Virtual Mac on iPad 1.2

Virtual Mac on iPad 1.2 adds support for Final Cut Pro, improves compatibility with Metal games, introduces OpenGL and OpenCL acceleration, and improves system stability.

Pro Apps

• Adds support for pro video apps like Final Cut Pro in Virtual Mac
• Quickly download the latest compatible version of Xcode, Final Cut Pro Trial, Logic Pro Trial, and Pixelmator Pro Trial from the menu bar

Graphics

• Adds support for Mac games like Skate Story and The Long Dark
• Fixes pink graphics in Metal games by introducing native support for BC texture pixel formats (#35, #44)
• Press ctrl+↑, then drag game window out of Mission Control for better performance in windowed mode
• Introduces support for OpenGL and OpenCL acceleration which improves performance in apps like Chess and Preview
• Easily toggle OpenGL and OpenCL acceleration from the menu bar for apps incompatible with runtime library injection such as Hopper Disassembler
• If you’d like to add support for another game, point Codex or Claude Code to the Virtual Mac repo and iterate together, then open a pull request

Stability

• Fixes network connectivity issues on iPadOS 14
• Reduces system freezes when Virtual Mac is under heavy graphics load (#24, #51)
• Fixes Geekbench Metal benchmark on iPad Pro models with 16 GB of RAM (iPad Pro with 8 GB RAM have insufficient VRAM) (#29)

Input

• Adds experimental, opt-in support for Apple Pencil pressure and tilt (requires separate download for pencil-probe by @ma-syu, #46, #49)