Firefox M1: What Apps Are Optimized for the New Chip?

The Firefox M1 chip has brought about a new era of computing power and efficiency, with many applications taking advantage of its capabilities. But what apps are optimized for this new chip?

Unreal Engine, Epic Games, for example, is one application that doesn't work via Rosetta. On the other hand, Teams from Microsoft does work via Rosetta, along with Steam from Valve Corporation, Steinberg Cubase, and more.

In fact, many popular applications have been optimized for the M1 chip, including Skype from Microsoft, Sims 4 from Electronic Arts, Quake from id Software, OneDrive from Microsoft, Diablo 3 from Blizzard, CCleaner from Piriform Software, and Autocad from Autodesk.

But what about PDFelement and other apps from Wondershare? OmniGraffle and other apps from OmniGroup? Groove and other apps from apogeedigital? These are just a few examples of applications that have been optimized for the M1 chip. And if you're looking to see if your app is listed, be sure to check out this website.

In terms of gaming, Blizzard has a long tradition of optimizing its games for macOS, and World of Warcraft was even released with optimizations for the new M1 processor in November 2020.

But what about Adobe's Premiere Pro? In our tests, prior to the update, an M1 MacBook running Premiere Pro 15.1 needed 11 seconds to edit one minute of video material. However, with version 15.4, this time is reduced to just three seconds - a significant improvement.

In particular, the functions that use Apple's Neural Engine benefited from the port to the ARM version, resulting in speed tests showing amazing results. In some cases, Adobe's software ran up to 80 percent faster on an M1 Mac than the same version on an Intel computer.

So how can you ensure your apps are optimized for the M1 chip? Simply right-click on the app icon and choose Get Info, then go to Applications folders on your Mac and locate the Photoshop icon. You'll see various options - simply tick or check the 'Open in Rosetta' box.

With these optimizations in place, the Firefox M1 chip is poised to bring about a new era of computing power and efficiency, making it an exciting time for developers and users alike.

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