![]() Apple has long since renamed almost every other Mac app to match its iOS equivalent. Health and Activity apps currently run only on iPhone, but I’d love to see them come to both the iPad and the Mac.įinally, we need to have a talk about System Preferences. If a Mac version of Shortcuts could also run AppleScript scripts, access the command line, or run Automator actions, we’d really have something. So it’s time to start laying the groundwork on the Mac, with a tool that can automate basic tasks and control apps built with Catalyst. Shortcuts, introduced two years ago to iOS, is. While AppleScript and Automator are still useful (and I use them every day!), they’re not the future of the platform. The other major Apple app I’d like to see move to the Mac is Shortcuts. A lot has changed in the last two decades, and the Mac needs to adapt if it’s going to stay with us. I’m not opposed to Apple’s (quite admirable) attempts to rebuild macOS (which is basically 20 years old) with a more modern approach to security. My second biggest gripe about Catalina involves its new security features. The bottom line is, Mac Catalyst needs to get better, so that developers can more easily bring their iPad apps over to the Mac. I’d love to run iPhone apps as small, purpose-built apps on my Mac, sort of a revival of Dashboard widgets or even Desk Accessories from the earliest days of classic Mac OS. I’m also reminded of an early report about Mac Catalyst by Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman that phase two of the effort would be the ability to bring iPhone apps over to the Mac, not just iPad apps. ![]() AppleĪpple introduced Mac Catalyst last year and it still need improvements. And at this point, even the developers who have invested time in trying to bring their iPads apps over to the Mac are waiting, hoping that Mac Catalyst gets an update to make it better. The tech was designed to make it easier for iOS developers to bring iPad apps to the Mac, but it has been hampered by limitations that have made developers reluctant to make the move. My biggest disappointment with macOS Catalina was how limited Mac Catalyst turned out to be. But even if I assume that macOS 10.16 isn’t going to be a radical update, that doesn’t mean I don’t have hope for some great new stuff-and some critical fixes. ![]()
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