Investigate the new faster iOS runners

[teolemon]

What

• Investigate the new faster iOS runners
• https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-24-github-actions-faster-macos-runners-are-now-available-in-open-public-beta/

Part of

• #525

[teolemon]

We need to pay for them. Closing

[kgantchev]

Investigate the new faster iOS runners

Pardon me if I'm intruding here, but if need M1 or M2 runners for GitHub Actions, may I suggest giving FlyCI a try? We offer MacOS M1 and M2 runners (ARM64) which are on average 2x faster and 2x cheaper than GitHub's. For public repos, we offer 500 mins/month of free M1 usage (4 vCPUs, 7 GB RAM, 28 GB storage).

The setup is super easy:

1. Install the FlyCI GitHub app.
2. Give the FlyCI app permissions to this repo.
3. Change your runs-on flag whenever you implement the ARM64 MacOS workflow:

jobs:
ci:
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: flyci-macos-large-latest-m1
      steps:
      - name: 👀 Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

Do you think this might be a good option for smooth-app?

Web: flyci.net | Twitter: flyciapp | LinkedIn: FlyCI | Discord: FlyCI

[teolemon]

Those runners are now free to use: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-01-30-github-actions-macos-14-sonoma-is-now-available/