How do you move apps from iPhone to MacBook?
Trying to move iPhone apps to a new Mac Book Computer. Can someone help with steps?
Windows, Windows 10
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Ronasara wrote:
Because a Mac uses the Mac OS to operate and the iPhone uses a different OS, the iOS, each platform requires that it operates with apps that are specifically written for it. They are not interchangeable.
To oversimplify things a bit, usually it's the combination of the processor architecture, and operating system APIs, that defines a platform. That's why Windows/Intel is a different platform from macOS/Intel; why you need Rosetta to run Intel-only macOS applications on Apple Silicon Macs.
Now there is enough overlap between iPhones/iPads and Apple Silicon Macs that – even though they are different platforms – Apple Silicon Macs can run some iPhone/iPad apps.
For instance, if you go into the Play section of the App Store (on an Apple Silicon Mac), one of the sections on the first page is:
Note the "Designed for iPad" text.
There are still a lot of differences between the Mac platform and the iPhone/iPad platform, especially in regards to the user interface. An unmodified iPhone or iPad app may not run very well on a Mac because
- It does not make good use of a large, high-resolution screen
- Having to simulate touch-screen operation with a keyboard and mouse is clunky
So Apple lets iPhone and iPad app developers choose whether to make their apps available for Apple Silicon Macs. Many don't.
