Mozilla Firefox Updated to Natively Support the M1 Macs, Boosts Performance by a Huge Margin Dec 16, 2020 08:02 EST Apple is transitioning to its own silicon in its Macs and the performance gains are massive along with other significant improvements. While the entire transition would take two years to complete, Intel will still support Macs in that time. The iPhone-maker is transitioning to its own silicon which has several benefits over Intel chips. While the ongoing debate won't rest easy, app developers have started updating their apps to support Apple's new M1 Macs. The latest in line is Mozilla's Firefox that now natively supports the new M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and the Mac Mini.