
You may have to allow it to open in your System Preferences again. Then, click on the “Double Click to Install Zulu 11.pkg” file that looks like a box. This may require you to go to your Security & Privacy preferences and allowing the dmg to be opened. Now that you have the dmg downloaded open it up. Select your filters like so, and then click on the. It looks like this at the time of writing. Go down to “Download Builds of OpenJDK,” and then select Java 11 as your Java version, macOS as your Operating System, and ARM (64-bit) as your architecture. See also How to Use the Execute Command in Minecraft The Webpage of Zulu OpenJDK There is no official Oracle JDK optimized for Apple Silicon (at the time of writing), but there is a community-driven M1-optimized JDK from Microsoft Azul.

Search “Terminal” in Spotlight, and run the following command to install: xcode-select -install Step 2: Getting an M1-Optimized Java Installation NOTE FROM LATER: We forgot to add this to the tutorial at first, but you will need to install the XCode command line developer tools. Don’t start it yet because we still need to install an M1-optimized JDK. Go ahead and install MultiMC by extracting the tar.gz and then placing it into the Applications folder in the Finder. However, it is still able to launch the actual Minecraft game to be M1-optimized. I chose this launcher in particular because you will have to enter your Mojang account credentials into it, and Open-Source software is less likely to be hot-seated.įirst of all, download MultiMC from their website. MultiMC is an Open-Source customizable Minecraft launcher. Step 1: Installing MultiMC to Optimize Minecraft for M1īecause the normal Minecraft launcher does not make it possible to optimize Minecraft for M1, you must first install MultiMC. For 1.19 and above, please read this tutorial: How to Optimize Minecraft 1.19 for M1.

For 1.17-1.18.2, please read this tutorial: How To Optimize Minecraft 1.17 for M1. IMPORTANT NOTE: This tutorial is for 1.16.5 and below. However, I have finally figured how to optimize Minecraft for M1 with the MultiMC launcher’s help. One of the main apps I care about performing well is Minecraft. However, most apps still are not yet optimized. I recently purchased the MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon.
