Wappler on Mac Mini with Apple Silicon M1 - Day 1

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Hi, about the Keyboard, I can use it simultaneously between two Mac ?? I understand it well ?

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If you are referring to the one i posted above, yes - you can use it on 3 computers at the same time. Logitech provides an app which allows you to setup up to 3 computers and you can use it simultaneously on them.

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Some good news on Docker on M1!

I enrolled on their preview program and was able to run the preview version without any problems on Mac Mini M1! It worked great directly! So the docker dev team is making some great progress!

And the good thing that docker can run all kind of images - no matter if x86 (intel) or arm64 - they have built-in direct emulation( using QENU internally) - so everything runs smoothly on the M1

I just tried a x86 image with PHP/Apache while running MariaDB under arm64 - and all works great!
Of course arm64 images are preferred - but intel ones work just fine.

So I’m sure the official release will follow shortly - they are almost done!

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if you want to have an M1 as a notebook at the moment it is only possible with a 3.3 "monitor
do you think it is enough to be able to use Wappler and Photoshop above all?
does anyone use a 13 "MacBook?

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And there you go another Christmas present - the first Docker Desktop public preview for Apple Silicon M1:

It runs perfect on the M1 and you have all the docker functionality!
Works perfect together with Wappler!

All docker configurations works just fine, so you can choose to run node, PHP, MariaDB/Postgres and even the new Redis integration that we have! All nicely in Docker for M1

Just if you need MySQL locally - choose MariaDB, as MySql is running behind …

We even compiled the latest PHP/Apache images to be fully available in the native ARM technology!
MariaDB and Postgres are already available. So it runs all natively!

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I don’t know what all that means but it sounds like good news! :beers:

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Any Bluetooth issues. There have been some reports on YouTube about random drops with Bluetooth keyboards.

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I’m looking to replace my late 2014 iMac 27" with a Mac Mini M1 and a 27" 5K LG monitor. Is that a smart move or should I go for another iMac? The price won’t be very different but I’m thinking the performance might be better and it will also enable cheaper upgrades in the future as the I won’t need to replace the monitor every time.

Thoughts?

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Yes and then when you buy a MacBook Pro with M1 you can plug that into the LG too :wink:

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NWJS still delaying this?

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Unfortunately yes, still waiting :frowning:

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And the official Docker Desktop for M1 is now released:

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Damn, you can even run Windows 10 for Arm on Apple Silicon M1! Got to try this :slight_smile:

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And the performance is miles better than MS’s own Surface X which runs W10 on Arm natively as per earlier reports.

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5 months! Plus all the time that they had since M1 was announced. Nearly 1 year in total.

Are you guys reconsidering Electron?

I still think it’s better supported.

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And Electron that is!

We have been working around the clock on a conversion from NWJS to Electron and the results are astonishing! So smooth and so fast!

Another great feature to add for Wappler 4 :slight_smile:

We will be starting a beta soon, so you can all test it well before the final.

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Great to hear! Thanks guys. This was truly unexpected. Indirectly you made Tim Cook a bit “moar richer”

I’m guessing M1 performance is like night and day, but have you noticed performance increases in non M1? Or are they more or less the same?

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Yes also on other cpus everything is much snappier and Wappler uses much less memory.

Everything feels super light and fast. I would say definitely 30+% faster and also same % for less memory. Might be also bececause it is newer chrome engine but still :slight_smile:

We have also much better windows control and can go now for much further OS integration.

Native notifications, native devtools with device emulation, Mac App Store distribution and even we could add touchbar integration, shame that Apple will be removing it :slight_smile:

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I wish I could add 100 likes! Great news!

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Here’s a question, are you using a Wappler desktop project to build Wappler Electron?

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