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Is there a QIP 2005 or QIP Infium version for Apple Silicon MacBooks (M1-M4)?

There is currently no native QIP 2005 or QIP Infium build for MacBooks with Apple Silicon chips (M1, M2, M3, M4) — both clients were built for Windows and only run on Mac through emulation: Wine, CrossOver, or a Windows virtual machine. That setup is unstable, needs extra configuration, and often breaks notification sounds and network connections on newer chips. We understand the request and are currently building our own client in Dart and Flutter — the same stack already used for the cross-platform Jimm client — aiming for native Apple Silicon support with no emulation involved. It will not be a pixel-perfect QIP clone, but a standalone app with a similar feature set: UIN login, contact list, statuses, messaging, and a connection to the icq.jimm.online server. Until development is finished, MacBook users can use the web widget directly on the site at https://jimm.online with no installation, or run QIP through Windows emulation if that's acceptable. Release dates and preview builds for Mac are announced in the project blog, where you can also share which features matter most to you.