There are obviously a few usability differences compared to using the apps on a touch screen but in general, you can use the apps on macOS just as if you were using them on your iPad or iPhone. This is sometimes referred to as “sideloading” iOS apps on M1 Macs. To do this you’ll of course need a new M1 Mac and a clever app called iMazing which allows you to manage apps on macOS that you’ve downloaded on iOS devices.
In these cases, there is still a way to install iPhone and iPad apps on your Apple Silicon M1 Mac. However, not all developers (such as Netflix and Hulu) allow iOS apps to also be available to M1 Macs users. In many cases, you can simply search the Mac App Store for the app or game you want to play on your M1 Mac and then select iPad and iPhone when the results appear.
This means that you can finally use apps such as Netflix, Instagram and Gmail apps on your Mac for the first time.Įven better, if you’ve purchased an app on your iPad or iPhone, you can download it for free on your M1 Mac.įor Netflix users that can’t watch Netflix offline on a Mac this is great news. That’s because the M1 chips in the latest generation of Macs are exactly the same as those Apple uses in iPads and iPhones. However, the developer warns that Apple might remove it completely from the store in the future, which would make it unavailable even to those who had it in their purchase history.One of the big advantages of the new Macs with M1 Silicon processors is that you can finally run iPad and iPhone apps on your Mac without the need for any emulation software. Users who have purchased the app will be able to continue using it after it has been removed from the App Store. Please note that while educational apps designed to teach, develop, or allow students to test executable code may, in limited circumstances, download code, such code may not be used for other purposes and such apps must make the source code completely viewable and editable by the user.
The company even mentions that some apps with educational purposes can run code under limited circumstances, but that this was not the case for iDOS 2. Executing code can introduce or changes features or functionality of the app and allows for downloading of content without licensing. Specifically, your app executes iDOS package and image files and allows iTunes File Sharing and Files support for importing games. Still, Apple says that iDOS 2 violates guideline 2.5.2, which prohibits apps from installing or running external code on iOS. On his website (via MacRumors), the developer clarified that he always made it clear in the app description what it was capable of running in sandbox emulation and that no code can be downloaded directly from the internet. As this would break the app’s functionality for those who paid for it, Li has decided that he will remove iDOS 2 as requested by Apple. Users had been enjoying this possibility as the app even supports external keyboard and mouse, which basically turns the iPad into a Windows machine.įollowing the app’s repercussion, Apple informed developer Chaoji Li that he should update the app to remove the ability to let users import packages and image files from external sources, otherwise the app would be removed from the App Store.
However, it is also capable of running a full version of Windows, such as Windows 3.1. Unfortunately, as expected, Apple didn’t like the idea and iDOS 2 will soon be removed from the App Store.Īs the name suggests, iDOS is an iOS app that is designed to emulate classic DOS games on the iPhone and iPad.
Earlier this month, my 9to5Mac colleague Parker Ortolani wrote about iDOS 2, which is not exactly a new app but had been getting a lot of attention recently as users discovered how to use it to run Windows 3.1 on the iPad.