Video: How to side load iPhone apps on M1 Macs You can open it from Finder, from Launchpad, or add it directly to your macOS dock for easy access. Once you export the IPA, you simply double click the file, then it installs and moves itself to your Applications folder just like a normal Mac app. The Reddit user “probablyamy” detailed the process: Using the app iMazing, you can directly download the IPA files of apps you’ve purchased on your iPhone. So how do you extract an IPA file from your iPhone? This means you can’t just download IPA files from other sources, or even share them with other users. To do this, you need to have a copy of the IPA file, and as The Verge points out, it needs to be associated with your Apple ID. IPA files, from your iPhone on an M1 Mac. However, Apple gives developers the ability to opt-out of having their application available on the Mac, and many have taken that option.Ī user on Reddit has now discovered that it’s actually possible to install app files, or.
As we detailed earlier today, it’s easy to download iPhone and iPad apps from the Mac App Store to run them on the new M1-powered MacBook Air, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro.
