Just like the original Rosetta technology, Rosetta 2 lets users run macOS apps from one platform on another — this time translating Intel apps to the ARM architecture of the M1 chip. While I don’t expect Rosetta to go away any time soon, Apple may disable it in some regions as macOS 11.3 beta codes suggest just that.
iOS developer Steve Moser just shared on Twitter what he found in the third beta of macOS Big Sur 11.3, which was released today for developers. Apple has included new code in the Rosetta API that mentions the removal of this feature in some regions.
“Rosetta will be removed upon installing this update,” the code says. Another string clarifies that Rosetta 2 is being removed from M1 Macs in some specific regions.
Rosetta is no longer available in your region. Applications requiring Rosetta will no longer run.
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