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KevinH · 11-25-2020, 10:41 AM

If anyone has access to a new Apple system with their M1 chip, I would love to know if current Mac Sigil-1.4.2 will run well (or at all) under Rosetta 2 on your new system.

The earlier Apple Silicon Development kit machines had an issue related to pagesize (4K intel vs 16k Apple Silicon) that impacted JIT for javascript that made both Chrome and QtWebEngine fail under Rosseta 2 on the Development Kit.

Since Sigil uses QtWebEngine (mainly for Preview), it fails on that Development Kit system as well.

Does current Mac Sigil-1.4.2 work (specifically Preview) on Apple's new M1 machines?

I am hoping to buy a new Mac Mini with the M1 at some point but since I just bought a new MacBookPro 16 six months ago, my wife would not be happy and given the prices of those things, I don't blame her!

11-25-2020, 10:41 AM	#1
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,915 Karma: 6120478 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Sigil on Apple M1 running under Rosetta 2? If anyone has access to a new Apple system with their M1 chip, I would love to know if current Mac Sigil-1.4.2 will run well (or at all) under Rosetta 2 on your new system. The earlier Apple Silicon Development kit machines had an issue related to pagesize (4K intel vs 16k Apple Silicon) that impacted JIT for javascript that made both Chrome and QtWebEngine fail under Rosseta 2 on the Development Kit. Since Sigil uses QtWebEngine (mainly for Preview), it fails on that Development Kit system as well. Does current Mac Sigil-1.4.2 work (specifically Preview) on Apple's new M1 machines? I am hoping to buy a new Mac Mini with the M1 at some point but since I just bought a new MacBookPro 16 six months ago, my wife would not be happy and given the prices of those things, I don't blame her! Last edited by KevinH; 11-25-2020 at 11:54 AM.