The killer app for a touch screen Mac already exists and was created by @samhenri.gold #AppleEvent
@CJkittyYT @941archive Give this a try! samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
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G: New post: Light Touch lets you run classic iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps on your Mac (iOS 1–7). Notarized builds, macOS 14.4+ on Apple silicon or Intel. See supported devices, how to download, and how to import IPSW. Details at samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
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1: Light Touch enables running classic iPhone, iPod touch and iPad OS on macOS. It emulates original firmware for devices from iPhone OS 1 to iOS 7, using downloaded or archived firmware. Open-source under GPL-2+. Not affiliated with Apple. samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
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3: Light Touch lets your Mac run classic iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps (iOS 1–7) with real firmware in an emulator. Supports legacy devices, experimental builds, and IPSW imports. Not affiliated with Apple. samhenrigold/LightTouchMac samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
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2: Light Touch lets you run classic iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad OS on macOS 14+ (Apple Silicon or Intel) by emulating original firmware. Supports multiple devices, with downloadable IPSW or prebuilt images. Open source under GPLv2. samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
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IOS 7.1.2 working on QEMU (iPhone 4 on Windows)
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Note: AI was used but the emulation work was worked from qemu-ios and light touch mac by sam henrigold
This is a fully emulated iPhone 4 and boots natively on windows. It is based on and wouldn't be possible due to: samhenrigold/LightTouchMac, which I compiled the QEMU emulator to run on Windows.
Unfortunately most of the IPSW preparation needs to be done on a real mac/vm, as currently the emulator cannot boot a original IPSW. LightTouchMac originally injects stuff during boot and must create NAND files so that QEMU can properly interact and do stuff like OpenGLES Passthrough.
I plan to release this so that you can actually do this 100% on windows without a mac.
The GPU isn't emulated or is software rendering, it uses a modified OpenGLES Framework that intercepts the OpenGL calls so that your GPU can composite it on top instead of sending them though a emulated GPU. Due to this It should allow for 3D games and such apps to work to some extent.
The emulator should be able to handle every iOS from 4-7 but so far I've only tested it on iOS 7. Because it's QEMU it could theoretically be compiled and run on any modern android phone. The emulator also supports multiple devices such as an iPod touch and the first generation iPad.
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Hahahaha. Insane and retro AF.
You can now run many classic iphone apps & games from yore (iOS 1–7) via the internet archive using a virtualized ipod touch on your mac. legacystore.app & samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
Light Touch: a classic iOS device emulator (iOS 1–7)
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LightTouchMac: Run classic iPhone, iPod touch and iPad firmware on your Mac (iPhone OS 1 to iOS 7)
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The killer app for a touch screen Mac already exists and was created by @samhenri.gold #AppleEvent
@CJkittyYT @941archive Give this a try! samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
G: New post: Light Touch lets you run classic iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps on your Mac (iOS 1–7). Notarized builds, macOS 14.4+ on Apple silicon or Intel. See supported devices, how to download, and how to import IPSW. Details at samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
1: Light Touch enables running classic iPhone, iPod touch and iPad OS on macOS. It emulates original firmware for devices from iPhone OS 1 to iOS 7, using downloaded or archived firmware. Open-source under GPL-2+. Not affiliated with Apple. samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
3: Light Touch lets your Mac run classic iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps (iOS 1–7) with real firmware in an emulator. Supports legacy devices, experimental builds, and IPSW imports. Not affiliated with Apple. samhenrigold/LightTouchMac samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
2: Light Touch lets you run classic iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad OS on macOS 14+ (Apple Silicon or Intel) by emulating original firmware. Supports multiple devices, with downloadable IPSW or prebuilt images. Open source under GPLv2. samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
IOS 7.1.2 working on QEMU (iPhone 4 on Windows) preview.redd.it Note: AI was used but the emulation work was worked from qemu-ios and light touch mac by sam henrigold This is a fully emulated iPhone 4 and boots natively on windows. It is based on and wouldn't be possible due to: samhenrigold/LightTouchMac, which I compiled the QEMU emulator to run on Windows. Unfortunately most of the IPSW preparation needs to be done on a real mac/vm, as currently the emulator cannot boot a original IPSW. LightTouchMac originally injects stuff during boot and must create NAND files so that QEMU can properly interact and do stuff like OpenGLES Passthrough. I plan to release this so that you can actually do this 100% on windows without a mac. The GPU isn't emulated or is software rendering, it uses a modified OpenGLES Framework that intercepts the OpenGL calls so that your GPU can composite it on top instead of sending them though a emulated GPU. Due to this It should allow for 3D games and such apps to work to some extent. The emulator should be able to handle every iOS from 4-7 but so far I've only tested it on iOS 7. Because it's QEMU it could theoretically be compiled and run on any modern android phone. The emulator also supports multiple devices such as an iPod touch and the first generation iPad.
Hahahaha. Insane and retro AF. You can now run many classic iphone apps & games from yore (iOS 1–7) via the internet archive using a virtualized ipod touch on your mac. legacystore.app & samhenrigold/LightTouchMac
Light Touch: a classic iOS device emulator (iOS 1–7)
LightTouchMac: Run classic iPhone, iPod touch and iPad firmware on your Mac (iPhone OS 1 to iOS 7)