NTKDaemon will not Install without Rosetta?

oobe79

Mac Mini M2 Pro

macOS Sonoma 14.7.1

My Mac mini became corrupted and I had to erase the hard drive and reinstall the MacOS. I am starting over with this computer. I downloaded the current Apple Silicon version of Native Access 3.16.0 directly from Native Instruments website. When launching the Native Access application for the first time, it tries to install the NTKDaemon. However, it says it cannot install the NTKDaemon without installing Rosetta first. @Hayo_NI please help me understand why the Native Access installer for Apple Silicon requires Rosetta?

Jeremy_NI

Hey there @Hayo_NI is no longer with Ni, sadly.

Rosetta is still required for the activation of legacy/discontinued software.

Jeremy_NI

Hey there @Hayo_NI is no longer with Ni, sadly.

Rosetta is still required for the activation of legacy/discontinued software.

Tuur

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/195271#Comment_195271

So you're saying the NTKDaemon itself is legacy software?

Kymeia

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200480#Comment_200480

It's not NTKdaemon per se - that is Silicon native - it's the installers themselves

oobe79

Let me make sure I have this correct. I have to install Rosetta so that I can run an installer that is not Apple Silicon native itself but installs software that is Apple Silicon native. That about sound about right? You would think…

Kymeia

Yes it's the installer that requires Rosetta - ntkdaemon itself is native as far as I can tell (ie it has the option to run under rosetta in 'Get Info' but I have that unchecked and it is running fine)

Don't ask me why - I guess the installers NI use contain legacy code