macOS 10.15 will bring standalone Marzipan-built apps for Music, Podcasts, TV Books

macOS 10.15, the side past times side major update to the desktop operating organization powering the Mac, volition stone standalone apps for Music, Podcasts in addition to TV, addition a redesigned Books app.

Brazilian iOS developer in addition to 9to5Mac contributor Guilherme Rambo:

I’ve been able to confirm amongst sources familiar amongst the evolution of the side past times side major version of macOS — probable 10.15 — that the organization volition include non exactly standalone Music, Podcasts in addition to TV apps, but also a major redesign of the Books app.

This was kickoff reported end week past times developer Steve Troughton-Smith who establish concrete bear witness that he wouldn’t expose that an iTunes breakup is almost equally Apple has patently been working on standalone desktop apps for managing music, podcasts in addition to books.

I am straight off fairly confident based on bear witness I don't wishing to brand populace at this squall for that Apple is planning novel (likely UIKit) Music, Podcasts, mayhap fifty-fifty Books, apps for macOS, to bring together the novel TV app. I aspect the 4 to last the side past times side moving ridge of Marzipan apps. Grain of salt, etc

— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) April 5, 2019

Separate desktop apps for Music in addition to Podcasts would brand a bunch of sense, peculiarly viewed through the lens of breaking upward the monolithic iTunes app.

Here are at the icons for the novel Podcasts in addition to TV apps on macOS 10.15

Apple did overhaul the Books app inwards iOS 12 in addition to macOS Mojave, but roughly other rewrite is probable needed inwards social club to innovate back upward for audiobooks in addition to hand characteristic parity amongst iOS.

Guilherme has to a greater extent than on the redesign:

The novel Books app volition select a sidebar similar to the News app on the Mac, it volition also characteristic a narrower championship bar amongst unlike tabs for the Library, Book Store in addition to Audiobook Store. On the Library tab, the sidebar volition listing the user’s Books, Audiobooks, PDFs in addition to other collections, including custom ones.

You had me at Audiobook Store.

As for the novel TV app, nosotros already know that it’s coming to the Mac platform this fall, presumably amongst macOS 10.15, ahead of the company’s novel Apple TV+ streaming service.

Some folks enjoin Marzipan-powered News, Home in addition to Voice Memos apps are terrible, but don’t forget these were built using a real early on version of the upcoming fully-fledged UIKit for Mac.

The kickoff developer version of Marzipan’s SDK should debut at WWDC 2019 on June 3 in addition to nosotros fully aspect early on kinks to last worked out earlier these novel APIs are cook for prime number time.

The novel Music, Podcasts in addition to TV apps volition last made using Marzipan, Apple’s novel applied scientific discipline designed to facilitate the porting of iPad apps to the Mac without also many code changes. It’s non clear whether the redesigned Apple Books app volition also last made using the technology, but given that the redesign came to iOS kickoff in addition to its usage for the other apps, it’s probable that this novel Books app volition also last using UIKit.

Code-named Project Marzipan, Apple’s novel APIs that were originally introduced at end year’s WWDC volition permit developers exercise apps that run on iPhone, iPad in addition to Mac.

How exercise you lot similar Marzipan apps in addition to then far in addition to what’s your long term sentiment of these novel frameworks? Share your thoughts in addition to observations inwards the comments below.

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