References to new applications were found in the second beta of macOS 10.15 Catalina. These are said to be the iMessage and Shortcuts apps as Catalyst versions.
At WWDC 2019 (World Wide Developers Conference) in June, Apple officially unveiled Project Catalyst – a tool for developers designed to facilitate the porting of iOS applications to macOS. The first four apps to be ported from iOS to macOS are News, Stocks, Voice Memos, and Home – according to the latest beta, fine-tuning for these is almost complete. However, hints of additional apps have now been discovered – could this be a missed opportunity?
Catalyst fully in use
Well-known developer and hacker Steven Troughton-Smith has released a new beta of macOS 10.15 Catalina discovered code that points to the Catalyst versions of iMessage and Shortcuts. "There's a fair amount of evidence in Catalina that Apple is working on a full Catalyst version of iMessage and Shortcuts," Troughton-Smith tweeted.
According to his report, completing the frameworks would bring two native applications for macOS to the surface. Apple may make other iOS applications macOS-compatible - whether the two apps will be released during the beta phase remains to be seen for now. This is how it continues after iTunes. (Image: Apple)
