Macworld USA – August 2019

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here’s an old joke about a bad

writer blaming his tools—a sad

excuse that it was the typewriter

and not poor writing skill that

was to blame. When macOS Mojave was

announced last year, featuring four apps

that originated on iOS and had been

moved to the Mac (go.macworld.com/

move) by something we now call Catalyst,

many of us were quick to blame Catalyst

for the strange design quirks of those

apps, which seemed simplified in ways

that were jarring.

Recent statements by Apple software

head Craig Federighi, including his

interview with John Gruber (go.macworld.

com/grbr) during WWDC and a subsequent

interview (go.macworld.com/sbsq) with

Jason Hiner of CNet, make it worth

revisiting that assumption.

Project Catalyst reveals Apple’s

struggle with the future of the Mac

iOS developers must look within themselves to build great Mac apps.

BY JASON SNELL