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iOS Apps can Run Natively on Apple’s Latest Macs with the M1 Chip

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Apple announced its first chip in the Apple Silicon family, dubbed M1, meant to power next-gen Macs. The American tech company announced three new Macs, a Mac Mini, a 13-inch MacBook Pro, and a 13-inch MacBook Air, all powered by the M1 chip.

New details of macOS Big Sur were announced at the “One More Thing” event, including native support to run iPhone and iPad apps. Also, the company announced a new feature called universal apps.

Universal apps include a native binary version built for Apple Silicon and Intel processors.

Companies like Adobe and Omni Group are already working on launching universal apps. Adobe Lightroom will be available as a universal app next month, and others like Photoshop will be launching early next year.

And for app developers who haven’t upgraded to Universal, the Mac can natively run those Intel-based apps without any issues.

At the event, Apple said this is all possible due to Rosetta 2 technology included in macOS Big Sur.

Rosetta 2 technology enables M1 powered Macs to run apps natively built for Intel-based Macs. Apple claims that some graphic-intensive Intel-based apps even run better on Apple Silicon Macs due to Rosetta 2.

So even if Adobe Lightroom is yet to go the Universal route, you can still use it on latest Macs running the M1 chip. This is Apple’s solution to help its Mac users transition smoothly to Apple Silicon.

Besides, native support of iOS and iPad OS apps expands the number of apps available for the Macs.

M1 powered Mac running HBO Max iPhone app

M1 powered Mac running HBO Max iPhone app

Apple is also providing developers with an easier time to transition by enabling them to optimize code across platforms on the go.

The company projects to fully transition Macs to its in-house silicon in two years.

Read Next: Apple Announces 13-inch MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini powered by inhouse M1 Chip

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