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SEATTLE: Amazon.com will run Apple’s macOS on its cloud service for the first time, allowing developers of applications for Apple devices to access the operating system on demand, the unit said on Monday (November 30). company cloud, Amazon Web Services.
The service, called Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Mac instances, runs on Mac mini computers and will help developers create apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Safari, the cloud unit said.
Amazon previously offered the EC2 instance service for Windows and Linux.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it will use the version of the Mac mini computers with the 8th generation Intel Core i7 3.2GHz processors for EC2 Mac instances.
“With EC2 Mac instances, developers can … focus on building innovative applications for Apple’s industry-leading platforms, rather than acquiring and managing the underlying infrastructure,” said David Brown, vice president of EC2 at AWS.
AWS said that cloud support for devices with Apple’s new M1 chip is in the works, with a launch planned for 2021.
