chore(desktop): drop Intel macOS build — Apple Silicon only#600
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GitHub retired the Intel macos-13 runners, and the x86_64 cross-compile job (added in #597) starved indefinitely in the macos-14 queue — it sat 90+ minutes with no runner on two separate v0.3.9 release attempts while the identical arm64 job finished in ~2 min. Rather than gate every release on GitHub's macOS capacity for a shrinking platform, drop Intel: - desktop.yml: remove the macos-x64 matrix entry (arm64 + linux remain) - install-macos.sh (docs + scripts): x86_64 Macs now get an honest 'Apple Silicon only' message pointing at the CLI, instead of a 404 on a DMG we don't publish - README: macOS bundle listed as Apple Silicon only v0.3.9 already ships the arm64 DMG (properly sealed) and Linux bundles. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GitHub retired the Intel
macos-13runners, so #597 moved the x86_64 build to cross-compile onmacos-14. That builds fine (5 min on a test dispatch), but on the actual v0.3.9 release themacos-x64job starved in GitHub's macOS queue — 90+ minutes with no runner assigned, on two separate attempts, while the identicalruns-on: macos-14arm64 job finished in ~2 min. No GitHub incident; the account is just being handed one macOS runner at a time and Intel keeps losing. Gating every release on that for a shrinking platform isn't worth it.Changes
desktop.yml: remove themacos-x64matrix entry. macOS = Apple Silicon only; Linux x64 is unaffected.install-macos.sh(docs + scripts copies): x86_64 Macs now get an honest error — "TaskYou Desktop is Apple Silicon only … run the CLI instead" — instead of 404ing on a DMG we don't publish.Status
v0.3.9 is already out with the arm64 DMG (properly sealed — the "damaged" fix shipped) and the Linux AppImage/deb. This just stops chasing the Intel artifact and makes the project honest about not shipping it. Intel users are pointed at the CLI, which still builds for
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