PuntoSwitcher
PuntoSwitcher is a keyboard layout switching utility for macOS, primarily designed for users who work with multiple keyboard layouts — typically Russian and English, though it supports other language combinations. The app automatically detects when you type in the wrong layout and offers to correct it, or lets you switch layouts with customisable hotkeys. It sits in the menu bar and is commonly used by developers, translators, and multilingual writers who frequently alternate between keyboard layouts.
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1 suggestionWe could not find public information about whether PuntoSwitcher has received a native Apple Silicon build. The app was developed by Yandex, a major Russian technology company, but there is no clear architecture information available in standard sources. Since this is a utility that runs continuously in the background, using it under Rosetta 2 does incur a performance cost, but the more pressing concern is that Intel-only builds will stop launching entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028) — just over two years away. Contact Yandex directly through their support channels to ask whether a native Apple Silicon build is planned or already available, or check your installed copy: open Activity Monitor, search for PuntoSwitcher, and look at the "Kind" column — if it says "Intel" you are running the Intel build. If Yandex has not provided a native build and has no plans to, you may need to explore alternative keyboard-switching utilities that do run natively on Apple Silicon, such as Karabiner-Elements or native macOS keyboard shortcuts.
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