How to check if your Mac has Apple silicon or Intel

Many new Mac apps need Apple silicon. Here’s how to check.

About This Mac

Choose → About This Mac.

• Chip: Apple M1 (or M2, M3, M4…) means Apple silicon.
• Processor: … Intel … means an Intel Mac.

The macOS version is shown on the same window, for example macOS Tahoe 26.

In Terminal

uname -m

arm64 is Apple silicon; x86_64 is Intel.

Why it matters

Apps built only for Apple silicon don’t run on Intel Macs. NotchMind, which I make, needs Apple silicon and macOS 15 or later; see which Macs it supports. Older apps built for Intel still run on Apple silicon through Rosetta.