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Sideloading iOS Apps No Longer Possible on M1 Macs

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Apple this week implemented a server side blocking mechanism to prevent M1 Mac owners from sideloading iOS apps that have not been made available on the Mac by iOS app developers.

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Image via 9to5Mac​

As noted by 9to5Mac, it is no longer possible to use third-party apps like iMazing to obtain an app .ipa file to install it on an M1 Mac, a workaround that has been available since M1 Macs launched.

Attempting to sideload an app using the previously working method now results in an error that says "This application cannot be installed because the developer did not intend for it to run on this platform."

App developers have the option to make their iPhone and iPad apps available on M1 Macs, but they can also choose not to do so. Popular apps like Netflix, Hulu, Instagram, and others have opted not to make their iOS apps available on M1 Macs and it was previously possible to install and use them with apps like iMazing or Apple Configurator 2, but that has ended.

The only iPhone and iPad apps that can be installed on M1 Macs are those that developers have expressly flagged and greenlit for use on Macs. Sideloaded apps already up and running can still be used, as this only affects new app installations. The same goes for previously downloaded .ipa files.

Apple has disabled the sideloading app feature on M1 Macs running macOS Big Sur 11.1 and the macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta.

Article Link: Sideloading iOS Apps No Longer Possible on M1 Macs
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I’m sure the Hackintosh crowd is working on this right now and will have a work around complete in a few minutes....
 
Unless I’m misunderstanding this, this is Apple blocking side loading of iOS apps that the developer has explicitly disallowed from installing on macOS? I understand wanting to have control over your machine, but isn’t this just respecting the developer’s decision here?
 
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Apple_Robert said:
Link me to the Mac version of Prompt 2. As far as I can see, Panic doesn't make a Mac version. If you purchased the iOS version, you didn't purchase the ARM (or Mac) version.

I understand fully that you are trying to manipulate the facts to fit into your sage and dislike of not being able to use a app on the M12 that you didn't pay to use on the M1 Mac.
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Just completely ignore what I said. Ignore that you can't say I bought the iOS version if it runs on another ARM Apple device running a different ARM OS. Ignore that you keep using the word Mac even though that's not an OS anymore. There is Mac Intel and Mac ARM. I don't expect an app I bought for ARM to run on Intel. Where does Apple say ARM apps are ARM apps? Look back in this thread and see the screenshot where they advertised running your favorite iOS/iPadOS app on the M1 series devices.

Maybe sell your Apple stock and start fighting for the people and not getting richer :)
 
Stromos said:
Just completely ignore what I said. Ignore that you can't say I bought the iOS version if it runs on another ARM Apple device running a different ARM OS. Ignore that you keep using the word Mac even though that's not an OS anymore. There is Mac Intel and Mac ARM. I don't expect an app I bought for ARM to run on Intel. Where does Apple say ARM apps are ARM apps? Look back in this thread and see the screenshot where they advertised running your favorite iOS/iPadOS app on the M1 series devices.

Maybe sell your Apple stock and start fighting for the people and not getting richer :)
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If all you can muster is a reply with insults, don't waste my time replying to any of my posts moving forward. Life is too short to deal with insults.

I know what you are trying to do.

Apple has never said, much less officially supported what you and many others have been doing. The App Store does not give you a legal license to run the iOS app on the Mac (MacOS). I don't care how much twisting you try to do. Saying you have an ArM Mac does not give you legal license. You have been using an app in a way not currently intended by Apple or the Developer. That may change in the future, if it does, then many here will be happy. Unit then, the door is closed and you have to deal with the fact that you can't manipulate the system like you were.
 
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Gnattu said:
It is. However it is hard to explain it to users who think they paid for something that devs not intended to sale.
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Not only that, when the iOS version is really crappy on macOS (which is a real thing for apps not adhering to apples design guidelines), the app then gets considered bad when really it was never designed for the keyboard/mouse input paradigm. You get behavior like the inability to resize screens because the app doesn’t use a framework that has an equivalent to be converted to on macOS.
 
Bedsheet Ghost said:
Are you guys a bunch of idiots or something? Disable Gatekeeper via Terminal with the command of

sudo spctl --master-disable

Which disables Gatekeeper and you can install apps from anywhere like you could before prior to macOS Sierra and that includes "apps" from iOS and iPadOS

Hard to believe you guys are Apple fanboys when nobody even tried that. Smh LOL
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Have you tried that then?
 
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Apple_Robert said:
If all you can muster is a reply with insults, don't waste my time replying to any of my posts moving forward. Life is too short to deal with insults.

I know what you are trying to do.

Apple has never said, much less officially supported what you and many others have been doing. The App Store does not give you a legal license to run the iOS app on the Mac (MacOS). I don't care how much twisting you try to do. Saying you have an ArM Mac does not give you legal license. You have been using an app in a way not currently intended by Apple or the Developer. That may change in the future, if it does, then many here will be happy. Unit then, the door is closed and you have to deal with the fact that you can't manipulate the system like you were.
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How interesting Apple seems pretty clear if I purchased the app its purchased. So fine you want to die on developers can choose to block it sure. But they can't charge for it. Said pretty clearly right on the M1 page.
 
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Stromos said:
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How interesting Apple seems pretty clear if I purchased the app its purchased. So fine you want to die on developers can choose to block it sure. But they can't charge for it. Said pretty clearly right on the M1 page.
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So I think most of the developers who block the app from the Mac App Store is because their iOS apps aren’t using libraries/frameworks that allow for the advertised behavior such as window resizing and mouse/trackpad support.
 
NT1440 said:
So I think most of the developers who block the app from the Mac App Store is because their iOS apps aren’t using libraries/frameworks that allow for the advertised behavior such as window resizing and mouse/trackpad support.
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Prompt 2 was working great until it was blocked. Only thing I side loaded and it's a real pain in the rear to have to repeatedly type the same ssh sessions into terminal.
 
Stromos said:
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How interesting Apple seems pretty clear if I purchased the app its purchased. So fine you want to die on developers can choose to block it sure. But they can't charge for it. Said pretty clearly right on the M1 page.
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Side load is not "on the Mac App Store"

AND the apps devs opted out Mac support do not show up in the Mac App Store.

Purchased list is part of Mac App Store, side-loading is not.
 
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We really need to be able to run more iOS apps on the Mac with the switch to ARM. Sure some of the more touch-central/focused apps may not be ideal but there's several out there that would be just fine with a mouse and I gotta tell you... The Mac App Store is a ghost town. It's a sad state of affairs there especially when compared to what's available on iOS. I for one would love to have apps on Mac like HBO/Netflix/Prime Video without having to use the browser but there are several more.

Sideloading should be embraced, not frowned upon, especially if said app is free anyway.
 
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NT1440 said:
Hmm, that’s unfortunate. I’d voice my opinions with that developer though, they’re the ones that don’t want to you have it, not Apple.
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I have repeatedly. I'm sure they are working hard on a new app that will do the same thing use the same code (since it already works) and cost another $14.99 because its expensive to create a new icon and think up a new name. Oh wait its a MacOS app so it will be $49.99. Apple should never have allowed double dipping. Apple gets their cut so they could care less.
 
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Stromos said:
I have repeatedly. I'm sure they are working hard on a new app that will do the same thing use the same code (since it already works) and cost another $14.99 because its expensive to create a new icon and think up a new name. Oh wait its a MacOS app so it will be $49.99. Apple should never have allowed double dipping. Apple gets their cut so they could care less.
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Looking into it quickly, isn’t this just an SSH client? I truly don’t know more about it but is there some advantage to the iOS version that makes running it on macOS more desirable than just another SSH client?
 
farewelwilliams said:
OH NO, this app that's optimized for touch can't be sideloaded on this mouse-first operating system that can install native apps from outside the app store. What are we going to do?!
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stop it. this sets a dangerous precedent that they can remotely control what we have on our machines and it is completely unacceptable. stop trying to cloud this insane level of control with sarcasm and blind brand loyalty
 
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LeadingHeat said:
Boo. Glad I got the ones on when I did I guess. What happens to when it needs an update?
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Then you're F...ed, as I am. App refuses to start since it needs an update and redirects me on (Web-)AppStore, where I obviously can't download the App since it hasn't been optimized yet.
So sad =(

I hope sometime soon there comes a workaround. (I think it will, sooner or later)
 
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