--- title: GitHub Actions: Introducing the new M1 macOS runner description: GitHub has launched a new M1 macOS runner for GitHub Actions, equipped with 7GB RAM ARM M1 processor. The latest CodeQL 2.16.1 update brings new... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-actions-introducing-the-new-m1-macos-runner-yim3dvcl0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub Actions: Introducing the new M1 macOS runner | daily.dev og:description: GitHub has launched a new M1 macOS runner for GitHub Actions, equipped with 7GB RAM ARM M1 processor. The latest CodeQL 2.16.1 update brings new... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-actions-introducing-the-new-m1-macos-runner-yim3dvcl0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Yim3dVCL0.png og:image:alt: GitHub Actions: Introducing the new M1 macOS runner og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub Actions: Introducing the new M1 macOS runner **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub has launched a new M1 macOS runner for GitHub Actions, equipped with 7GB RAM ARM M1 processor. The latest CodeQL 2.16.1 update brings new functionalities. Upgrade your development experience with the latest Mac hardware from GitHub Actions! ## Content GitHub has launched a new M1 macOS runner for GitHub Actions, available to open source users. This runner, equipped with 7GB RAM ARM M1 processor, is ideal for building releases of Electron apps and Python binary wheels for Apple Silicon. The latest CodeQL 2.16.1 update brings new functionalities, including support for Swift 5.9.2, new queries for Swift and Java, improved flow tracking, and added support for JavaScript and Go. To utilize the new runner, simply update the runs-on key in your YAML workflow file to macos-14. 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