Signal updated to 5.27.0 (Intel) on my M1 Macbook Air instead of Apple Silicon version

[ThunderFD]

• I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates

• I am using Signal-Desktop as provided by the Signal team, not a 3rd-party package.

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Bug Description

After the recent 5.27 beta I was expecting the client to automatically update to an Apple Silicon version of the app - I checked the website and it lists a universal binary for MacOS, so I assume 5.27 is supposed to have native apple silicon support

(Question: can I just delete the app and install the universal binary from the website without losing chat history? that would probably do the trick..)

Steps to Reproduce

1. have signal installed with version lower than 5.26
2. click update prompt
3. check version after update to see that it is 5.27.0 intel

Actual Result:

Signal updated to 5.27.0 intel version

Expected Result:

Signal should update to 5.27.0 apple silicon / universal version

Screenshots

Platform Info

Signal Version:

now 5.27

Operating System:

MacOS 12.1

Linked Device Version:

iOS 5.26.8.0

Link to Debug Log

I had already closed signal once to see if restarting it would make it update again
https://debuglogs.org/a0fc6ba7b5a186a00476d7c4c659e5967698e8c88b7fa362fb4abd918836ad43.gz

[scottnonnenberg-signal]

Yup, this is expected. 5.26 doesn't know anything about M1, so it won't update to Apple Silicon. But when 5.27 updates itself, it will be intelligent enough to update to the right flavor of macOS build.

Yes, if you download the universal build from signal.org on macOS and install it to /Applications, you won't lose any data.

I'm going to close this. I hope 5.27 is lots faster for you on M1! :0)

[ThunderFD]

ah that makes sense! thank you!

And yes, the beta was already way faster than the intel build so I was quite excited to see 5.27 finally getting stable :)