Now it’s incredibly simple to start building a native Mac app from your current iPad app. With Mac Catalyst, your apps share the same project and source code so you can efficiently convert your iPad app’s desktop-class features, and add more just for Mac. Deliver your new Mac app to an engaged audience of over 100,000,000 active Mac users.
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Get a Head Start on Your Native Mac App
If your iPad app would make an excellent Mac app, now is the perfect time to streamline your code base and bring your app to life on Mac. The latest version of Xcode 11 is all you need. Begin by selecting the “Mac” checkbox in the project settings of your existing iPad app to create a native Mac app that you can enhance further. Your Mac and iPad apps share the same project and source code, making it easy to change your code in one place.
Refine and Optimize for Mac
Your newly created Mac app runs natively, utilizing the same frameworks, resources, and runtime environment as apps built just for Mac. Fundamental Mac desktop and windowing features are added, and touch controls are adapted to the keyboard and mouse. Custom UI elements that you created with your code come across as-is. You can then continue to implement features in Xcode with UIKit APIs to make sure your app looks great and works seamlessly.
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Twitter reveals what’s happening in the world and what people are talking about at each moment. The Twitter team was excited to leverage the Apple best practices they implemented for iOS to build and run Twitter for Mac — including native Mac features — in just days. Now one team can efficiently manage Twitter across Apple platforms.
Jira Cloud is Atlassian’s flagship product — the number one software development tool used by agile teams. The Jira Cloud team quickly built the app for Mac, leveraging the streamlined experience from their iOS app and delivering native Mac performance that can’t be achieved in a browser.
Morpholio Board is a mood board app with a huge library of furnishings, and editing and curation tools that help interior designers do fantastic work. Now designers can access Morpholio Board on the desktop, where much of their existing work already happens. The extra real estate lets them easily explore the gigantic furniture library and create boards at a scale and complexity not possible on a mobile device.
TripIt is the app that makes every trip easier, from planning to landing, by organizing all travel details in one place. TripIt for Mac lets travelers take advantage of helpful features for trip planning — such as Neighborhood Safety Scores and International Travel Tools — while multitasking with other apps on the desktop.
The Post-it app helps users quickly digitize and share their notes. With Post-it for Mac, users can organize and sort notes on the big screen. Grouping, sorting, and synthesizing ideas is accelerated using a keyboard and mouse, and importing a picture of a Post-it brainstorming session is super fast. The team built the initial version of Post-it for Mac in days, and the sophisticated scanning engine and custom animations worked automatically.
GoodNotes lets users take stunning handwritten notes on iPad. And now notes can be reviewed and edited with GoodNotes on Mac. Users can increase their productivity by enhancing notes with images and text, searching with powerful OCR technology, and managing documents across all Apple devices.
There are many ways to transfer data (files) from a PC to a Mac, including:
- using the Migration Assistant built into OS X Lion and later
- using the 'PC Data Transfer Service' at Apple Retail Stores and Apple Specialists
- using a portable hard drive or storage device
- using a CD or DVD burner
- using other portable media
- using a shared file server
- using email
- using a direct Ethernet connection
- installing the PC's hard drive in the Mac, if compatible
Migration Assistant
OS X Lion and later has a Migration Assistant application designed to easily move files, programs, and settings from your old Windows-based PC to your new Mac. For more information, see About Windows Migration Assistant.
PC data transfer from Apple Retail Stores and Apple Specialists (United States only)
Apple Retail Stores offer several levels of data transfer services. For further information on PC Data Transfer services, contact your local Apple Retail Store. In addition to the Apple Retail Stores, many Apple Specialists, Apple Resellers, and Apple Authorized Service Providers also provide various levels of PC to Mac data transfers. To locate an Apple Specialist in your area, use the Find Service website.
Portable hard drive or storage device
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Portable hard drives that can be used to transfer data from a PC to a Mac include FireWire (IEEE 1394, iLink) drives and USB-based drives or storage devices. Portable FireWire drives provide the fastest transfer rate, and are widely available. However, unless the PC has a FireWire port, which is not common on PC computers, you will not be able to use a portable FireWire hard drive. A portable USB hard drive can be used if no FireWire port is available on your old PC.
CD or DVD burner
Creating a backup disc of the files on your PC is one of the easiest methods you can use to transfer any amount of data. This method provides the added benefit of creating a backup of your data.
Other portable media
Using portable ZIP, Jaz, magnetic optical (MO), or other forms of portable media is similar to burning a CD, and, as long as the media device can be used on both the PC and Mac. Using these forms of portable media is an excellent way to transfer any amount of data.
Shared file server
A server on a network that can be accessed by both your old PC and your new Mac is an excellent alternative to burning CDs, or moving portable drives from one computer to another. Be aware that both computers must be able to access the server.
For small amounts of data such as word processing documents, pictures, or small application data files, using email to send them to yourself as an attachment is another option. However, if the data files are large, or if you do not have a high-speed Internet connection, you should consider other methods before using this one.
Some Internet service providers (ISPs) place restrictions on how large email attachments can be, so you may not be able to use this method with large data files, even if you have a fast Internet connection.
Direct Ethernet connection
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If you have both computers in the same location, you may be able to use an Ethernet cable to connect both computers together and copy files between them. You may need an Ethernet crossover cable depending on which model Mac you own. This method has the advantage of being fast and being able to transfer any amount of data.
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Moving the PC's hard drive
While it is possible to move some PC hard drives into some model Macs, this is not the recommended method of transferring data and it should only be used by experienced computer users who understand how to install and format PC hard drives. Mac OS X v10.3 or later can read the contents of an NTFS-formatted drive, but will be unable to save any new files or make changes to existing files without first reformatting the drive (and deleting any existing data on the drive in the process).