Docs: add section for Apple M1 users #2460

lovell · Jan 6, 2021 · 138e60a · 138e60a
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 Check the output of running `npm install --verbose sharp` for useful error messages.
 
+## Apple M1
+
+libvips must currently be installed via Homebrew before installing sharp.
+
+```sh
+brew install vips
+```
+
+When this new ARM64 CPU is made freely available
+to open source projects via a CI service
+then prebuilt binaries can be provided.
+
 ## Custom libvips
 
 To use a custom, globally-installed version of libvips instead of the provided binaries,