Feb 08, 2021 17:00:00

Homebrew, a package management system for macOS, officially supports Macs with Apple Silicon

Version 3.0.0 of the package management system '

Homebrew ' for macOS was released on February 5, 2021, and it was announced that it was officially compatible with Macs equipped with ' Apple Silicon '.

3.0.0 — Homebrew
https://brew.sh/2021/02/05/homebrew-3.0.0/

Previously, it was recommended to use the compatibility maintenance technology ' Rosetta 2 ' to use Homebrew on Macs with Apple Silicon. However, starting with version 3.0.0, native operation on Macs with Apple Silicon is officially supported.

In addition, the online package browser ' Homebrew Formulae ' provided by Homebrew now displays the supported platforms on the detail screen of each package. For example, the package details screen of the text editor ' vim ' looks like this. It is shown to be compatible with 'Apple Silicon'.

Technology-related new media

Ars Technica has a 'is some of the editorial staff of Ars Technica, Homebrew is the reason that does not officially correspond to Apple Silicon, had been hesitant to purchase of M1 chip-based Mac,' said and which, we welcome the Apple Silicon official correspondence of Homebrew.

In addition, the Mac equipped with the first Apple Silicon 'M1' announced by Apple in November 2020 has received extremely high praise such as 'computing revolution' and 'incredible feat'.

Summary of Apple's 'M1' -equipped Mac review, storm of acclaim such as 'computing revolution' and 'incredible feat' & expectations for Apple Silicon in the future-GIGAZINE