Product Compatibility for Apple Silicon Macs (Updated 28 August 2023)

August 28, 2023

Apple announced its M-Series Silicon chip with ARM-based Silicon processors that run in their new computers. M3 chips are coming!

Note: This is not an exhaustive list and products may be missing from the list. If you come across something that is out of date, please let us know.

Updated 28 August 23, change the term M1 to Apple Silicon, as it better represents compatibility. M1 and M2 are the same compatibility-wise.

Software developed for Intel won’t run on the new chips, so software companies are scrambling to make their software compatible. Rosetta 2 is an option for some software. Read more about that below.

Rosetta 2 Translation Environment

Rosetta 2 is a translation tool, or emulator, that will allow users to run old Intel software on the new Silicon machines. Apple Developer explains, “Rosetta is meant to ease the transition to Apple silicon, giving you time to create a universal binary for your app. It is not a substitute for creating a native version of your app”.

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M-Series Silicon/Rosetta 2 Compatibility

The Key

= Compatible | = Not Compatible | = Support with Rosetta 2, or partly supported

ABSoft Neat Video

The latest versions of the following products natively support Apple Silicon CPUs and GPUs:

Neat Video v5 plug-in for:

After Effects
Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro (SR)
DaVinci Resolve
OFX hosts
Media Compose

Neat Image v9 plug-in for:

Photoshop
Pro standalone

Adobe

Apps that run natively on Apple Silicon computers

Adobe XD
After Effects – April 2022 release
Premiere Pro
Premiere Rush – Full support as of v1.5.58
Photoshop 22.3 – Minimum requirements: macOS Big Sur (version 11.2.2) or later
RAM: 8 GB (minimum)/ 16 GB (Recommended)
Audition – May 2021 release
Illustrator 25.3.1
InDesign
Lightroom Classic 10.3
Lightroom 4.1+
Substance 3D released: July 19, 2022
Acrobat Pro
Acrobat DC
Dreamweaver
InCopy
Media Encoder
Character Animator

AEJuice

All products are compatible with Apple Silicon.

Aeroform

Aeriform MVRK for Davinci Resolve now has support for Apple Silicon, August 16, 2023.

Antares

All products are compatible with Apple Silicon.

Apple

The following products ARE compatible:

Final Cut Pro 10.5
Motion 5.5
Compressor 4.5
Pro Video Formats 2.2
GarageBand 10.4
Logic Pro 10.6
Logic Remote 1.5
MainStage 3.5

Assimilate SCRATCH

SCRATCH

Audified

Most Audified products ARE Apple Silicon compatible including MixChecker and MixChecker Pro, AmpLion, ToneSpot Express Bundle

Audio Ease

All Audio Ease products ARE compatible.

Audio Modern

All Audio Modern products ARE compatible.

AutoDesSys

FormZ v9.2.2, the latest release, will work with the Rosetta 2 emulator. This update also adds compatibility for Ventura (macOS 13).

Autokroma

BRAW Studio v2.6.1 confirmed support for Apple Silicon
AfterCodecs v1.10.8 confirmed support for Apple Silicon
PlumePack current build v1.2.9 confirmed support for Apple Silicon
Influx current build v1.0.2 confirmed support for Apple Silicon
Vizual PixelPerfect confirmed support for Apple Silicon

Avid

Media Composer

Media Composer v2021.12 supports Apple Silicon

Avid recommends you set the following in Media Composer when working with an Apple Silicon 16G system:

Set the video memory and file cache. Access the video memory by selecting File > Settings, clicking the Site tab, and double-clicking Media Cache. Use the slider to set the Desired Video Memory (GB) to 1G. Set the File Cache to 2GB.
Turn off Phonetic Indexing. Access this option by pressing Ctrl + F to open the Find Window. Click the Settings button (gear icon) in the Find window and click Stop Indexing.
Turn off Background Services. Access the background services by selecting Tools >Background Services. The Background Services window opens. Select Stop to stop the services.
Resolutions: Avid recommends you work with the DNx family of resolutions and Apple ProRes 422 resolutions.

Pro Tools

*Before installing Pro Tools on an Apple Silicon processors, please visit Avid’s compatibility page and our dedicated Pro Tools macOS Big Sur support page to ensure that your system and workflow are fully supported.

Pro Tools 2023.2 Runs Natively on Apple Silicon processors – Full Silicon Support – March 2023

Sibelius

Full native support as of v2021.2

Autodesk

Maya 2024
Fusion 360
Arnold 2024
Bifrost 2024
Mudbox 2024
Autocad 2024
Flame 2023, 2024

Autokroma

All Autokroma plugins are silicon-compatible

Blace Plugins

Blace – AI Face Detection & Blurring has full native Mac and Silicon support.

Blackmagic Design

Davinci Resolve Studio 17.1 and Fusion 17.1 have native support for Silicon Macs. Read more: Update: DaVinci Resolve & Fusion 17.1, Silicon & Big Sur Support

Blackmagic Speed Disk Test 3.3+ is good to go with Silicon Macs.

Blue Cat Audio New

All Blue Cat Products are now supported.

Boom Library

The following plugins are supported

Debird
Enforcer V1.2.9
EnRage V1.3.9
Grip V1.0.6
liftFX V1.0.9
ReCenter V1.0.9
Turbine V1.1.6
Uberloud V1.1.3
Soundweaver

Boris FX

Sapphire 2021.5 includes Native support for Apple Silicon in Premiere Pro and Resolve 17.1.
Mocha Pro 2022 includes Native support for Apple Silicon machines.

Continuum 2022 has native Apple Silicon support. Continuum 2021.5 for Final Cut Pro X 14.5.3 works in Rosetta 2 emulation mode

Particle Illusion 2022 native Apple Siliconsupport

Optics 2022

Boz Digital Labs

Boz Digital Labs Big Clipper

Boz Digital Labs Little Clipper

Chaos V-Ray

Chaos V-Ray 5 for SketchUp, update 2 and later

Chaos V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D

Chaos V-Ray 6 for Sketchup, hotfix 2 – Native Apple Silicon support for the UI

Corona 8 and higher for Cinema 4D

CoreMelt

ModelX
PaintX 4
DriveX 4
Lock & Load
StyleX
TrackX

Other CoreMelt plugins will run under Rosetta 2.

Cycore

CFX Path Tools & CFX Sphere Utilities are updated to run Apple Silicon natively.

D16 Group

The following versions have native Apple Silicon support

Antresol v1.3.0
Decimort v2.3.0
Devastor v2.3.0
Fazortan v2.2.0
Frontier v1.2.0
Godfazer v1.2.0
Redoptor v2.2.0
Spacerek v1.2.0
Syntorus v2.2.0
Tekturon v1.2.0
Toraverb v2.2.0

If you’re using only the plugins above you don’t need to worry.

Please also notice that all of them are available with Intel binaries, so on Apple Silicon-based machines they work in Rosetta emulation mode, but plugins remain fully functional.

Dataclay

All Templater products (Rig, Bot, Pro) now have native Apple Silicon support.

Digital Anarchy

All Digital Anarchy products are Apple Silicon native.

Digital Rebellion

CinePlay 1.7 has Apple Silicon Mac and macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility

Divergent Media

ScopeBox 4.1 supports Apple Silicon for all sources that have updated their driver support. This includes support for Blackmagic Design devices; UVC devices (AJA T-tap, Magewell USB devices, ATEM switches, Epiphan devices, and more); and NDI 5 support. In addition, Divergent Media is shipping universal binary support for all ScopeLink components, so you can use them in both native and rosetta apps on m1. AJA has announced Apple Silicon support is coming in a future update to their SDK and will be rolled into ScopeBox when available.

Extensis Suitcase Fusion

Suitcase Fusion is a Universal application: it can run on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macintosh systems. Their auto-activation plug-ins are also ready for Apple Silicon systems.

Extensis Connect Fonts Powered By Suitcase

Photoshop users: If you need the Font Panel in Photoshop on an Apple Silicon system, you can run Photoshop using Rosetta. See this article for information.

FabFilter

All FabFilter plugins now support Silicon natively! Read more.

FFMpeg

Full native support with Homebrew

FilmConvert

All FilmConvert products are now compatible with Apple Silicon. 7 January 2022.

Film Impact

Yes, it is Apple Silicon compatible!

FL Studio

v20.8.4 introduced native support for Apple Silicon CPUs

Frischluft

Flair v1.2.11 for After Effects
Fresh Curves v1.16 for After Effects
Lenscare v1.4.11 for After Effects
LensCare for OFX 1.47

FxFactory and FxPacks

FxFactory has a huge list of FxPacks that are compatible with Apple Silicon Silicon Macs. View the list here.

Hit’n’Mix

Hit’n’Mix RipX 5.2.5 fully native

Heyne Multimedia

Heyne plugins are now compatible with the new Apple Silicon chips. Cinema 4D R25 is required.

Registered users can download the updates free of charge in the customer area.

IK Multimedia

Runs Natively

MODO DRUM 1.1.3
SampleTank 4.1.4
Syntronik 2.0.0
Hammond B-3X 1.3.4
AmpliTube 5.4.0
SampleTron 2.0.3
MODO BASS 2.0
X-Monitor 1.0
TONEX 1.0
T-RackS 5.10.0
ARC System 3.1.0
MixBox 1.5.0

Confirmed under Rosetta 2

Miroslav Philharmonik 2.0.6
Lurssen Mastering Console 1.1.0
AXE I/O Control Panel 1.1b**
AXE I/O SOLO Control Panel 1.0
Custom Shop 2.0
IK Product Manager 1.0.3
UNO Drum Editor 1.1.0b
UNO Synth Editor 1.1.0b
UNO Drum Anthology Libraries (1.0.0)
UNO Drum Firmware Update (1.0.2)*
UNO Synth Firmware Update (1.1.4)*
iRig Firmware Update (1.13)*
iRig Keys I/O Firmware Update (1.0.11)
iLoud MTM Firmware Updater 1.1.4

iLok

Fully native

Imaginando

DRC v2.9

K7D – Tape Delay v1.2.5 supports macOS silicon universal binary

VS – Visual Synthesizer v1.3.2 supports macOS silicon universal binary

Imagine Products

Shotput Pro is compatible with Apple Silicon

Initial Audio

All products

Insydium

INSYDIUM support for Apple Silicon Macs.

ISP Robuskey

Robuskey currently works with Apple Silicon Systems under Rosetta 2.

For Mac with Apple Silicon Users
ROBUSKEY is also available on Mac with Apple silicon by using Rosetta 2.
* How to Run Host Application with Rosetta 2
For Adobe Photoshop 2021 users and Adobe Premiere Pro 2021 users:
– Quit your host application first.
– Open Finder > Applications.
– Select your host application, then go to “File > Get Info” in the menu bar or press “Command + I” on your keyboard
– Check the box for “Open using Rosetta”.
– Launch your host application and it will now run in Rosetta 2.
For Adobe After Effects 2021 users
– You don’t need to use Rosetta 2.
See Also:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211861

iZotope

Compatible with Rosetta 2 and Apple silicon native Apple Silicon

See list at iZotope

RX 9 Advanced
RX 9 Standard
RX Pro for Music

Ozone 9 Advanced
Ozone 9 Standard
Ozone 9 Elements
Tonal Balance Control 2
Tonal Balance Control Pro
Relay

RX Elements
Neoverb
Neutron 3 Advanced
Neutron 3 Standard
Neutron Pro
Neutron Elements
Visual Mixer
Nectar 3 Plus
Nectar Pro
Nectar Elements
Stutter Edit 2
Vinyl
Vocal Doubler
VocalSynth 2
VocalSynth Pro
Insight 2
Insight Pro

Not Yet Compatible

Dialogue Match – AAX (v1.0.2) works under Rosetta 2
Iris 2 – AAX, AU, VST2, VST3 (v2.0.2) works under Rosetta 2

Kilohearts

All Kilohearts

Krotos

Reformer Pro and Dehumanizer

Laubwerk

All Laubwerk products for Cinema 4D are now optimized to take advantage of the Apple Siliconprocessor.

Left Angle

Autograph is Apple Silicon Native

LightMap

HDR Light Studio is now compatible with Cinema 4D 26. In addition, the Cinema 4D 26 plug-in is compatible with Cinema 4D running on Apple Silicon. This new plug-in requires the latest build of HDR Light Studio.

Please note: The HDR Light Studio main application is still an Intel MacOS app and runs via Rosetta on Apple Silicon computers. However, this does not stop it from performing very well and communicating with our new plug-ins compiled for Apple Silicon apps.

Mastering The Mix

All Mastering the Mix plug-in are Apple Silicon compatible, updated on December 22, 2022

Maxon (Red Giant / Redshift)

Cinema 4D is ready for the Apple Silicon with R23 SP1+. Cinebench is also available for both Big Sur and the new Macs.
Magic Bullet 15 & 16 is Apple Silicon Compatible, updated 14 September 2021.

Universe 5.1 & 6 fully supports Apple Silicon. Released 15 February 2022.

Trapcode 18 supports Apple Silicon. Released April 20, 2022.

Redshift is fully compatible as of Redshift v3.0.45, Apple Silicon with 16 GB RAM is supported (11.3+)

McDSP

McDSP 7.2 adds support for Apple Silicon processors

McNeel Rhino 3D

Rhino 7.5 now works on Apple Silicon in Big Sur 11.3.

Mekajiki RenderGarden

RenderGarden has been tested and it works fine under the Rosetta 2 emulator. RenderGarden has been discontinued.

Melodine

Version 5.2 supports Apple Silicon Natively. This is a free update to all v5.0 license holders

Motion Boutique

Newton, Pastiche, and the MOBO bundle are now native Apple Silicon Compatible

Native Instruments

Reactor 6.5.0 added Apple Silicon & VST3

Kontakt 7.3.0 added Apple Silicon & VST3

Software Products	Compatible Via Rosetta 2	Natively compatible w/ Apple Silicon
ABSYNTH 5
BATTERY 4*
CREATOR TOOLS
FM8*
GUITAR RIG 6*
KOMPLETE EFFECTS*
KOMPLETE KONTROL*
KONTAKT 6
KONTAKT 7*
MASCHINE 2*
MASSIVE*
MASSIVE X*
REAKTOR 6**
TRAKTOR DJ 2
TRAKTOR PRO 3

The Komplete Effects are: Crush Pack (Bite, Dirt, Freak), Driver, Mod Pack (Choral, Flair, Phasis), Premium Tube Series (Enhanced EQ, Passive EQ, Vari Comp), Solid Mix Series (Solid Bus Comp, Solid EQ, Solid Dynamics), Raum, Replika, Replika XT, Reverb Classics (RC24, RC48), Supercharger, Supercharger GT, Transient Master, Vintage Compressors (VC 160, VC 2A, VC 76).

*Native Pro Tools / AAX plug-in support on Apple Silicon. For more info, visit this Avid page.

**There may be Cutoff UI or UI glitches when the REAKTOR 6 AU plug-in window resizes on content load. This can be worked around by closing and reopening the plug-in window.

Note: To use the plug-in versions of the products that are compatible via Rosetta 2 only, it is necessary to start your DAW using Rosetta. Here you can learn how to do this.

Next Limit

Realflow: “Apple Silicon processors (M1) are not natively supported, however, Realflow can work using Rosetta in Intel mode.”

Maxwell: is compatible

Nugen Audio

Focus plug-ins

VisLM 2.10.04+

ISL 2.10.0.3+

LM-Correct 2.10.0.1+

Halo Upmix 1.7.0.3

Halo Downmix 1.5+

Halo Vision 1.1

Jotter 1.0

ISLst 2.10+

Sigmod

The Pixel Farm

The Pixel Farm PFTrack & PFClean v23.03.27 – Native Apple Silicon Support & More, April 4, 2023.

Pixelan Software

All Pixelan Software products are Apple Silicon Compatible.

Pomfort

Silverstack/XL/Lab all run natively on Apple Silicon.

PreSonus

Update: Studio One v5.4 is Apple Silicon native as of 14 September 2021.

Python

Python users, you’re in luck! It’s fully compatible!

Reason

Reason Studios 12.6 Fully Native

RE:Vision Effects

All products support Apple Silicon

RizomUV

RealSpaces and Virtual Spaces support Apple Silicon

Rowbyte

Plexus, Aura, Fast Bokeh for After Effects, TV Distortion Bundle for Premiere

Buena Depth Cue and OBJ Sequence Exporter v2.0 are not compatible

Serato

macOS computers with Apple Silicon processors are now supported with Serato DJ Pro 2.5.0 & Serato DJ Lite 1.5.0 and up

SideFX Houdini

Runs natively v19

Signum Audio

Skye products are not supported on Apple Silicon but will run under Rosetta 2.

Bute Limiter Stereo 2.0.1 now supports Native Apple Silicon

Slate Digital

Slate Digital plugins are now natively compatible with the new line of Apple Silicon machines (Apple ARM processors).

Sonarworks

SoundID Reference v5.0 is compatible

SoundToys

All SoundToys products have been updated with native Apple silicon support for Audio Units and VST 2 formats.

Synchro Arts

Native support in VocAlign Project 5, VocAlign Ultra, Revoice Pro 4 as of the April 14, 2022 update.

Please note:

ARA plugins may cause Logic Pro to crash when running in native silicon mode.
Currently, you need to run Logic Pro in Rosetta mode to use ARA plugins.

Apple will rectify this issue in future versions of macOS and Logic Pro.
Resolving this issue is in the hands of Apple.
We do appreciate your patience!

If you prefer to run Logic Pro in native silicon mode, you can capture audio in real-time.
Please read this article for helpful links to our User Guides.

Telestream

Screenflow v9.0.7 – is available and is Apple Silicon Optimized but is not Rosetta 2 compatible.
Telestream Wirecast 14.2 includes Apple Universal Support and now Wirecast runs natively on M1 Mac

timeinpixels

timeinpixels Nobe OmniScope is compatible as of October 11, 2021

False Color 3.95+

Trimble

SketchUp is compatible with Apple Silicon

U-He

All U-He products are compatible with Apple Silicon.

Xhun Audio

All Xhun Audio products are natively compatible with any Intel-based Mac, but can also run on an ARM-based Mac using Rosetta 2.

More info on Mac compatibility

Video Copilot

Updated on 18 May 2022. Read more: Update: Video Copilot M1 Ready

Zynaptiq

Updated on 26 December 2022

Intensity, unmix::drums, Wormhole, Adaptiverb, Morph, Pitchmap, Unchirp, unfilter, unvel

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