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I want to be able to use my iPhone apps on my Mac, can I do that? I have some apps that only work on my phone like my TV remote app and my RSA 2fa app that I often would like to access from my Mac.

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You can do that with a M1 Mac.

sorry can you explain how?

First result via a search engine https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/install-any-ios-app-m1-mac/

Ah I see, I have tried that, but the official roku remote app does not seem to show up for some reason and the RSA app I need can only be run in one place since it uses a unique key. I am thinking more about accessing the apps already on my phone like screen sharing or something.

Developer needs to authorize his iOS app for it to be available on the MacOS App Store.

There used to be a method to side load any iOS application (lots of people were using to play Genshin Impact) but Apple disabled that functionality in 11.3.

Apple brought the sideloading back, it seems to have been removed by mistake.

You can use a third party app like iMazing to backup the .ipa file from your iPhone/iPad, and install them on your Mac. It works for apps not whitelisted for Mac in the App Store.

There's also a way using Apple Configurator. Process is start an update for the desired app via configurator and nab the IPA from the temp directory on the Mac and install it, and remove the quarantine bit.

https://reincubate.com/support/how-to/download-run-ios-app-m...

Which update? The latest update explicit gives the error message that the app is not intended to run on the platform?

Actually, developers need to do nothing for their apps to appear on macOS. Most developers have specifically gone and opted their apps out, though.

Switch to Windows and Android as it's possible there with at least some Samsung devices?

Don’t think that’s possible without jailbreaking, sorry!

You can run SOME iPhone/iPad apps on an M1 Mac, but the publisher needs to allowed it and some software publishers seem to block it for no obvious reason.

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