MacBook Pro M3 Max

A record for setting up a brand new MBP M3 Max. Dealing with Apple Silicon is an exciting experience. The performance of the machine is very impressive.

A. Installation

1. install brew first. Then brew

(a) vlc

(b) brave

(c) google-chrome

(d) wxmaxima

(e) wkhtmltopdf (Still work for apple silicon)

C. Parallels Desktop

1. old vm win10 in Parallels Desktop fail in apple silicon architecture
2. need win11 (64 bit) (new license)
3. office 2019 (32 bit) (new license)
4. cr 2013 (32 bit) (old) + (new license)
5. Mathtype 6.9

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/mathtype-word-2016/101e22ad-6b36-4742-b55d-85d520a0a02f

D. Crystal Reports Setting

1. Resolve issue of OBDC 32bit and 64 bit problems https://userapps.support.sap.com/sap/support/knowledge/en/1669329

E. Setup Python + Pycharm CE

1. brew install pyenv
2. brew install pipenv

https://medium.com/hackernoon/reaching-python-development-nirvana-bb5692adf30c

3. (a) pyenv install (multiple python versions)

(b)set 1 python as global in pyenv

(c) set the python interpreter in PyCharm to to the (user)/.shims/bin/python

Finally

1. office + mathtype 6.9 work well
2. PyCharm can run and python code can generate pdf from html