# Mac Designer Download - Wrong Java Runtime for Intel Machines

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mac-designer-download-wrong-java-runtime-for-intel-machines/114873>\
**Category:** Maker\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mac-designer-download-wrong-java-runtime-for-intel-machines/114873 "2026-04-03T01:27:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![MortalLuis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@MortalLuis](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MortalLuis)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mac-designer-download-wrong-java-runtime-for-intel-machines/114873/1 "2026-04-03T01:27:28Z")

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I am using an Intel Macbook running on MacOS Sequoia 15.7.4.

I couldn’t launch the designer after downloading and installing from the gateway. After some debugging I found out the download is packaged with an arm64 java runtime, incorrectly identifying these machines.

```bash
@MacBookPro ~ % file '/Applications/Designer Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/runtime/bin/java'

/Applications/Designer Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/runtime/bin/java: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64

```

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mac-designer-download-wrong-java-runtime-for-intel-machines/114873/2 "2026-04-03T02:47:49Z")

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Ignition 8.3 does not support Intel Macs - Apple Silicon only.

You can run the Designer/Gateway in an x64 VM running Linux or Windows as a workaround.