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Bundled JVM gives error "Bad CPU" when trying to find Processing installation #51
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Bundled JVM gives error "Bad CPU" when trying to find Processing installation
On MacBook Pro M5, MacOS Tahoe 26.4. Extension Version 1.1.7.
The extensions bundled JVM reports architecture "x86_64" and not "arm64" as needed by M5 Pro Apple Silicon.
This means I can't use the extension since installing on my new MacBook Pro M5. The extension was working just fine on my Mac Mini M1.
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JonasErkers commentedon Apr 14, 2026
Hi Keithish.
I had the same issue on my new M5 Pro, "Bad CPU type in executable". Run "softwareupdate --install-rosetta" in terminal, that resolved the situation for me. Seems like the vs code processing extension runs Intel (x86) binary, rosetta translates Intel-based binaries and allows execution.
Br, Jonas