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On 6/4/2011 10:31 AM, BGB wrote:
> On 6/3/2011 9:00 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> In message<isc312$dps$1@news.albasani.net>, BGB wrote:
>>
>>> OSX has an ARM variant, namely, iOS, used on the iPhone and iPad.
>>
>> Can it run OSX apps?
>>
>
> it depends...
>
> AFAIK, the Xcode system produces binaries in the MachO format, which can
> generally target multiple architectures at the same time, so it is not
> entirely implausible that dual-target (OSX and iOS) binaries could be be
> possible to produce (realistically, dunno, depends partly on how Xcode
> works, which I have not really investigated, and I don't have a Mac
> either...).
>
> however, as-is, plain OSX apps will probably not work on iOS.
>
> also, iOS generally needs to be "jailbreaked" to run custom apps anyways
> (IIRC, prior to uploading to AppStore people run/debug their apps in an
> emulator...).


Incorrect. You can use a provisioning profile to test out your app on a 
real device before you upload it to the AppStore.