Migration from Intel Mac to M1 Mac

Migration from Intel Mac to M1 Mac

Choose the app which support the OS architecture: Apple Silicon, linux/arm64/v8

List of softwares

Docker Desktop

Reinstall the app which not support intel processor e.g.

• Docker Desktop for Apple silicon
• Choose the container image supports OS/arch: linux/arm64/v8

Git

Upgrade Git command

• which git to find the location where git was installed
• (optional) brew uninstall git
• (optional) brew install git
• /usr/local/bin/git --version to verify the path is working
• vi ~/.zshrc and add this line alias git='/usr/local/bin/git'

Example output of /usr/local/bin/git --version

git version 2.35.1

Download & install the Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.2.

• Browse More - Downloads - Apple Developer, download and install Xcode 13.2
• Browse More - Downloads - Apple Developer, download and install Command Line Tools for Xcode 13.2
• /usr/bin/git --version --version to verify the path is working

Example output of /usr/bin/git --version

git version 2.32.0 (Apple Git-132)

Homebrew

Upgrade macOS Homebrew

• If the Homebrew was not installed, input /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
• brew update to update Homebrew
• brew upgrade to update Homebrew packages

Tensorflow

• Tensorflow Plugin - Metal - Apple Developer

Further reading

• Apple Macbook Pro intel to M1 轉移心得共筆 - HackMD
• 移機到 Mac M1 後 git 出現錯誤
• More on Is Apple Silicon ready? (能在 Apple 晶片上使用了嗎？)