Pandora
Pandora is a music streaming and radio service app for macOS that lets users listen to personalized internet radio stations, create custom stations based on songs or artists, and manage their music library. It integrates with the Pandora online service and provides features like thumbs-up/thumbs-down ratings, station creation, and playlist management. The desktop app offers a dedicated alternative to using Pandora through a web browser.
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1 suggestionThe Pandora desktop app for macOS is currently Intel-only and has no native Apple Silicon build as of May 2026. Pandora's development team has not yet released a Universal Binary or native arm64 version, despite user requests in their community forums. Since Apple is removing Rosetta 2 support in macOS 28 (September 2028), the Intel-only desktop app will stop launching on that release. For now, the app continues to work under Rosetta 2, but you should contact Pandora directly to ask whether a native Apple Silicon build is planned — the September 2028 deadline is firm. In the meantime, Pandora's website continues to work in any browser and runs natively on all Macs. If you prefer a dedicated desktop client, Hermes is an open-source third-party Pandora client with a new 2024 fork that includes a native Apple Silicon build, though it is maintained by community volunteers and comes with fewer polished features than the official Pandora app.
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