R
Apple Silicon version · Reported by 59 Macs in the community.
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R is a free, open-source programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, widely used by data scientists, statisticians, academics and researchers. The R framework is the core runtime that provides the language interpreter, standard libraries, and mathematical computation engine. It is used both directly via the command-line console and as the foundation for IDE frontends like RStudio, VS Code and Quarto. A native Apple Silicon build has been confirmed running on Macs in the Rosetta Check community.
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1 suggestionA native Apple Silicon build of the R framework is available and actively maintained by the R Project. Download the latest arm64 installer from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/ — look for the file ending in "-arm64.pkg" — and run it to replace your current Intel version. The installer will automatically uninstall the old build and place the native framework at /Library/Frameworks/R.framework. After installation, any IDE or tool that uses R (RStudio, VS Code, Quarto, etc.) will automatically detect and link to the new native arm64 version on your next launch. You should see noticeably faster execution speeds and lower CPU use compared to the Intel build running under Rosetta. If you installed R via Homebrew, you can alternatively run "brew install r" to get the native arm64 version, which will handle the upgrade automatically.
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