Will apps work on Apple silicon?
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iPhone apps and iPad apps are available without modification on the Mac App Store on Apple silicon Macs, opening new possibilities for users and developers alike. These apps can be optimized to work with keyboards, windows, and touch-input gestures by using existing capabilities that are already available to iPhone and iPad apps. You can even adjust the way they work on Mac by checking for existing capabilities and
enabling and disabling features accordingly. No porting required.iPhone and iPad apps on the App Store are automatically available on the Mac App Store on Apple silicon Macs, without any modification to the app. There is no porting process — the same frameworks that your apps use on iPhone and iPad are available and tuned just for Mac, taking advantage of the same shared architecture across all three platforms. Optimize for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.There are features available to iPhone and iPad apps that make it easier for them to run on Mac and improve the overall user experience when run on any of these platforms. For example, adding keyboard support not only enables the primary interface for the Mac, it also supports the growing number of users who use keyboards with their iPads. Supporting iPad Multitasking and Auto Layout lets your app support resizable windows on iPad and Mac. If your app supports standard gesture recognizers for pinch, scroll, rotate, and zoom effects, they will automatically map to appropriate gestures on Mac input devices. Adding support for drag and drop enables a common use pattern on the Mac and makes your iPad app even more versatile. Apps that deal with files can handle files correctly on every platform using the latest Bundle and FileManager APIs. And when you’re ready, you can use Mac Catalyst to create an app that truly takes advantage of everything Mac has to offer. Running your iOS apps on macOS Mac Catalyst Makes sense for Mac.Some apps are optimized to take advantage of features unique to iPhone and iPad. Carefully consider if your app makes sense for Mac and, if so, how it will work. For example, your app might use hardware unique to iPhone and iPad, such as the multi-touch screen, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and depth-sensing cameras. Or it might use frameworks, such as ARKit and CallKit, that are not available on Mac. Decide whether your app depends on these unique features or whether it uses them occasionally. In either case, you can enable and disable features in your app as needed. Adapting iOS Code to Run in the macOS Environment Choose Whether to Include Your iOS App on the Mac App Store On the Mac App Store.Users can find iPhone and iPad apps right on the Mac App Store. These apps are distinguished by the “Designed for iPhone” and “Designed for iPad” badge next to the app icon. They can be found by browsing curated selections and charts, or by searching and clicking the “iPhone & iPad Apps” toggle at the top of search results. Rating and reviews. The ratings and reviews on the Mac App Store are independent of those on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, so users looking at your app will see reviews only from other users on the same platform. Universal purchase. If your iPhone or iPad app is available on the Mac App Store, you can later replace it with a Mac version by adding the macOS platform to your app in App Store Connect. Existing users of your iPhone or iPad app on Mac will then receive the new Mac app as an update. If your iPhone or iPad app already offers a Mac app as part of a universal purchase, the option to offer the iPhone or iPad app on the Mac App Store will not be available. Manage your app.Managing Mac App Store availability. By default, your apps are published automatically on the Mac App Store. If you determine that your app does not make sense on Mac, you can edit its availability at any time in App Store Connect. Verify your app on macOS. iPhone and iPad apps on the Mac App Store are labeled as “Not verified for macOS” by default. Once you’ve tested your app on an Apple silicon Mac to confirm that it runs well, you can verify its compatibility in App Store Connect to remove this label on the Mac App Store. App Analytics. Determine how many product page views, downloads, and sales your app receives on the Mac platform using App Analytics in App Store Connect. App Store Connect Help
The complete guide for MacOS Apps Optimized for Apple Silicon Macs and the M1 Processor
✅ Fully compatible with Apple silicon (M1) What apps run on Apple silicon?So your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote apps can smoothly run and utilize the full power of Apple Silicon. If you're not a fan of Apple's Pages and Numbers apps or you already use Microsoft's 365 apps on other platforms, exploring their Mac versions makes total sense.
Will Intel apps work on Apple silicon?Yes, Rosetta 2, which allows Intel apps to run on Apple Silicon, has fantastic performance, but eventually running Intel apps on an M1/M2/M3 Mac is going to make less sense anyway, so there's no harm in trying to get ahead of the curve by using primarily Apple Silicon apps whenever they're available for Mac.
Is Apple silicon same as M1?The likes of the M1 and M2 processors both use Apple Silicon, marking a departure from Apple's use of Intel CPUs. The Apple M1 chip was the first Apple Silicon chip to launch, and has been installed inside the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, Mac Mini and iMac.
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