Weekly News Summary for Admins — 2019-03-08

Steve Troughton-Smith gave us all a glimpse of the future this week as he documented how to already use the “Marzipan” framework that allows UIKit (iPad) apps to run on macOS. Even if you don’t develop it is worth browsing through those posts. You will get an interesting look at the features and limitations that ported apps will have.

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MacAdmins on Twitter

  • Akshay Bakshi: “Coming soon to a Dock near you. New app icons in Office for Mac.… ”
  • Jeff Johnson: “The Mac App Store has put price pressure on Mac apps, but not as bad as in the iOS App Store. Mac app prices are still generally much higher on average than iOS app prices. Marzipan could change that though.” (Thread)
  • Timo Perfitt: “MDS was just approved in the app store. Didn’t expect this. I’m going to need a minute.… ”
  • Steve Troughton-Smith: “I had another go at making this work, and I got somewhere: here is AppleScript in a Marzipan app… ”
  • Otto the Automator: “Steve, that’s a beautiful thing to see. Thank you for making my day.… ”

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