How to Check for Intel Apps on Apple Mac
Are your apps optimized for Apple Silicon? Find out how to check which software applications on your Mac are still Intel based.
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With the release of the M2 Mac Pro, Apple has finally completed the transition from Intel to Apple Silicon across their lineup. It took Apple a few years to complete this shift and in that time most software companies have had the opportunity to update their software to natively support Apple Silicon. However, those that haven’t are instead still relying on Apple’s Rosetta 2 emulation software to run their intel-based apps on your Mac. It’s not the end of the world but it’s also not ideal because intel apps might not run as smoothly or as fast as those that have been optimised for apple silicon. To check which of your apps are still intel based you’ll need to open System Information. You can get there either by clicking on the Apple icon in the top left corner of your mac, and holding the ALT key, or by opening the Utilises folder, under Applications.
Having opened System Information, under Software, click on Applications. The last Column labelled Kind will show you which of your apps, if any, are Intel based. Apps that do natively support Apple Silicon will be listed as Universal, and you may also see a couple in there that are actually designed to run on your iPhone or iPad, which you probably downloaded from the app store.
If you do find any that are intel based, it might just be that the app doesn’t get automatically updated. So it’s worth checking the vendor's website to see if there’s a more recent version of your software available to download.
One last thing to also note is that you will see a lot of apps in this list that you won’t recognize, which is not something to necessarily worry about. The majority of these apps will have been installed as part of MacOS, to do all those little jobs that happen in the background like syncing your files with iCloud and checking for new mail and messages.