Select macOS platform architecture

Your first step on this journey is to determine your Mac’s architecture, so that the correct Alloy package can be installed.

To select the architecture, complete the following steps:

1. Click Connections > Add new connection in the left-side menu.
2. Filter the connections by typing macOS in the search.
3. Click the macOS tile.

4. Use the following table to determine which architecture to select:

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   Architecture	Select
   Mac with Apple M series processor	Arm64
   Mac with Intel processor	Amd64

5. Select the architecture that matches your Mac.

   If you are unsure of your Mac’s architecture, open Terminal and run uname -m. If it returns x86_64, you have an Intel Mac: select Amd64. If it returns arm64, select Arm64.

6. Select the Homebrew installation method.

Did you know? Grafana Cloud uses the values you select to generate the commands you use to install Grafana Alloy on your machine.