I guess it was wishful thinking, but I was anticipating great iPad apps coming to the Mac through Catalyst (YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, etc.) So, what happened? Why haven't developers jumped on the Catalyst bandwagon? I fear that the lack of enthusiasm will continue into 2020 with limited adoption of iPhone apps being ported over, as well.
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Where are all the Catalyst apps?
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Well Apple dropped the ball as far as documentation for all the new stuff so it's not surprising its slow to adopt.
There are actually quite a few apps, especially games, on the Mac App Store, made with Catalyst. Vectornator being a good example.
Don't expect YouTube ever I think. Google thinks if you're on desktop you should just use the website.
Don't expect YouTube ever I think. Google thinks if you're on desktop you should just use the website.
Hold on, all of the apps you mentioned can very easily be accessed via a traditional browser, why’d the developers want to spend development resource on making a desktop app for this?!
In the case of the YouTube app, thinking about benefit to users, the ability to stream video at higher than 1080p given the limitations in Safari.
Technically Safari can do 1440p in YouTube if the video is in the right format, but never mind that.
You can use Chrome or Firefox then. Set them to open YouTube by default, rename the app to YouTube, change the app icon and you're basically there
forScore is coming to the Mac as a Catalyst app. First one I'm pretty excited about.
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forScore | forScore Mac
forScore is coming to the Mac as a Catalyst app. First one I'm pretty excited about.
forScore | forScore Mac
I'm sure forScore is great, but have you tried MuseScore?
Not yet, but I’ll take a look. My impression is that MuseScore appears to be targeting composers, who may want to create scores (which I don’t do), whereas forScore is used for score-reading, offering performing musicians a focused tool for organizing, displaying and annotating their sheet music.
Ah right; Didn't really know forScore so assumed it was the same thing from name and quick images, but yes, MuseScore is for composing