Monzo on Apple Silicon (M1)

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Hi all,

Has anyone tried the Monzo app on the new MacBook Pro with the new M1 chip?

Native macOS app or iOS app support for Apple silicon?
Will Monzo also run on my MacBook [muti-target app]?
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You can’t without a workaround I don’t think.

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To be fair I’ve seen a fair few apps that have opted out. I was hoping to run Pocket Casts on my Mac but no joy.

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Given that they were satisfied with letting the Android app run under Chrome OS (which Starling also support, but Revolut do not), I would say it is for technical rather than spiritual reasons

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Most apps work on M1 unofficially, I’ve got Monzo on my loaded on to the MacBook however when trying to login, I get a ‘We couldn’t establish a secure connection to Monzo’ Maybe Monzo use something in the iPhone for verification of the device/app?

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Yes
PayPal
Barclaycard
Nationwide
Tandem
Emma

No
Revolut
Starling
Santander
Barclays
Amex
Natwest
HSBC
Lloyds

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The Monzo app checks your OS version against a whitelist of allowed OS.

This is why the Monzo app doesn’t work on the new major iOS betas.

Monzo would need to add the macOS 11 versioning to this list to allow the app to launch on macOS.

Starling do the same thing, for the record.

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I am a regular iOS beta user and that is not accurate. I have been able to use iOS 13 and iOS14 when they were released as betas with Monzo.

The reasons they have not worked at times is bugs within iOS or the Monzo app itself but work arounds were found last year and easily used again this year so this kind of proves there is no whitelist.

I have had continuous use of the Monzo app since the very start of the iOS 14 beta until its recent release.

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How about their anti-consumer practices in after sale support.

Or their need to stamp out people’s right to repair at every turn.

Or how they have been fined many times for misleading advertising and monopolising.

I could go on.

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You could have just said no.

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19

seems subjective.

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And a “Repairability Score” isn’t?

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So you’ve come into an Apple thread to troll, been called out/corrected and now you’re throwing around insults?

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Pocket Casts won’t allow it as they have a Mac app which you have to have a premium subscription for

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I do enjoy picking out Apple’s flaws more than most on here but I don’t really see it in this case.

  • Their sales support is excellent (which it bloody should be for the price)
  • Their whole philosophy is to build an appliance rather than a serviceable computer (which if you’re looking for you should buy something else)
  • They’re no way near being a monopoly in any of their markets (although they do have dominant share in US smartphones).
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who hurt you?