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title: "Select macOS platform architecture | Grafana Labs"
description: "Learn how to determine which macOS platform architecture to select"
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# 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.