macos arm64 download gives intel binary

[litships 0]

Choosing MacOS >= Catalina, Arm64 architecture, zip or dmg, gui gives a download that MacOS tags as an intel binary when I right click on the app and select "Get Info" (both dmg and zip downloads).

Look at the process under Activity Monitor I see it has opened the Rosetta runtime too, yet the following appears in the Eddie logs :

2025.02.26 11:16:59 - Eddie version: 2.24.6 / macos_arm64, System: MacOS, Name: macOS 15.3.1, Version: 15.3.1, Framework: v4.0.30319

So why does the ARM download give an Intel binary that loads Rosetta?

(Running MacOS 15.3.1 on an M1 Mac) 

[OpenSourcerer 1453]

Can confirm.

$ file Eddie-UI  
Eddie-UI: Mach-O universal binary with 1 architecture: [x86_64:\012- Mach-O 64-bit x86_64 executable, flags:<NOUNDEFS|DYLDLINK|TWOLEVEL|WEAK_DEFINES|BINDS_TO_WEAK|PIE>]

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[Staff 10087]

17 hours ago, litships said:

Choosing MacOS >= Catalina, Arm64 architecture, zip or dmg, gui gives a download that MacOS tags as an intel binary

Hello!

Eddie GUI is built for Intel architecture because it is written in C#, thus runs in the Mono framework that is not available for ARM / Apple Silicon. Eddie backend is entirely written in C++ and when you download the package for ARM you get an Eddie backend built and optimized for ARM 64 bit. Eddie CLI is built for ARM 64 bit as well.

Kind regards
 

[litships 0]

7 hours ago, Staff said:

Hello!

Eddie GUI is built for Intel architecture because it is written in C#, thus runs in the Mono framework that is not available for ARM / Apple Silicon. Eddie backend is entirely written in C++ and when you download the package for ARM you get an Eddie backend built and optimized for ARM 64 bit. Eddie CLI is built for ARM 64 bit as well.

Kind regards
 

I appreciate the response and I know this is kind of pendantic, but this should be stated on the download page that the ARM download requires Rosetta. We are multiple years into Apple silicon architecture and software should be built natively by now. If Apple decides to pull the rug on Rosetta in future OS versions, we will be locked out from updating.