# Unable to build for mac M1 (Apple Sillicon)

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/unable-to-build-for-mac-m1-apple-sillicon/37845>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/unable-to-build-for-mac-m1-apple-sillicon/37845 "2022-07-05T11:21:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![2box](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/2box/32/16597_2.png) [@2box](https://discourse.processing.org/u/2box)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/unable-to-build-for-mac-m1-apple-sillicon/37845/1 "2022-07-05T11:21:39Z")

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Hello, I have tried using many different Processing 4.0bx versions (4.0b5, 4.0b6, 4.0b8) with different results, but I cannot get any of my builds to open with a Macbook Pro 2021 with the M1 chip.

On windows or older macs, my build runs fine. But on a newer mac I either get a blank grey screen or i get “Unable to Load Java Runtime Environment”.

I have also tried building on the older mac and transfering the file to the newer one, but it doesn´t work. It says the file is damaged.

Is there any way I can solve this? I need to deliver a project and it needs to run on Mac. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![micycle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/micycle/32/201_2.png) [@micycle](https://discourse.processing.org/u/micycle)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/unable-to-build-for-mac-m1-apple-sillicon/37845/2 "2022-07-07T20:45:44Z")

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Relevant thread here:

> <https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/128>
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> Following up in conversation from the forums, just flagging that we will probabl…y need to jump forward in the Java 11 build chain or to JDK 14+ to get http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/8251280 to continue to support mac and, depending on how it is supported, we may need two builds for Mac moving forward. Re OpenJFX: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/openjfx-dev/2020-July/026960.html. I don't see any issues with fast forwarding even if we need to go to JDK 14+ but it will take just a little testing.
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> I know this is the Processing 4 repo but it's worth noting that, per conversation at https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk-build/issues/1922, it's still unclear what this will look like for Java 8.