Nowadays, there are more comprehensive services one even built into the Mac itself that allow you to do this more seamlessly. Back in the day, it was extremely common to download emulators from shady third-party websites in order to run iOS apps, Gameboy games, and Windows programs on a Mac.
This made things pretty complicated and many people infected their devices with viruses and general malware. If you have an older Mac and desperately need to use an iOS app on your computer, yes, you should use an emulator. If the idea of downloading a program off an unverified third-party source makes you feel uncomfortable, check out which Macs you would need to run iOS apps without an emulator.
All Macs manufactured in and beyond will have an Apple silicon chip also known as Apple M1. If you want to run iOS apps without using an emulator, we would recommend purchasing one of the models below. How To By Aaron Kim. If you decide to download app installers from the Internet, only do so from reputable sources. DMG files are mountable disk images. When you double click a DMG file, a Finder window opens. DMGs may contain an installer that itself must be opened, after which point you follow on-screen instructions.
Most, though, simply contain a copy of the app. Do not run the app from inside the DMG — instead drag it to your Applications folder. A folder shortcut may be provided to make this easier. Again, drag the app to your Applications folder before opening it.
Some will offer to move themselves when opened from the wrong location. PKG files are installation packages that contain scripts to direct installation, and files to be installed.
This is automated; you essentially click a few times to allow the PKG to do its thing. There are some third-party equivalents to the Mac App Store. Games store Steam is the most popular. Earlier today, MacRumors reported that it is possible to run any iOS app you have purchased on an M1-based Mac , provided you can get access to the right file.
Instagram is relatively small on the screen, but it also runs fine, you can post, and it seems to hook into the right photo library and camera permissions. To get these apps running, you just need to get the app files, which are simply packages with the. IPA file extension. Instead, you can use a long-standing Mac app called iMazing to directly download legitimately purchased IPA files to your Mac.
Simply double click them and they install into your applications folder like any other app so long as your Mac and iPhone are on the same Apple ID. He points out that iMazing is primarily meant for backup and management workflows.
He also makes it fairly clear that his company is not planning on being in the business of working out any future restrictions Apple may impose on iOS apps on the Mac. It turns out that when developers choose whether or not to include their mobile app on the Mac App Store, no change is made to the app itself — the setting is purely a distribution toggle. Hundreds of thousands of iMazing users depend on our app management feature to save bandwidth.
Downloading an IPA just once and installing it multiple times saves time and energy, and is ecologically sound. We understand that developers wish to control which platforms their apps run on. MacRumors reported it and the first place I can find confirmation is this post by redditor probablyamy , who also explained the step by step process. Plug-in device to Mac with iMazing running 2. Download the apps you want 6. Double-click the.
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