Universal binary for macOS 28

[jchh]

MacOS 26.4.1 is now warning users about the end of support for Intel based apps (via Rosetta) in macOS 28.

I assume this is ~Sep '27 so plenty of notice, but asking if the devs intend to convert to a 'Universal' or 'Apple Silicon binary?

Thanks!

[rednoah]

FileBot has x64 / Intel and arm64 / Apple Silicon binaries, so you can download the one for your platform:
https://www.filebot.net/download.html


FileBot notably does not have - and at this point never will have - universal binaries that contain both x64 and arm64 code in a single package.


If you're talking about the Mac App Store edition, then we will switch to arm64-only as soon as Apple allows developers to drop x64 support.

[jchh]

Perfect - no need for a universal binary if you already have them separatly (‘Apple Silicon’ and ‘Intel’).

I only just moved from Intel to Apple Silicon and the transfer copied my Intel version along version with it so didn’t realise there was already an ‘Apple Silicon’ version available.

[Jacinto]

If one is running the Mac App Store Intel version is there any way to transfer that license to the arm64 version or are we all waiting for Apple to tell you to drop x64?

[rednoah]

If one is running the Mac App Store Intel version is there any way to transfer that license to the arm64 version or are we all waiting for Apple to tell you to drop x64?

We're waiting for Apple to allow developers to drop x64 support in favour of arm64 support. See [arm64] Apple Silicon Roadmap › Q: When will FileBot publish arm64 binaries on the Mac App Store? for details.