...It covers differences between Apple Silicon and legacy Intel architectures, helping users understand how to choose software builds (arm64 vs. universal), deal with Rosetta 2 translation, and optimize workloads for native performance. The guide also includes practical advice on setting up development environments — such as configuring compilers, package managers, containers, virtualization tools (e.g., UTM/VMs) — and resolving common pain points with dependencies that historically lacked native support. For creative and power users, there are performance recommendations for video/audio production, machine learning workflows, and GPU-accelerated tasks.