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Update of January 19, 2021: Apple rolled back this server-side change and it is once again possible to side-load unsupported iPhone and iPad apps on a Mac M1. We don’t expect this to last long, so if there are any iPhone or iPad apps you want on your Mac, download them ASAP using iMazing.
Earlier this week, 9to5Mac reported that Apple will soon start blocking users from side-loading iPhone and iPad apps on their M1 Macs. Now Apple has officially flipped the server-side switch to implement this change.
This means that it is no longer possible to use an app like iMazing to load unsupported apps from your iPhone or iPad onto your Mac M1.
As a reminder, Apple Silicon Macs allow users to run iOS and iPad apps on their Macs, but developers can refuse to allow their apps to be installed on the Mac. This is the path that many developers have taken, making the necessary changes in App Store Connect to remove their app from the Mac App Store.
But that being said, until today you can manually install iOS apps like Netflix, Instagram, and Facebook on a Mac M1 using their respective IPA files downloaded under a valid Apple ID. Many people used tools like iMazing to complete this process.
9to5Mac has now confirmed that as of today this is no longer possible unless the app is available on the Mac App Store. Apple has reversed the server-side switch needed to prevent the installation of iPhone and iPad apps on Apple Silicon Macs.
The change applies to Mac M1 running macOS Big Sur 11.1 as well as the developer or public beta of macOS Big Sur 11.2. The only difference is that users running macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta will see a more specific error message.
Here is the error you will see when you try to install an unsupported iPhone or iPad app on your Mac M1 running macOS 11.2 beta:
If you try to side-load an iPhone or iPad app on a Mac M1 running macOS 11.1 Big Sur, you’ll see an error saying the app failed to install and “try again later.”
If you’ve ever loaded an app from your iPhone or iPad onto your Mac M1, it will still work fine. This change only affects new application installations. Also, if you have already downloaded an .IPA file, you can still install it.
The change itself was made to the App Store system which provides the actual .IPA file and is part of Apple’s APIs that handle the operating system’s DRM (Digital Rights Management) protections. For this reason, it is unlikely that a workaround will present itself in the future.
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