Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Īpple dropped a bombshell announcement at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June: It would begin making its own chips for future Mac computers, moving away from its longtime chip partner Intel.Overall, app developers will have to do a lot more than simply recompile their apps for Apple's Mac software, developers say.Apple isn't the first to tackle the challenge of creating an app ecosystem that works seamlessly across mobile and desktop - Microsoft has made attempts at this as well.But that will pose a challenge for Apple's iOS developers, who are used to creating apps centered on touch-based interactions and smaller screen sizes, developers say.Apple announced in June that it will start making its own chips for future Mac computers, enabling its laptops and desktops to run iPhone and iPad apps.
