an0malaus posted at 3:14 AM Tue, 22 November 2022 - #4449829

Well, I've just been and checked. Though it feels like I'm hijacking this thread, I can confirm that both Poser 11.3 and Poser 12 releases for macOS were Intel binaries, requiring Rosetta2 emulation on Apple Silicon systems. Apple have indicated that at some point, Rosetta2 will go ex-support (probably a couple of years after they stop selling Intel CPU based hardware) and stop being bundled with new systems.

"Winter is coming!", BRRRrrrr.

Rosetta was the reason that 10.6.8 hung on for so many of us for so long.  I didn't upgrade from 10.6.8 until 10.10 came out.

This is precisely why I dumped Apple - I have been through multiple architecture changes, and the Apple ecosystem simply isn't worth it anymor.  You really don't realize how far behind you are until you stick your toe in the water.  Once you do, it is real, real easy to let go.