Opened an app "Designed for iPad" on my M1 MacBook Air MacOS Ventura. It runs well, but only in portrait mode by default. Found Touch Alternatives in setting, turned on for "Press the W, A, S, and D keys to tilt your device", but it doesn't work. Is there any way to switch app to landscape, as if I tilted an iPad?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4
As a developer, I can tell you all that this is driving me insane. I can find no way to enable rotational support programatically. I've tried even sending a "rotation event received" event to my apps and can't get the app to rotate into landscape mode when running on my silicon macs. I have been monitoring this problem for years now and still am shocked that Apple hasn't provided a simple "rotate" menu option.
Let's also not confuse "tilt" with "rotate". A rotate event changes the user interface's "device orientation". Tilt events are very different. The "Touch Alternatives" screen that as of Ventura 13.5.2 show no options for rotation and there are, as far as I can tell, no way to run an iOS app in any orientation other than portrait.
It might be possible to change my app to specify "only allow landscape orientation", but I believe I already tried that and that didn't work.
Apple, please give us a definitive response to "How to run iOS apps in landscape orientation on our silicon equipped Macs."
Lastly, I have to ask: When the vast majority of Mac screens are landscape orientation, who's bright idea was it to run them in portrait? Aaarg.
I'm sure it doesn't. I've used iOS and iPadOS apps on my m1 MacBook Air and there was no way to change the screen orientation. I suppose it may be possible for the developer of the app to add the feature. You would have to ask the developer about that.
It's doubtful. Although some iPhone and iPad apps can be run on silicon Macs, that doesn't mean everything works the same way.
Just to add, if you have an iPad you could run it on that and possibly mirror the iPad screen to your Mac.
almost bought one to use this one app, but then discovered m1 compatibility with iPad apps. Hope, there's a cure, don't want to spend extra money on iPad, if my Mac supports it.
What are these settings for, in that case?)) I believe, it's emulation issue, or whatever is used to run this apps on Mac)
I have no idea. I've never seen that screen. If it's from the app in question, you would have to ask the developer.
How to tilt iPad app on MacOs Ventura?
