Is there any check to see if a plugin is run under Rosetta 2?

MacOSX and iOS
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Hi there,

I need to be able to check whether a plugin is being run in rosetta as there are some tricky compatibility issues.

I tried using:

#if (JUCE_ARM && JUCE_MAC)

which works for detecting an M1 mac not running Rossetta - but presumably the JUCE_ARM define is set to false if ran as translated from x86-64

Thanks

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Bump! I need this too.

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Quick Solution

#ifdef JUCE_INTEL
        if (SystemStats::getCpuModel().containsIgnoreCase ("Apple"))
        {
            runsUnderRosetta = true;
        };
#endif
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        int rosetta = 0;
        size_t rosettaSize = sizeof ( rosetta );
        if ( sysctlbyname ( "sysctl.proc_translated", &rosetta, &rosettaSize, nullptr, 0) == 0)
        {
            if ( rosetta == 1 )
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
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Based on @RolandMR’s answer, this is my complete snippet for desktop applications.

#ifdef JUCE_MAC

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>

    // Source: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/about-the-rosetta-translation-environment
    int processIsTranslated() {
       int ret = 0;
       size_t size = sizeof(ret);
       if (sysctlbyname("sysctl.proc_translated", &ret, &size, NULL, 0) == -1)
       {
          if (errno == ENOENT)
             return 0;
          return -1;
       }
       return ret;
    }
#endif

    String cpuDescription()
    {
        String cpuType = "Intel";
#ifdef JUCE_MAC
        if (processIsTranslated() == 1) {
            cpuType = "Intel (Rosetta)";
        } else if (SystemStats::getCpuModel().containsIgnoreCase("Apple")) {
            cpuType = "Apple Silicon";
        }
#endif
        return cpuType;
    }