Native support for Mac Silicon due future removal of Rosetta

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Hello,

with the next MacOS major release, Apple is starting to remove Rosetta emulator that allows to run x86/x64 binaries on Silicon CPU. The process "Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.EditorServices.Host" of AL extension for VSCode currently run emulated.

It would be very appreciated a new native extension to avoid interruptions for who use a Mac for developing. ☺️

#7506
#7540

Thank you
Simone

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