As of the latest production release, I'm downloading only the M1 builds for Mac. Is there a way to set a preference in Houdini Launcher so that it defaults to those kinds of builds? Currently it only shows the latest x86 version unless I go to "Choose Another Version" and select an M1 build from the list.

So... the Houdini 19.5.569 for macOS Intel Launcher update fixes this. The newest downloads suggested are defaulting to the Mac type I have, which is Macosx_Armt64.