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Website download for macOS version should specify Apple Silicon

Summary:

Inkscape download for macOS needs a better description for Apple Silicon (instead of "arm64").

Steps to reproduce:

What happened?

The macOS download gives you two options: the Intel version or the arm64.

What should have happened?

While technical people, and I assume most actual users of Inkscape will have no issue selecting the correct version, I would assume that many will not understand "arm64".

Nowhere in Apple marketing is the word "arm64" used. It is always referred to as Apple Silicon (or "M1/M2" etc). I know there is an icon (non-accessible) on this page, but I honestly didn't notice it at first.

I therefore suggest the text is changed to "dmg file for Apple Silicon".

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