Download for Mac OS: Couple suggestions

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So I had been getting this message when running Cursor on my Mac (Apple Silicon M3 Pro ) that another post makes a note of as well: “You are running an emulated version of Cursor” followed by a link to download a native arm64 version. However, that link takes you to the VS Code download page. Obviously, downloading VS Code does not help if you want to run Cursor standalone (and not some extension in VS Code). The solution was simple. I had to go to Cursor site, click on all downloads and specifically choose the arm64 version. But nevertheless, I think there are 2 issues here that should be addressed.

  1. The default MacOS download should note that it is actually the Universal version that is an emulator and not a native arm64 version, or it should not show up in the main page. Apple Silicon is now becoming the default and x86/ intel is on its way out as far as Macs are concerned.
  2. I don’t know why the download link takes you to VS Code download page. It just causes confusion IMO but may be I am missing something.
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Hey, thanks for the report. Do you mean when an alert appears? Could you share a screenshot?

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Sorry I do not have a screenshot and it does not appear anymore since I installed the arm64 version. It appeared in the lower left corner of the Cursor window similar to messages about installing the latest updates. It should be very easy to reproduce though. I think simply trying to run the ‘universal’/ x86 version for Mac on a Mac with Apple Silicon (may be M3 and higher) should result in this message when Cursor is launched.

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