I made the error of changing 2 things at the same time, replacing a 27” display with a new Samsung 34” widescreen display for the new MacBook, hence I need to do some backward testing.

Using an external display, is proving to be the most disruptive part to my day-to-day work. Currently I’m having to revert to our pool HP Elitebook 840 for any old FileMaker work. Again, a new version of Parallels (demonstrated at this year’s WWDC) and presumably others are on the way. The same for running Windows, or any form of virtualisation. My trusty Sophos Anti-Virus software is not yet compatible, hence I’m running without AV software for the first time that I can remember. It has been a surprisingly good experience with some desperately annoying minor issues.īelow I’ll outline with the problems, the good things and the impact of running FileMaker on the M1 Mac and Big Sur. I’ve now been using the M1 MacBook Pro as my primary computer since Monday, having set it up manually, with everything being installed as new and no Time Machine restore involved. For anyone outside of the UK, the ‘M1’ was the first motorway built in Britain and last week was the scene of a £5 million theft of Apple equipment from a lorry travelling on it, as well as the name of the first Apple Silicon chip. Picking up from my earlier post Buying a new Mac that has evolved into my initial experiences of living with the Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, this new post is dedicated to it with some new new additions.

Filemaker pro 17 for mac