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.… ”
Bugs and Security
- The NSA Makes Ghidra, a Powerful Cybersecurity Tool, Open Source – Lily Hay Newman, Wired
- Apple Core Rot: macOS Finder File Copying: Fails to Replace “dot files” When Replacing a folder – Lloyd Chambers, Mac Performance Guide (via Michael Tsai)
Support and HowTos
- Bringing iOS Apps to macOS Using Marzipanify – Steven Troughton-Smith
- Refactoring MDS Package Folder Path Config | Twocanoes Software
- Streaming Is Hard – Robin Laurén
- Jamf Connect and ADFS… incorrect password – Frederick Abeloos
- Jamf Connect Login Okta… and something about Europe – Frederick Abeloos
- Using GAM to delete erroneously sent emails – Alan Siu
- Let’s Encrypt certificate “expired” even though it’s not? – Alan Siu
- Problems With os_log – Michael Tsai
- Manage macOS admin privileges with the SAP Privileges app – Frederick Abeloos
- Using Adobe Creative Cloud Packager to create an uninstaller in preparation for Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 Shared Device License deployment – Darren Wallace
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