11.5 Update prompted me to reinstall Rosetta

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I updated to 11.5 today and had an interesting experience.

None of the Intel-only apps that usually launch on login did so, until I launched an Intel-only app manually (by double-clicking on it, not using open in Terminal) at which point I was prompted to install Rosetta:

Install Rosetta macOS 11.5
Install Rosetta macOS 11.51012×518 89.3 KB

I definitely had Rosetta installed before, so I’m not sure why it wasn’t installed after the update.

Once I installed Rosetta, a bunch of Intel-only apps that usually launch on login did so… apparently, they were just waiting for Rosetta… but none of them prompted me for Rosetta.

The same thing happened on my M1 Mac Mini and MacBook Air.

Just something to be aware of!

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Any negative effects, other than the weirdness?

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Nothing I’ve noticed!

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Maybe Apple built in the iOS “if you don’t use uninstall” feature by accident?

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11.4 turned off FileVault then prompted me to turn it on using a Recovery Key. Gremlins?

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I knew that merging codebases with iOS was going to be a problem. :wink:

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