Plans for Third-Party Marzipan Apps

Steve Troughton-Smith:

Are any iOS developers ready to commit to bringing their apps to the Mac via UIKit publicly? Any Mac/iOS developers preparing to sunset their existing Mac app for its iOS variant? I aim to go all-in on Marzipan with at least four apps on day one, one replacing a Mac version

Marco Arment:

It’s hard to say with 100% certainty since we don’t have concrete info and released tools yet, but I plan to ship Overcast as a Marzipan app on day one if I can.

Kyle Howells:

I intend to port several of my personal utilities and 2 as yet unreleased in progress iOS apps to the Mac if marzipan is good enough.

Only one of those was ever likely to see an AppKit version.

Erik Schwiebert:

The really interesting thing will be what the LargeCo’s do with their apps. I don’t yet know what we (MSFT) will do with Office; there’s a lot of code shared between Mac and iOS but much is very different. Multiple windows, file management, app/suite integration, sandboxing, etc.

Peter Steinberger:

Pretty likely that we bring @pdfviewerapp over to the Mac. After all the prototype last year already worked great and there’s definitely a market.

Greg Pierce:

Regardless of what technical aspects you have uncovered that make you bullish on Marzipan, it would be reckless for anyone who does this for a living to commit to shipping on it until we hear how the business end of this transition is going to work.

Mike Piontek:

I’ve spent 2 years working on updates that include big changes to my Mac app, so I’m not in a rush to throw that out… but If I have to for features like Siri Shortcuts I’ll consider it. I was previously assuming I’d want to wait a couple years, since this will require 10.15+.

Pádraig Kennedy:

I’d love to bring Castro to Mac some time, but I’m pessimistic about Marzipan so if I was doing it this year, I think I could make something more Mac-like using AppKit 😬

Wooji Juice:

Not going to commit to something sight-unseen, but strongly interested in creating a Mac version of Ferrite (and maybe 1-2 other apps) using Marzipan. Will have to see what gets released, how stable it is, & what issues there are making quality non-shovelware Mac apps with it

Halide:

We’re excited to bring proper manual controls to MacBook and iMac webcams and intend to ship early April next year

Christian Selig:

I’d love to bring Apollo to the Mac, if only to scratch my own itch.

Markus Müller-Simhofer:

It really depends on what Apple is doing. If Apple uses Marzipan for it‘s productivity apps (Mail, iWork) we will also switch. I always disliked how Carbon apps felt. I don‘t want to be one of the apps that „feels“ different than all the other apps.

Previously:

• The Under-Appreciated Awesomeness of Apple Events (the Technology)
• Collision Course
• macOS 10.15 to Break Up iTunes
• Apple to Target Combining iPhone, iPad, and Mac Apps by 2021
• Apple Announces Marzipan for 2019

Catalyst (Marzipan) Ferrite Recording Studio Mac Mac App macOS 10.15 Catalina

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