Ios Apps Coming To Mac

Millions of ios apps may be coming to the mac thanks to project catalyst apple has officially launched a new framework that will make it easy for developers to create mac versions of their iphone.

Ios apps coming to mac. Apple provided us with a first glimpse of project catalyst when it brought. By default your apps will be published automatically on the mac app store. Iphone and ipad apps are coming to mac november 11 2020 as announced at wwdc20 we re excited to bring iphone and ipad apps to the mac app store on apple silicon macs so your apps can reach even more users worldwide.

A notice in apple s developer portal says that all new and existing compatible iphone and ipad apps will be made available in the mac app store on macs with apple silicon unless developers uncheck. Ios apps are finally coming to mac apple s macos and ios might not be making their long rumored merger but the lines between the two operating systems will soon be blurrier than ever. This capability is limited to new macs with apple silicon chips like the m1 series of macbook pro macbook air and mac mini and of course future macs will be.

In an app store story and developer documentation apple has explained how that will work. Iphone and ipad apps are coming to the mac. If you own a mac powered by apple silicon such as the m1 processor you no longer need to take out your iphone or ipad to run some of your favorite mobile apps.

Apple is already producing its own processors for the iphone ipad and most of its non mac lineup including the apple tv homepod and apple watch. The new apple silicon macs have the ability to not only run mac apps natively and through rosetta 2 but ios and ipados apps too bringing a plethora of apps and games to the mac that were previously not available on the platform. Iphone and ipad apps coming to mac app store starting this autumn new ios apps will also be available for download on the mac app store by mikael markander 25 jun 20 thanks to apple s commitment.

These platforms run on arm based chips commonly chosen for their superior battery life and thermals compared to the intel chips in the mac. Apple s plans to allow ios apps to easily run on mac were first reported by bloomberg s mark gurman over 18 months ago.