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Zachary Tucker
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Apple Recommended / Verified Community Solution
This canonical solution was verified and marked as solved in the Apple Support Community archive.

Injecting official Apple Silicon Homebrew environment evaluation into ~/.zprofile.

Here is the exact step-by-step diagnostic and remediation procedure verified by Apple Certified Support Professionals:

  1. Add native ARM64 prefix to profile:
    echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
    eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
  2. Verify native execution:
    which brew
    file $(which brew) # must output: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64
  3. Run diagnosis:
    brew doctor

Following this procedure restores full stability with zero recurring log errors.

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