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Running apps via Rosetta 2 makes colors vivid

Hello, I had the same problem on BigSur, and now on Monterey. When running not M1 native apps (like Steam, Citrix Workspace, Anaconda... and others downloaded not via AppStore) which uses Rosseta 2 for emulation something makes colors in these apps not real and very vivid on a new MacBook Air M1. When I run other native M1 apps I don't find such a problem, colors are ok. It's like some incompatibility with color spaces. I think that when I run soft via Rossetta 2 it forces apps to run sRGB color space, but the screen of my Mac is P3 gamut (which is greater). Does anybody have the same problem and can I solve it?


I added a picture, where on the left you can see how it should be (native M1 app) and on the right how it looks running via Rosetta 2.


MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Dec 4, 2021 1:27 AM

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Posted on Dec 4, 2021 8:22 AM

eight8all wrote:

Hello, I had the same problem on BigSur, and now on Monterey. When running not M1 native apps (like Steam, Citrix Workspace, Anaconda... and others downloaded not via AppStore) which uses Rosseta 2 for emulation something makes colors in these apps not real and very vivid on a new MacBook Air M1. When I run other native M1 apps I don't find such a problem, colors are ok. It's like some incompatibility with color spaces. I think that when I run soft via Rossetta 2 it forces apps to run sRGB color space, but the screen of my Mac is P3 gamut (which is greater). Does anybody have the same problem and can I solve it?

I added a picture, where on the left you can see how it should be (native M1 app) and on the right how it looks running via Rosetta 2.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8c3187fb-30d2-4cf0-b756-ef4d09534626


Run the app natively...(?) if this is an issue.


This seems more a function of the third party app configuration and the apps coded for Intel—

I suspect Universal app would not present the issue.


If in doubt refer to the third party developers website; Support/Help/FAQ/known issues/compatibility issues





If you need to install Rosetta on your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211861


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Dec 4, 2021 8:22 AM in response to eight8all

eight8all wrote:

Hello, I had the same problem on BigSur, and now on Monterey. When running not M1 native apps (like Steam, Citrix Workspace, Anaconda... and others downloaded not via AppStore) which uses Rosseta 2 for emulation something makes colors in these apps not real and very vivid on a new MacBook Air M1. When I run other native M1 apps I don't find such a problem, colors are ok. It's like some incompatibility with color spaces. I think that when I run soft via Rossetta 2 it forces apps to run sRGB color space, but the screen of my Mac is P3 gamut (which is greater). Does anybody have the same problem and can I solve it?

I added a picture, where on the left you can see how it should be (native M1 app) and on the right how it looks running via Rosetta 2.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8c3187fb-30d2-4cf0-b756-ef4d09534626


Run the app natively...(?) if this is an issue.


This seems more a function of the third party app configuration and the apps coded for Intel—

I suspect Universal app would not present the issue.


If in doubt refer to the third party developers website; Support/Help/FAQ/known issues/compatibility issues





If you need to install Rosetta on your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211861


Running apps via Rosetta 2 makes colors vivid

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