![]() Throw in the similar developer tools, and now everything is running on ARM (at least it will be by the end of 2022) and you have two systems that, to all intents and purposes, are only differentiated by a stubborn need to keep them apart. These changes are all on top of the closer ties being created that allow iOS and iPadOS applications to run under MacOS. No need to swipe the same alert away on two different devices. The same is true of Notifications, and the newly announced ‘Focus’ which allows notifications to be synced between devices, reducing the notifications burden many have experienced. It’s another part of the mobile and deskbound platforms coming together. That flexibility is coming to MacOS with the release of Monterey. The macros built through visual scripting on iOS opened up a certain amount of customisation on the iPhone. MacOS and iOS have traditionally had a software wall between them over the years, marking a clear delineation between the devices and their purposes. It uses a number of features that Apple has been quietly adding into the iPadOS/MacOS relationship between the two machines. Not only does the cursor move between the two screens, but files can be ‘drag and dropped’ between the two platforms. Here the keyboard and trackpad of the Mac can be used as a keyboard and trackpad for an iPad. This is actually an extension of the Continuity and Handoff features already in the ecosystem allowing file transfer and features 9such as wifi hotspots) to be quickly set up. The ‘gee whizz that’s neat’ that we have come to expect from a Craig Federighi presentation, namely Universal Control. The announcements at WWDC could have fooled me. Apple has been at pains to point out that it is not going to combine the platforms, and it definitely isn’t looking to make a 2-in-1 device that works as a tablet and as a laptop. We have a topic that will be familiar to many - the deskbound MacOS drawing itself closer to the mobile platforms of iOS and iPadOS. ![]() I’d expect MacOS, at least the major elements, to stay relatively steady until all of the Mac family has moved over to Apple Silicon, which is scheduled to happen by the end of 2022. No doubt MacOS Monterey will work in a number of bug fixes and improvements. ![]() MacOS Big Sur refreshed the look and feel of the deskbound OS, as well as having to support two different architectures and proved the all important emulation layer of Rosetta 2 that would allow legacy x86 compiled apps to run under ARM. ![]()
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