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NX2Apple for Mac

Builds and launches native Apple silicon apps from your own Nintendo Switch game dumps.

By LNPANDY. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

NX2Apple at a glance

Version
1.4.0
Released
12 November 2026
Download size
206 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Games
Developer
LNPANDY
GitHub stars
6.8K

About NX2Apple

Play your own Switch games on iPhone/iPad — one-click macOS app, no terminal. | 把 Switch 游戏装进 iPhone：图形界面一键构建，不用命令行。Bring your own game.

How to install NX2Apple on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for NX2Apple and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.4.0 from LNPANDY's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to NX2Apple show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's files are on GitHub: NX2Apple-engine.zip (142 MB), NX2Apple-macOS-arm64.zip (206 MB).

What is new in NX2Apple 1.4.0

**v1.4.0: The launcher overhaul with a console mode / 启动器大改版与主机模式**

## English

**Highlights**

**Launcher overhaul (#1097, #1129)**
- Light and System appearance on the Mac, settings in four sections and game options in four groups
- A staged build queue, direct install of built games, game data transfers, save import and export, players and a cloud save conflict choice
- Console mode for the couch: home rows, game pages, search, builds and a Home menu that pauses a game in the background
- Supported games list, stick deadzones and new languages: Spanish, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese

Code by @thehobbit85, @Haseenesss, @zatteogit, @Koshindai, @loki-inu, @rborkow, @LNPANDY, @ZhaowTao, @MartinMajewski, @mbanusic, @TeeJayBaker and @yazzang-homelab. The console concept is by @Koshindai (#816) and the controller interaction and Home menu by @Haseenesss (#901, #952). Ideas by @IUMonster (#658) and @zatteogit (#453).

**New**
- **Staged batch builds and Install built games**: "Build selected" stages the queue for manual start, iOS batches sign and install once at the end, and direct install adds "Install built games" without rebuilding (#1211)
- **macOS Game Mode**: per-game launch option on the Mac (#1189, #1069)
- **Settings that differ from the tested value are marked**: a dot shows next to them, and "Use tested values" puts them back (#453, @zatteogit)
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