Hi Mario and Howard,
I just wanted to add a quick update on this.
To be completely clear, I am not using PsychToolBox on Mac M1 to run experiments - just to practice and write code. I will later run all experiments on a Linux machine in the lab (but during covid it’s helpful to practice at home)
Caveat aside: it is 100% possible to run PsychToolBox on Mac M1. So far I’ve not got it running on the Mac directly, but I do have a Linux VM set up using octave (MATLAB for Linux doesn’t work with arm chips). I’m using parallels to run the VM for now, and I’m going to work on running it on Mac directly, but I think this will be harder.
TL;DR: So long as you’re not trying to record participant data accurately, it’s definitely possible to run PsychToolBox on Mac M1.
Hope this helps!
ETA: sounds like this is exactly what Howard needs, though!