With support for Rosetta ending next year, what are the plans for PreForm for the Mac? I haven’t seen any discussion of an Apple Silicon native version in a long time. Is anything on the road map? I will probably have to buy a new computer in the next couple years, so I may not have an option to stay on Tahoe.
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Thanks for the question! Our team is working on a solution to keep supporting PreForm on Mac, but we don’t have a timeline to share yet. According to Apple, Rosetta will still be supported until September 2027 however.
Hope this helps!
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pro tip for Formlabs developers: install anthropic / openAI CLI and type: “Convert this application to run natively on Apple Silicon, make sure it works with no bugs”
That will save you a lot of time and money*
(this is satire)
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It seems sort of lazy to be 5 years into a new platform and still not have vaguely native support. I know the Mac is likely a minor platform for them, but waiting until Apple sunsets Rosetta seems a bit late.
Hopefully, it’s a new build with newer, faster and better features.
It seems like most of the bundled printer platform software out there is all based on the same open source system, so I guess the easiest path is the best for the company. Having migrated some old TCL/TK stuff, I know it’s a pain. It’s also a hard platform to migrate from and even harder to make it go faster and optimize it.
Windows is a bundle of old junk, but that’s what keeps it compatible and full of holes for decades for all of the antique software out there.
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PreForm now runs natively on Apple Silicon - check out our post here!
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That’s great news. I’ve tried it and it opens so much faster.
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