FME Workbench
FME Workbench is a data integration and transformation platform by SAFE Software for processing, transforming and converting spatial data (GIS, CAD, point clouds) and tabular data. It is widely used by GIS professionals, data engineers, ETL specialists and organisations managing large spatial datasets. Users build visual "workflows" by chaining transformers together, and FME supports reading and writing hundreds of data formats including Shapefile, GeoJSON, PostGIS, Esri, DXF, LAS and many proprietary geospatial formats. The app is available as a desktop authoring tool (FME Workbench) and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
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1 suggestionFME Workbench was running under Rosetta 2 emulation as of late 2020, with no native Apple Silicon build available at that time. The search results do not indicate that a native version has been released since then, and the most recent signals (community posts from SAFE Software in December 2020) suggest native Apple Silicon support remains under investigation rather than completed. Given that we are now in May 2026 — more than five years later — and there is no clear evidence of a shipping native build, you should contact SAFE Software directly to ask about the current status of Apple Silicon support and whether they have a release timeline. If native support is not planned, be aware that FME Workbench will stop launching entirely on macOS 28 when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in September 2028. SAFE Software may offer alternatives such as FME Server (a cloud-based version) or a Windows virtual machine, so it is worth discussing your options with their support team sooner rather than later given the approaching deadline.
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