Messages and Maps: Two apps we wish Apple would port from iOS to Mac<article>
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macOS Catalina, Apple is providing a tool for developers (called Catalyst) that makes it really easy to take an existing iPad app over to the Mac. Apple started testing the technology in macOS Mojave last year, by porting over some of its own iOS apps—News, Home, Voice Memos, and Stocks.</p><p>This year, Apple expands its list of iOS apps on Mac with Music, Podcasts, TV, Screen Time, and the new Find My app. Those first four apps introduced last year are getting an upgrade, too.</p><p>While these are welcome changes, I can’t help but think Apple is missing a
huge opportunity. Two of macOS’s most important apps—Maps and Messages—are so far behind their iOS counterparts that we would all be better-served by Apple just porting the iOS app in the same fashion.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3409151/messages-and-maps-two-apps-we-wish-apple-would-port-from-ios-to-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Messages and Maps: Two apps we wish Apple would port from iOS to Mac