YouTube and Facebook apps may not work with Apple Silicon Mac
About 'Mac with Apple Silicon' that Apple is expected to announce at the event on November 11, 2020 (Wednesday), 9to5Mac, a news site dealing with Apple related information, 'Google and Facebook for Apple Silicon version Mac Apple's app may not be available. '
iOS apps will run on Apple Silicon Macs, but major developers have already opted out of the Mac App Store --9to5Mac
Major developers opt out of Mac App Store ahead of Apple Silicon launch | iMore
https://www.imore.com/major-developers-opt-out-mac-app-store-ahead-apple-silicon-launch
Apple is developing its own processor ' Apple Silicon ', and at the 'One more thing' event held by Apple on November 11, 'Apple Silicon Mac' which is a Mac adopting Apple Silicon was announced It is believed that.
Apple will hold an announcement event 'One more thing' on November 11th, finally announcing Apple Silicon adopted Mac-GIGAZINE
One of the features of Apple Silicon Mac is that it has the same processor as iPhone and iPad, so even if the app developer does not provide apps for macOS, Apple users can download iOS apps to Mac. It can be installed. ' Therefore, when accessing the Mac App Store from an Apple Silicon Mac, all iOS apps should be available, but in reality, multiple iOS apps are missing from the Mac App Store, according to 9to5Mac reports. did.
According to a survey of 9to5Mac, it is already known that several major iOS app developers have chosen not to offer apps to the Mac App Store for Apple Silicon Mac. One of them is Google. As a result, Google apps such as 'YouTube app', 'Google Maps', 'Google Drive', and 'Gmail app' that can be used on iPhone cannot be used on Apple Silicon Mac.
Also, like Google, Facebook has a policy of not providing apps to Apple Silicon Mac, so in addition to the 'Facebook app', apps such as 'Instagram', 'WhatsApp' and 'Messenger', which are services under Facebook, are also Apple Silicon Not available on Mac. In addition, entertainment apps such as 'Amazon Prime Video' and 'Disney +' and popular game apps such as ' Candy Crush ', 'Of Us ' and ' Real Racing 3 ' are not available from the Mac App Store for Apple Silicon Mac. is.
The news site iMore, which covered the report, said, 'Apps that aren't currently available on the Mac App Store may be available on the Mac App Store as soon as the developers are ready. But at least Apple is the first Apple Silicon Mac. It seems that the popular iPhone and iPad apps may not exist in the store when we announce. '
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