There has been talk for a long time about the unification of iOS and macOS, something that Apple itself has directly denied in one of its recent Keynotes. But what is evident is that macOS 'iosification' is unavoidable, and little by little the desktop system is going to look more like Apple's mobile system.
Apple's steps in this regard are increasingly evident, and the "Marzipan project" that will bring iOS applications to macOS will have to be added quite a few iOS features coming to macOS in the next version that we will see presented this June, such as Siri Shortcuts and Time of use.
Again it is 9to5Mac that brings us information about the news that we will see at the WWDC in June, and this time it is about macOS, the operating system for Mac computers. One of the main novelties that it will include will be the Siri Shortcuts. This new application that has been with us for almost a year in iOS 12 will come to macOS with the same functions, so we will be able to establish our custom voice commands that perform specific tasks on our Macs. The Shortcuts application is probably another of the applications that They will arrive from iOS through the Marzipan project, as Casa, Bolsa or Voice Notes have already done.
These shortcuts would seamlessly integrate with different system actions, but also with third-party applications. Yes indeed, they will have to be applications developed under the «Marzipan project», that is, compatible applications for both iOS and macOS. If we take into account that the shortcuts are synchronized through iCloud on all our devices, having the same app on our iPad and on our Mac will be a great advantage, something that developers should know how to take advantage of.
Another of the functions that will arrive will be "Usage time", an interesting function that came with iOS 12 and that allows you to know how much time you spend with your device and with what type of applications. In addition, it also allows you to know the time that your family members spend, establish limits by applications and by time, and control which pages they can access. The operation in macOS will be the same as in iOS, within the system preferences. Apple will also improve the settings of our accounts from macOS, allowing the configuration of "Family" as in iOS.