{"id":41611,"date":"2020-12-01T12:25:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=1dd6e858d69c7860a1557cb5a0280769"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:25:06","slug":"aws-is-bringing-apples-macos-to-its-cloud-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/aws-is-bringing-apples-macos-to-its-cloud-service\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS is bringing Apple’s macOS to its cloud service"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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1 Dec, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Amazon Web Services (AWS<\/a>) has announced that Apple’s macOS operating system will be available on its cloud service for developers. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Amazon EC2 Mac instances for macOS<\/a>\u00a0and will run on\u00a0Mac mini<\/a>\u00a0computers and will support developers building apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Safari.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is the first big announcement to come from\u00a0AWS re: Invent<\/a>, which started on Monday as a three-week\u00a0virtual conference<\/a>. The cloud giant previously offered\u00a0EC2<\/a>instances for Windows and\u00a0Linux<\/a>, but has now opened it up to macOS which is a popular system for many developers.<\/p>\n

What’s more, AWS has also said that cloud support for devices with\u00a0Apple’s new M1 chip<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0planned for 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AWS will make Apple computers available in its data centres, starting with the Mac Mini, which will help developers to create and test apps remotely rather than maintain their own devices. It’s thought this could help Apple to further pivot towards building more of its own software and services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You can provision new instances in minutes, giving you the ability to quickly and cost-effectively build code for multiple targets without having to own and operate your own hardware,” said Jeff Barr, AWS chief evangelist. “You pay only for what you use, and you get to benefit from the elasticity, scalability, security, and reliability provided by EC2.”<\/p>\n

CCS Insight senior VP Nick McQuire suggested that the growing partnership between AWS and Apple will likely be the headline trend at re: Invent 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Not only will this move help to improve the cost, security and efficiency of building applications, what is most interesting is the potential for\u00a05G<\/a>\u00a0capabilities down the line as both parties have been pioneering 5G solutions to the enterprise in 2020,” he told IT Pro.<\/p>\n

“When you consider the direction mobile phones and applications are taking, with low latency and high throughput becoming the norm in support of technologies like VR, AR, edge computing and media streaming, for example, this AWS and Apple tie-up has formidable potential.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

1 Dec, 2020 <\/p>\n

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that Apple’s macOS operating system will be available on its cloud service for developers. \u00a0
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