{"id":34466,"date":"2021-12-16T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T21:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=34466"},"modified":"2021-12-20T16:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T21:20:14","slug":"music-app-and-tv-app-use-jet-in-macos-12-2-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/16\/music-app-and-tv-app-use-jet-in-macos-12-2-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Music.app and TV.app Use JET in macOS 12.2 Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filipe Espósito<\/a> (tweet<\/a>, via Philipp Defner<\/a>):<\/p>\n

As first noted by Luming Yin on Twitter<\/a>, Apple Music in macOS 12.2 beta now uses AppKit – which is macOS’ native interface framework. 9to5Mac<\/em> was able to confirm based on macOS code that the Music app is now using JET, which is a technology created by Apple to turn web content into native apps.<\/p>

Some parts of the Music app were already native, such as the music library. But now Mac users will notice that searching for new songs in Apple Music is much faster as the results pages are displayed with a native interface instead of as a webpage. Scrolling between elements has also become smoother with the beta app, and trackpad gestures are now more responsive.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Yin mentioned that the Apple TV app has also been rebuilt with a native backend. While this is indeed true, 9to5Mac found out that Apple had already updated the TV app with JET technology in macOS Monterey 12.1, which is available for everyone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note that Music was always an AppKit app (not Catalyst). The difference in 12.2 seems to be that more content within the window now uses native controls. Personally, I didn’t notice a change, perhaps because I don’t use the Apple Music areas of the app.<\/p>\n

I still think the apps look and behave oddly. The design still feels like iOS, not Mac. The thumbnails still flicker. The stores still feel like bad Web pages.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n