Announcing Apple Silicon Machine Types

Apple Silicon M2 machines have been introduced to enhance the performance of developers working on macOS, iOS, and other Apple-supported platforms by significantly reducing build and test times, particularly for projects utilizing XCode 15 and above. Performance benchmarks demonstrate that these new M2 machines can decrease build times by up to three times compared to existing AMD64 ARM machines. Developers can integrate M2 machines into their Semaphore projects by specifying the a2-standard-4 machine type in agent configurations, ensuring compatibility with the macos-xcode15 image. The announcement encourages developers to explore the benefits of transitioning to these new machines and to engage with the community through available resources like documentation, a YouTube channel, and Discord discussions.