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@emilk emilk commented Oct 30, 2025

What

  • Do not build any artifacts for macOS x86
  • Do not run any CI tests macOS x86

Why

Supporting Intel Mac is more trouble than its worth.

The recent Arrow update caused a build failure:

Since nobody at Rerun has an Intel mac, fixing this issue is difficult. It also means we cannot test the viewer to guarantee it works as expected.

Furthermore, macOS x86 was recently demoted to a Tier 2 target for the Rust compiler (link).

For reference, the first Arm Mac (M1) was launched in 2020.

But I use an Intel Mac!

You can still build Rerun from source (but perhaps not with all features enabled). There are instructions in BUILD.md.

@emilk emilk changed the title Drop support for Intel Mac Drop support for Intel Macs Oct 30, 2025
@emilk emilk added the 🍎 MacOS Issues specifically about MacOS support label Oct 30, 2025
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always hard to tell what's missing, but I know that there's things missing in the C++ publish script, check https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/blob/cba8a0f7efc602c0610856fef8f2c0528bb516b8/scripts/ci/bundle_and_upload_rerun_cpp.py

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emilk commented Nov 4, 2025

Good catch! My regexp-fu was not strong enough 😞

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fingers crossed that's all of them!

But one more thing! It's not showing in the migration guide right now!
Also wouldn't hurt to already leave a note in CHANGELOG.md under unreleased so we don't forget about calling it out on the release

@emilk emilk changed the title Drop support for Intel Macs Drop official support for Intel Macs Nov 4, 2025
@emilk emilk removed the do-not-merge Do not merge this PR label Nov 4, 2025
@Wumpf Wumpf added 📺 re_viewer affects re_viewer itself other Generated by the "Other" issue template and removed 📺 re_viewer affects re_viewer itself labels Nov 4, 2025
@Wumpf Wumpf merged commit b029bbd into main Nov 4, 2025
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@Wumpf Wumpf deleted the emilk/drop-macos-x64-support branch November 4, 2025 17:14
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