Hi Vânia,

Currently, I am running 7.1.1 (the most recent release) on Big Sur without issue. I’m not sure we can speak to the stability when running it on the new Arm chips given they were just released though if you had issues a virtual machine can serve as an alternative.

Cheers,

Ryan Cali, B.Sc. Research Technician II Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC) Massachusetts General Hospital / Neurology RCALI@MGH.HARVARD.EDUmailto:RCALI@MGH.HARVARD.EDU 978-860-6496

From: freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Date: Friday, December 4, 2020 at 3:41 AM To: Freesurfer support list freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Subject: [Freesurfer] Freesurfer on new Mac (apple silicon-chip)

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I am about to buy a new laptop and I am wondering if freesurfer will be running on the new mac? I mean, Mac OS big sur (with apple silicon chip, where they no longer use an intel processor).

Many thanks for your advice. Best, Vânia de Aguiar, PhD Assistant Professor in Neurolinguistics University of Groningen Faculty of Arts

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