App Store Integration

[BigMcGuire]

I have a MBA 2011 and was hoping for a lot more integration between iPhone, iPad, and my Macbook Air. Is it in the works to be able to run apps that can be run on the iPhone/iPad on the Macbook Air in the near future? I know that Mountain Lion should have more app store support but will I ever be able to run things like Instapaper, Dragonvale, etc... on my Macbook Air?

Thanks,
-Paul

 

[bogatyr]

They would need an emulator to run the iOS apps on OS X. The iOS apps are compiled for ARM processors while OS X runs on Intel x86-64 processors. Also, I don't believe iOS apps are designed to be resized outside the standard aspect ratios of the iOS platforms.

 

[orangezorki]

Some apps offer different versions for the different platforms, and you may find that they either offer online storage solutions or are compatible with cloud storage drives. Good luck!

David

 

[KylePowers]

Different platforms require different code. The only possible way would be to somehow link a download on iOS to your iCloud account so that you could download the same title on OSX, which would be nice.

Like Asphalt 6 for example. I'm pretty sure the iPhone and iPad version are the same, but I don't think I got the OSX version for free.

Plus if it worked both ways, then you could just download iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband, etc for free on iOS