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Annoying little bug

Discussion in '2022.1 Beta' started by unityptd, Feb 12, 2022.

  1. unityptd

    unityptd

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    The top of the Unity window still says "2022.1.0b3.2825 <METAL>" even though it's a silicon install.

    Can we get this fixed? I have several versions installed and every time I see this I'm like do I have the right one running? Yep, it's Silicon.
     
    unityptd, Feb 12, 2022
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  2. Phil_Z

    Phil_Z

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    Hi!

    <METAL> means that the Editor is using the Metal graphics API https://developer.apple.com/metal/

    If you are using an older Intel Mac, you will always be running the Intel Editor, because the Apple silicon version will not run.

    On the newer M1 macs, if you are running the Intel version of the editor, it will add <Rosetta> to the title bar to show that it is running the Intel version of the Editor under the Rosetta translation layer.

    Editor versions older than 2021.2 will always be running under Rosetta on Apple silicon.
     
    Phil_Z, Feb 14, 2022
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  3. unityptd

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    That's pretty confusing. I have a brand new M1. There's literally nothing "Metal" about this machine.
     
    unityptd, Feb 19, 2022
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  4. ScottyB

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    "Metal" is the graphics API in use, which is definitely used by any M1 devices as Apple deprecated all other graphics APIs.
     
    ScottyB, Feb 21, 2022
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