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Get Ready for Touch on Mac
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Apple’s “Get Ready for Touch on Mac” page introduces resources for developers preparing Mac apps for touch input. Its focus is practical adaptation: a video series covers touch-oriented design, bringing touch support into a Mac app, and bringing Live Activities to Mac. The page frames touch as an additional way for people to interact with Mac software and directs developers toward guidance on optimizing existing or new apps for that experience.
The resources include documentation on adopting gesture recognizers and sample code for supporting drag and drop through file promises, alongside design references for gestures, macOS, pointing devices, and Apple design assets. Apple also invites developers to online group labs with its engineers and designers, scheduled for November 18 and 19, where participants can ask questions and discuss app development for Touch on Mac. The page lists Xcode 27.3 beta as the place to get SDKs for building, running, and testing apps, while indicating the release is coming soon. Overall, it serves as a starting point for developers seeking implementation advice, design patterns, tools, and direct access to Apple expertise as they prepare their Mac apps for touch.
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