# Setting the plots backend not working on M1 Mac

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-the-plots-backend-not-working-on-m1-mac/82158
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [June 2, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-the-plots-backend-not-working-on-m1-mac/82158 "2022-06-02T21:40:16Z")
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### Author: ![bryaan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bryaan/32/36858_2.png) [@bryaan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bryaan)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-the-plots-backend-not-working-on-m1-mac/82158/1 "2022-06-02T21:40:16Z")

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I am working on an M1 Mac and it has trouble with plotting.

When I try it like this it works:

```
using GR
histogram(randn(10000))

```

But like this it does not:

```
using Plots
gr()
# pyplot() # also does not work
histogram(randn(10000))

```

Any ideas?

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### Author: ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-the-plots-backend-not-working-on-m1-mac/82158/2 "2022-06-02T21:43:25Z")

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what version of Julia? also Rosetta or native?

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### Author: ![bryaan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bryaan/32/36858_2.png) [@bryaan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bryaan)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/setting-the-plots-backend-not-working-on-m1-mac/82158/3 "2022-06-02T21:47:29Z")

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Julia 1.8.0 rc1 macOS ARM (M-series Processor)

Also tried running with rosetta.