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Hello Cali and Vânia,
With the exception of some vector instructions and kernel extensions,
Intel binaries should run as is under the Rosetta2 compatability
environment on Macs with the M1 chip. I don't know of issues so far
with running freesurfer under the Rosetta 2 environment and I've read some
reports of
applications not incurring any speed penalty even when running under Rosetta 2.
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I also
have not heard so far of issues with running freesurfer on an Intel Mac
upgraded
from Catalina to BigSur. An issue for some people was upgrading their
Intel Macs from older versions of MacOS to Catalina where 32 bit
binaries can no longer be run. The same will be true if you skipped
upgrading to Catalina and now upgrade to BigSur instead.
In the past I have brought an external hard drive into an Apple store and asked
someone for permission to hook it up to one of the new Macs to test running
software from my external drive. They've always let me do this as
the store machines have their hard disks wiped and restored I think every day
in order to update to the latest software (and get rid of whatever people leave
on the machines from playing with them). Just say no to "time machine"
asking to use the disk when you plug it in.
- R
Cali, Ryan Joseph
December 4, 2020 at 09:44
Hi Vânia,
Currently, I am running 7.1.1 (the most recent
release) on Big Sur without issue. I’m not sure we can speak to the
stability when running it on the new Arm chips given they were just
released though if you had issues a virtual machine can
serve as an alternative.
Cheers,
Ryan Cali, B.Sc.
Research Technician II
Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery
Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC)
Massachusetts General Hospital / Neurology
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Hi,
I am about to buy a new laptop and I am wondering
if freesurfer will be running on the new mac? I mean, Mac OS big sur
(with apple silicon chip, where they no longer use an intel processor)..
Many thanks for your advice.
Best,
Vânia de Aguiar, PhD
Assistant Professor in Neurolinguistics
University of Groningen
Faculty of Arts
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
Room 1315..0408
9712 EK, Groningen
The Netherlands
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I
am about to buy a new laptop and I am wondering if freesurfer will be
running on the new mac? I mean, Mac OS big sur (with apple silicon chip,
where they no longer use an intel processor)..
Many thanks for your advice.Best,Vânia de Aguiar, PhD
Assistant Professor in Neurolinguistics
University of Groningen
Faculty of Arts
Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26
Room 1315.0408
9712 EK, Groningen
The Netherlands
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