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ShreyasAyyengar

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 19, 2021
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Hello everyone.

From what I've heard (& searched) you can only run IOS apps on a mac with the silicon M1 chip. I was wondering if there is ANY way you can run IOS apps without the M1 chip. I personally own an i9 MacBook Pro and if there is any way, even through a third-party app, to run IOS apps on a mac without an M1 chip?

Please let me know :)
 

ryanmillercg

macrumors regular
Jul 25, 2014
100
136
Toronto, ON
Nope. There are programs like Bluestacks to run Android on x86 computers, but you're not able to run iOS apps on an Intel Mac. iOS is locked up too tight for any practical workarounds to exist. The closest thing you'll get is the XCode iOS Simulator if you're developing an app - though performance and functionality takes a bit hit in that situation, as well, devs are extremely unlikely to share their XCode project with you!

For more reading you can see the same question answered here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/jvu1ge
 
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