Support for MacOS ARM [closed]

Question

I'm getting the warnings that Skipper and other Intel-based apps will no longer be supported in future MacOS updates. I'm running Tahoe Version 26.5.2 (25F84) with an M1 Max. Is there a planned release for ARM support?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Yes, sir :-)

Just check the pinned post here on the support forum. We have already released a beta version with ARM support:

https://www.skipper18.com/support/402/downloads-skipper-beta

Please try it and let us know whether everything works as expected for you.

Comments

Thanks for the quick reply! I loaded the Skipper for MacOS 15.7+ 64-bit.dmg (Mac OS DMG package) and no more warning. Just curious, is the Windows 64 beta also ARM compliant?

Thanks for keeping Skipper maintained. It would be hard to live without it. :)

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The Windows 64-bit beta is not ARM-compatible. To be honest, we have never received such a request, and we have not yet tried compiling it for Windows on ARM. I was not even aware that Windows ARM devices were being used for this kind of work :-)

However, if you are interested and can help us with testing, we can give it a try and see if we can make it work.

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Hi Stephen,

just FYI, we just released also Win ARM64 build. I would be very grateful if you can test it on your HW. We are testing it only on virtualized HW.

https://www.skipper18.com/support/402/downloads-skipper-beta

Thanks
Ludek

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Will do. I'll let you know.

Thank you!

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I did very light testing of both Windows ARM installs. The portable had no issue loading asking for a license key; opening; light editing; exporting; and saving. The installed version installed without issue and remembered my license key from opening the portable. I ran all the same light tests without issue or warning. I try to break it now and let you know.

Thanks,
Stephen

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Perfect, glad to hear that!
Feel free to report me any issue you will find, we will do our best to make it as smooth as possible, but rn it looks very promising :-)