Is Roon compatible with new Mac with M1 chip?

[Pluto]

I have a 2018 Mini i5. Very quiet. Runs Roon fine. Mine generally runs 7/24.

I also use it for general computing. It’s not dedicated.

[Drew_Wilson]

I have ordered a new M1 as a Roon Server so I would like to know a preliminary answer ASAP on M1 native support and also minimum RAM requirements or I will return the unit and buy the Intel version which is still available. Tx.

[Abdul_Karim_Soukkar]

I was wondering whether Roon (as a core) will be supported on the new ARM powered lineup of Macbooks?

Are there any plans in the future for this? As i might purchase one soon.

[Bill_Janssen (Wigwam wool socks now on asymmetrical isolation feet!)]

If Apple moves to ARM -- will there be a Roon Core for ARM?

Notes from yesterday’s Apple WWDC: yes, Macs are going ARM It will begin later this year, will take ~2 years to transition away from Intel Mono is ported already. Apple did the port. Mono is not a thing of the past. It’s one of the most popular cross-platform development environments and Microsoft is dumping a ton of resources into its continued success. OpenGL is supported just as it was before. Metal is a very low-level API, and we believe Apple just ported their OpenGL drivers to Metal. App…

Specifically:

We plan to release Roon for ARM based MacOS natively, not via emulation or conversion (Rosetta).

[Chris_Stewart]

I’ve a 2018 and 2014 Mac Mini. I’ve pulled both apart to upgrade the RAM / hard drive and confirm they both definitely have fans.

[pesky]

okay, great. thanks for correction!

[dylan (Dylan Caudill)]

We’ve been testing Roon on Apple Silicon as part of Apple’s Universal App Quick Start Program and we’re happy to say that everything is working quite well! Our tests have shown that even accelerated DSP and other resource intensive functionality are performing great.

We don’t have an Apple Silicon optimized version of Roon available just yet, but this is something we are looking into for the future. In the meantime, the current version of Roon will perform excellently on Apple’s M1 hardware.

We are confident that things will work well, but if you do experience any issues please let us know in #support — Our team is ready to help!

[wizardofoz (Mr Fix It aka The Wiz)]

@dylan Will the roon iPad app run native on the M1?

[john (John Iburg)]

Hello @wizardofoz,

No, the Roon Remote iOS app is not available on the Mac App Store.

-John

[Drew_Wilson]

Could you please confirm this was an 8 Gig Macmini or a 16 Gig Macmini machine. Tx.

[john (John Iburg)]

Hello @Drew_Wilson,

We’ve corrected an error in Dylan’s post regarding testing with the M1 chip.

Our Apple Silicon testing was done with hardware provided by the Universal App Quick Start Program.

We have no reason to believe that Roon’s memory usage on Apple Silicon will be vastly different vs. Intel Macs.

-John