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Re:Tell HN: Building a universal electron app for Mac is a c... by infamouscow on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:02PM (#33401226)
Does Electron not run on macOS amd64e?

Unless you're taking advantage of some kind of x86-64 specific feature, I don't understand why it's at all a challenge to port an app to arm64e. Could you elaborate a bit on what those problems are? FWIW, I'm more intrigued as an outsider than someone that can offer any meaningful help.

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Re:Tell HN: Building a universal electron app for Mac is a c... by mdaniel on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:42AM (#33407418)
The problem is that Electron, itself, is a macho binary and thus subject to the same architecture constraints as any other app. The "universal binary" the OP is mentioning is taking advantage of the "fat" macho format, which bundles multiple target architectures in one executable, so the user does not need to know which they have in order to download the correct one. Or doubly so in the App Store where there is no "download the correct one"
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