Migrating from Intel to Apple Silicon

Issues and the hacky solutions.

Despite the promises of better machines with the launch of Apple Silicon based Macs back in 2020, everyday users are still not done dealing with innumerable issues faced while making the transition from old Macs to the new ones. Here I share my experience while trying to make one such move before deciding to entirely give up on it.

Resolved issues

1 Migration Assistant does not replace Intel apps with Apple Silicon-optimized apps!