For some Python packages, it doesn't seem to matter whether you install Anaconda for Intel or for Apple silicon on macOS. However, for our package, we rely on stride, which has some packaged C code. This can end up causing a problem if their conda platform is mismatching with their MacOS CPU type. A lot of the installation docs (including Anaconda's official docs) assume x86/Intel, so it's unfortunately a bit misleading.
Issue
For some Python packages, it doesn't seem to matter whether you install Anaconda for Intel or for Apple silicon on macOS. However, for our package, we rely on stride, which has some packaged C code. This can end up causing a problem if their conda platform is mismatching with their MacOS CPU type. A lot of the installation docs (including Anaconda's official docs) assume x86/Intel, so it's unfortunately a bit misleading.
Some example screenshots to point people: