I would also love a native Apple Silicon build of AdGuard for Mac. In fact, AdGuard is among the only few remaining background-running apps that doesn't have the native ARM build. Since it is running 24/7, and filtering contents in real-time, it is really important that the app is running as efficiently and fast as possible. I am happy to test any beta versions.
I'd like to formally request native Apple silicon support, now that the M1 machines are in users hands. AdGuard works seemingly OK using Rosetta 2's x86 emulation, but the desired result is native ...
The first nightly release with Apple Silicon support is out (and works great for me so far...): https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardForMac/issues/801#issuecomment-818833500 . As a bonus: the helper extension in Safari is also native apple silicon with this release, so no more Rosetta processes running in Safari. Nice Job!
Great work! Thank you as an additional q: How does this work with 3rd-party browsers? I use FireFox. After installing the Nightly build of AG and going through the process of installing the FF browser extension, a Beta build is installed in (1.1.16). Is this also native Apple silicon code? FF is native AS on M1, but not entirely sure of the technicalities of the extensions it runs?
Ah ok that makes sense. It was only cus MikeL mentioned about the Safari extension also now running native AS code, I was then curious about the situation for 3rd-party browsers. Thanks for your reply!