98 MACWORLD JUNE 2019
WORKINGMACIMAGE: APPLEA
s the Nobel Prize laureate (go.
macworld.com/bobd) once
sang, “The times, they are
a-changin’.”
2019 is a big year for Apple, and at the
forefront of the questions circling around
the company is the future of macOS. Last
year’s demonstration (go.macworld.com/
mzpn) of “Marzipan” technology—letting
iOS apps run on the Mac with little
alteration—shook the foundations of what
many people considered a Mac app.
Long time Mac users are, understandably,
nervous about what this could imply (go.
macworld.com/nerv) for the future of their
chosen platform. Will apps get “dumbed
down” and features lost? Will developers
eschew Mac-specific programs for the
ease of deploying one app everywhere?
As Mac users, we’re used to feeling dour
and grim about what’s to come, especially
those of us who lived through the dark
times of the mid-1990s.
But amidst all of that doom and gloom,Three ways Apple’s own Marzipan
apps can benefit macOS
There’s a lot of grim speculation surrounding iOS apps transplanted to the Mac, but there’s
some reasons for optimism, too.
BY DAN MOREN