As the market for Apple Silicon M1/M2 ARM-based chips grows, we will see most of the popular software being made available for them.
If you are a software developer who makes use of IDEA IntelliJ for day-to-day software development and work on an M1/M2 Mac device (Macbook/iMac/Mini), it is better to use the native Apple Silicon version of the IntelliJ IDE.
How to get the Apple Silicon-based IDEA IntelliJ IDE
- On the web-browser go to https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/#section=mac
- Now select among the Ultimate or Community edition under macOS tab,
- Instead of clicking on download click on .dmg and should see two options .dmg(Intel) and .dmg (Apple Silicon), select Apple Silicon,
- You should get a arrch64.dmg setup file downloaded.

Install IDEA IntelliJ using Brew Cask
Another quick way to get the native Apple silicon-based setup for IntelliJ is using the brek package manager for macOS.
Run the below command from the terminal,
% brew install --cask intellij-idea
==> Downloading https://download.jetbrains.com/idea/ideaIU-2022.3.1-aarch64.dmg
==> Downloading from https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com/idea/ideaIU-2022.3.1-aarch64.dmg
...
Note: Requires macOS High Sierra (10.13) or higher
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