Sure enough, if you’ve purchased or downloaded an app for your iPhone or iPad, it is possible to get it running on an M1-based Mac - I am currently looking at the iOS versions of Dark Sky, Spotify, Slack, Netflix, and Gmail on this MacBook Air. Follow-up: as of January 19th, 2021, according to 9to5Mac, Apple reverted the change, and it’s once again possible to load the apps.Įarlier 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. Editor’s note: as of January 15th, 2021, Apple has disabled this method of installing iOS apps, blocking ones that haven’t been approved by their developer to run on Macs with M1 chips.
