Check current CPU architecture

Mar 14, 202408:19 AM

Here’s command line to check current CPU architecture, this command is useful when you want to check if Mac is ARM or Intel

arch_name="$(uname -m)"

if [ "${arch_name}" = "x86_64" ]; then
    if [ "$(sysctl -in sysctl.proc_translated)" = "1" ]; then
        echo "Running on Rosetta 2"
    else
        echo "Running on native Intel"
    fi
elif [ "${arch_name}" = "arm64" ]; then
    echo "Running on ARM"
else
    echo "Unknown architecture: ${arch_name}"
fi

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