Deploy packages to Apple Silicon devices

Last updated on Aug 3, 2026

Learn how to deploy Feature Restricted Licensing packages to Apple desktop devices using the M1 chip.

Packaging and deploying Adobe apps to Apple Silicon and Windows ARM desktop devices isn't supported yet. Use the following workaround to deploy packages with Rosetta 2-supported Adobe apps to Apple Silicon desktop devices that use the M1 chip.

Deploy to Apple desktop devices with the M1 chip

The Choose Apps screen displays the options to select the apps that will be added to the package.
When creating your package, in the Choose Apps screen, ensure that you only select Rosetta 2 supported Adobe apps.

Extract the contents of the downloaded package to a working directory on your machine.

From the extracted package, delete the InstallationCheck script file from the following locations:

  • <Package Name>/Build/<Package Name>_Install.pkg/Contents/Resources
  • <Package Name>/Build/<Package Name>_Uninstall.pkg/Contents/Resources

Download ASU_5.3.5.zip.

Extract the content of the downloaded ASU_5.3.5.zip file.
ASU_5.3.5 folder is created.

Note

Remove the quarantine bits before extracting the downloaded ASU_5.3.5.zip file.

Copy the ASU_5.3.5 folder to the following locations:

<Package Name>/Build/<Package Name>_Install.pkg/Contents/Resources

Deploy the package. Learn more about how to deploy packages.

Remove quarantine bits from ASU_5.3.5.zip

Open Terminal and navigate to the folder containing the downloaded ASU_5.3.5.zip file.

Run the xattr ASU_5.3.5.zip command to check for quarantine bits within the downloaded file.
If the output includes com.apple.quarantine, then the quarantine bits are associated with the file.

Run xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ASU_5.3.5.zip to remove the quarantine bits.

Rerun the xattr ASU_5.3.5.zip command again to verify that com.apple.quarantine no longer appears in the output. The quarantine bits are removed.