?
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Tech giant Microsoft woke up very early and has already rushed to update its Office applications for Mac. Of course, these include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and OneDrive. But there is one catch to the support – the new applications only guarantee that you will be able to run them on a Mac with macOS 11 Big Sur and the new M1 processor. So definitely don't expect any proper optimization. Microsoft further states in the notes that its applications that you install on Macs with M1 processors will start slower for the first time. It will be necessary to generate the necessary code in the background, and every subsequent launch will of course become significantly smoother. Developers registered in the Insider Beta could then notice that Microsoft has added beta versions of Office applications that are already directly intended for M1 processors. This indicates that the official version of Office for M1 processors is already approaching inexorably.
It's not just Microsoft that is trying to make the experience as pleasant as possible for Apple computer users. For example, Algoriddim also prepared its programs for new Apple computers, which specifically updated its Neural Mix Pro program. This is a program known mostly to iPad owners and is used for mixing music at various discos and parties. Last summer, a version was also released for macOS, which allowed Apple computer owners to work with music in real time. Thanks to the update, which also brings support for the M1 processor, Algoriddim promises a fifteen-fold increase in performance compared to the version for Intel computers.
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Apple also said on Tuesday that Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom will be available for the M1 soon – but unfortunately, we still haven't seen that. In contrast, Serif, the company behind Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, and Affinity Publisher, has already updated the trio and says they are now fully ready for use with Apple's Silicon processors. Serif also issued a statement on its website, boasting that the new versions will be able to process complex documents much faster, the application will also allow you to work in layers much better.
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Pavel Jelic In addition to the applications mentioned above, the company Omni Group also boasts of supporting new computers with M1 processors, specifically with the applications OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan and OmniGraffle. Overall, we can observe that gradually developers are trying to move their programs forward, which is more than good for the end user. However, we will only find out after the first real performance tests whether the new machines with M1 processors are worth it for serious work.
When I hear Microsoft and optimization, I can laugh. Girlfriend has an Aira 2020, i5, 16GB RAM. The notebook lasts for 10 hours at a time. However, it cannot launch Teams. Noťas heats up and in 3 hours it is in the master. Microsoft usually programs in such a way that its applications run best on Widły, and everywhere else it looked like those systems were on the far side.