Build an x64 macOS version

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp, macos, nodejs
Domain
build-system, desktop, release

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or build entry points. Start by locating the macOS build and packaging configuration and comparing the existing architecture handling; done means producing correctly named x64 and arm64 macOS builds that work on their respective Macs.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Yes - even though several Intel Macs are still actively supported, and even more if you consider active support to be the last three major versions of macOS, there is no build that works on them

Describe the solution you'd like
Both an x64 and arm64 build, correctly named

Describe alternatives you've considered
None of them

Additional context
macOS Sequoia supported Macs

Dominant language
C++
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