tested in OSX Catalina 10.15.7 or OSX Big Sur 11 cant remember
problem with OSX, is that:
since OSX BigSur 11, has emulated hybrid Kernel,
amd64 runs emulated on intel CPUs, transition period.
making OSX slower,
tested creating a Ramdrive, and BlackMagic Speed test or AJA Speed test,
speed is -30% .
New M1 & M2 ARM
and Newer M3 hybrid Arm + RISC-V CPU,
OSX HighSierra was the last x86_64 "32-Bit & 64-Bit"
after that, 32-Bit support was gradually removed.
OSX Mohave 10.14 removes 32-bit driver support,
OSX Catalina 10.15 removes 32-bit completely.
most VST plugins are 32-Bit,
would require a Bridge like VSThost for Windows,
but... in my opinion,
OSX is low priority,
better Linux.
M1 & M2 have Asahi Linux available.
Intel seem to be planning a move to RISC-V architecture,
with New HiFive Pro P550
and eliminating 32-Bit from x86_64 CPUs.
Pi5 is improving, but lacks a lot of kernel drivers.
VisionFive 2 similar, but Risc-V
have low CPU muscle,
that can be solved using Networked Audio, like FXMax Teleport or VSL.co.at VEP Pro
plugins usually prefer fast cores.
features to add: Au plugins, copy & paste from Xcode AU Lab Wine VST plugins.
Au v3 migraing Dev fundamentals but migrating without eliminating older AU...
tested in OSX Catalina 10.15.7 or OSX Big Sur 11 cant remember
problem with OSX, is that: since OSX BigSur 11, has emulated hybrid Kernel, amd64 runs emulated on intel CPUs, transition period. making OSX slower, tested creating a Ramdrive, and BlackMagic Speed test or AJA Speed test, speed is -30% .
New M1 & M2 ARM and Newer M3 hybrid Arm + RISC-V CPU,
OSX HighSierra was the last x86_64 "32-Bit & 64-Bit" after that, 32-Bit support was gradually removed. OSX Mohave 10.14 removes 32-bit driver support, OSX Catalina 10.15 removes 32-bit completely.
most VST plugins are 32-Bit, would require a Bridge like VSThost for Windows, but... in my opinion, OSX is low priority, better Linux. M1 & M2 have Asahi Linux available.
Intel seem to be planning a move to RISC-V architecture, with New HiFive Pro P550 and eliminating 32-Bit from x86_64 CPUs.
Pi5 is improving, but lacks a lot of kernel drivers. VisionFive 2 similar, but Risc-V have low CPU muscle, that can be solved using Networked Audio, like FXMax Teleport or VSL.co.at VEP Pro plugins usually prefer fast cores.