The change is now live, and it’s not just for the upcoming update for macOS 11.2. So while you could technically download apps like Netflix or HBO Max or Instagram onto your M1 Mac, that wasn’t Apple’s intention. The apps are technically vetted through the iOS App Store, but Apple wants that official support for users. After all, the company wants developers to submit their apps onto the Mac App Store. However, it wasn’t necessarily the go-to option for Apple. You could manually install iPhone and iPad apps on an M1 Mac, and it wasn’t hard to do at all. Apple has essentially disabled the “feature” of sideloading apps.
What began as a change discovered in the code of the macOS Big Sur beta, now appears to be live. It was just a rumor at the time, but now it appears it’s officially official.Īs first reported today by 9to5Mac, Apple is now blocking owners of M1-equipped Macs (the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini) from sideloading unsupported iPhone and iPad apps onto their machines. It didn’t come with any major forward facing new features, but it did appear to take one away.
Earlier this week, Apple seeded the latest developer (and public) beta of macOS 11.2 Big Sur.
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