Apple blocks installation of iPhone apps on new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro

Files with the IPA extension are, in fact, a workaround for installing “smartphone” programs on a computer. However, only a workaround, but the programs are completely official: they must be purchased (if paid) and installed only on devices with one account. If a user wanted to use the same applications on his phone and computer, he recently had such an opportunity. But now she is gone.

When installing the IPA file now, the computer gives an error and offers to “try later.” So the only way to install applications on Mac computers based on the M1 SoC is the Mac App Store. But the problem is that not all applications from this directory can be installed on Mac – many still do not have permission to run on macOS. Actually, this is the limiting factor. What does the warning about installing IPA on macOS 11.2 say – “the application cannot be installed because the developer did not plan to run it on this platform .”