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Apple has given a sneak peak of its attempt to bring iOS apps to the Mac, teasing how iPhone and iPad apps will run on macOS. The news comes amid another denial from Apple that iOS and macOS will ever merge, though it will eventually mean apps currently only available through the App Store will also run on MacBook, iMac, and other Mac hardware.
MacOS Big Sur elevates the most advanced desktop operating system in the world to a new level of power and beauty. Experience Mac to the fullest with a refined new design. Enjoy the biggest Safari update ever. Discover new features for Maps and Messages. And get even more transparency around your privacy. Coming this fall. Watch the keynote. Jul 14, 2020 Recent Posts. Apple beyond macOS – new apps coming soon to Windows Apple beyond macOS New apps coming soon to Windows ‘Batterygate’ payout – Apple may owe you $25 or more Apple beyond macOS New apps coming soon to Windows; Lirica – learn Spanish with the power of music Apple beyond macOS New apps coming soon to Windows; Stop Motion Studio – how to make your own. Sep 07, 2018 Instead, Federighi revealed that iOS apps are coming to the Mac. To start, in macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple is taking a handful of its own apps from the iPhone and porting them to the Mac.
As Apple’s Craig Federighi pointed out during the WWDC 2018 keynote, it’s not like Macs don’t have access to multiple software environments already. “Mac users have access to a rich set of great native applications, apps that take full advantage of the power of Mac technologies,” he pointed out.
“We see an advantage for the Mac to tap into the world’s most vital ecosystem,” Federighi continued. Describing it as the first step of an ongoing project, the iOS apps on macOS system won’t be available for third-party developers until 2019. However, we’ll see the first signs of it later this year.
“Phase 1 of this effort will be to test it on ourselves,” Federighi said of the multi-year project. In fact, several of the new apps in macOS Mojave will use the system. That’ll include the new News app, the Home app, and the audio recorder: they’re all being ported over from iOS to macOS.
There are some big considerations involved, of course. iOS apps aren’t used to dealing with trackpads, for example, or all of the varying hardware that the average Mac or MacBook uses. Still, it’s something that AppKit, WebKit, and Metal all have to deal with, so it’s not an insurmountable prospect.
It comes as Apple completely revamps the Mac App Store, bringing an entirely new interface to the download center. That will arrive in macOS Mojave later in the year, and Apple is presumably hoping that it will kickstart a new age in Mac software. It’s been a fairly slow start for the Mac App Store until now, with some developers criticizing Apple for not embracing Mac apps in the same way that it has for iOS.
The combination of the new Mac App Store and, eventually, iOS apps on macOS is a two-pronged attack on the problem, then. We’ll have to wait to see exactly how it pans out, though.
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Native Mac apps built with Mac Catalyst can share code with your iPad apps, and you can add more features just for Mac. In macOS Big Sur, you can create even more powerful versions of your apps and take advantage of every pixel on the screen by running them at native Mac resolution. Apps built with Mac Catalyst can now be fully controlled using just the keyboard, access more iOS frameworks, and take advantage of the all-new look of macOS Big Sur. There’s never been a better time to turn your iPad app into a powerful Mac app.
Designed for macOS Big Sur.
When an app built with Mac Catalyst runs on macOS Big Sur, it automatically adopts the new design. The new Maps and Messages apps were built with the latest version of Mac Catalyst.
Get a head start on your native Mac app.
Your iPad app can be made into an excellent Mac app. Now’s the perfect time to bring your app to life on Mac. The latest version of Xcode 12 is all you need. Begin by selecting the “Mac” checkbox in the project settings of your existing iPad app to create a native Mac app that you can enhance further. Your Mac and iPad apps share the same project and source code, making it easy to make changes in one place.
Optimize your interface for Mac.
Your newly created Mac app runs natively, utilizing the same frameworks, resources, and runtime environment as apps built just for Mac. Fundamental Mac desktop and windowing features are added, and touch controls are adapted to the keyboard and mouse. By default, your app will scale to match the iPad’s resolution. On macOS Big Sur, you can choose “Optimize interface for Mac” to use the Mac idiom, running your app using the native resolution on Mac. This gives you full control of every pixel on the screen and allows your app to adopt more controls specific to Mac, such as pull-down menus and checkboxes.
Even more powerful.
The new APIs and behaviors in macOS Big Sur let you create even more powerful Mac apps. Apps can now be fully controlled using just the keyboard. You can create out-of-window and detachable popovers, control window tabbing using new window APIs, and make it easier for users to select photos in your app by using the updated Photos picker. iOS Photos editing extensions can now be built to run on Mac. And your app is even easier to manage when it’s running in the background with improved app lifecycle APIs.
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New and updated frameworks.
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Mac Catalyst adds support for new and updated frameworks to extend what your apps can do on Mac. HomeKit support means home automation apps can run alongside the Home app on Mac. The addition of the ClassKit framework lets Mac apps track assignments and share progress with teachers and students. Plus, there are updates to many existing frameworks, including Accounts, Contacts, Core Audio, GameKit, MediaPlayer, PassKit, and StoreKit.
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Tools and resources.
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Download Xcode 12 beta and use these resources to build native Mac apps with Mac Catalyst.