NixOS on ARM/Apple Silicon Macs - Revision history

Giantdwarf: Added instructions for re-enabling the Apple touchbar on Macbook Pros

2025-07-13T18:24:45Z

Added instructions for re-enabling the Apple touchbar on Macbook Pros

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	Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.		Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.

			=== Touchbar ===
			Certain Macbook Pro models from 2020-2022 may include the Apple touchbar. Out of the box, the touchbar will be completely blank when running NixOS. The touchbar can be re-enabled by adding the following option to your configuration:<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">{
			hardware.apple.touchBar.enable = true;
			}</syntaxhighlight>This will enable basic function row emulation using the [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/tiny-dfr tiny-dfr] package provided by the [https://asahilinux.org/ Asahi Linux project].
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Pigs: Add category

2025-05-18T05:32:46Z

Add category

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	Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.		Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.

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Oliviac: Update supported devices list, add links to feature support lists

2024-04-02T16:44:13Z

Update supported devices list, add links to feature support lists

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	Apple Silicon Macs are supported in large part by the efforts of the [https://asahilinux.org/ Asahi Linux project]. All M1 Macs ~~should be~~ supported currently, ~~except for~~ Mac ~~Studio~~.		Apple Silicon Macs are supported in large part by the efforts of the [https://asahilinux.org/ Asahi Linux project]. All [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-Series-Feature-Support M1 Macs] and most [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M2-Series-Feature-Support M2 Macs] are supported currently, with [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M3-Series-Feature-Support M3 Mac] support in progress.

	== Status ==		== Status ==

Oliviac: Update nixos-apple-silicon repo link

2024-04-02T16:37:54Z

Update nixos-apple-silicon repo link

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	Apple's boot and security architecture is complex, but abstracting all that away into a standard UEFI environment is handled by the Asahi Linux installer and project. Those who want to learn more may want to read [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Apple-Silicon Introduction to Apple Silicon].		Apple's boot and security architecture is complex, but abstracting all that away into a standard UEFI environment is handled by the Asahi Linux installer and project. Those who want to learn more may want to read [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Apple-Silicon Introduction to Apple Silicon].

	Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-m1/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.		Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-apple-silicon/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.

imported>Tpwrules at 00:50, 19 March 2022

2022-03-19T00:50:14Z

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	Apple Silicon Macs are supported in large part by the efforts of the [https://asahilinux.org/ Asahi Linux project]. All M1 ~~macs~~ should be supported currently, except for Mac Studio.		Apple Silicon Macs are supported in large part by the efforts of the [https://asahilinux.org/ Asahi Linux project]. All M1 Macs should be supported currently, except for Mac Studio.

	== Status ==		== Status ==

imported>Tpwrules: Created page with "{{ARM/breadcrumb}}
{|class="table" !colspan="2" class="title"|Apple Silicon Macs |- !Manufacturer |Apple |- !Architecture |AArch64 |- !Bootloader | Asahi..."

2022-03-19T00:49:59Z

Created page with "{{ARM/breadcrumb}} <div class="infobox"> {|class="table" !colspan="2" class="title"|Apple Silicon Macs |- !Manufacturer |Apple |- !Architecture |AArch64 |- !Bootloader | Asahi..."

New page

{{ARM/breadcrumb}}
<div class="infobox">
{|class="table"
!colspan="2" class="title"|Apple Silicon Macs
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!Manufacturer
|Apple
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!Architecture
|AArch64
|-
!Bootloader
| Asahi Linux Project m1n1 + U-Boot
|-
!Maintainer
|[[User:tpwrules|tpwrules]]
|}
</div>
Apple Silicon Macs are supported in large part by the efforts of the [https://asahilinux.org/ Asahi Linux project]. All M1 macs should be supported currently, except for Mac Studio.

== Status ==

NixOS should be at least as well supported as the official Asahi Linux distribution. Enough hardware works currently for a pleasant desktop and laptop Linux experience, including booting off the internal NVMe drive.

== Board Specific Installation Notes ==

Apple's boot and security architecture is complex, but abstracting all that away into a standard UEFI environment is handled by the Asahi Linux installer and project. Those who want to learn more may want to read [https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Introduction-to-Apple-Silicon Introduction to Apple Silicon].

Currently, not enough hardware support is upstream for the official NixOS installer to work properly on Apple Silicon Macs. A [https://github.com/tpwrules/nixos-m1/blob/main/docs/uefi-standalone.md comprehensive guide] to using the Asahi Linux installer to install NixOS with a customized NixOS ISO is available.