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How to get iPhone Duo’s fun opening animation on your Mac

That gorgeous animation you get opening up your iPhone Duo has been recreated for your Mac for most modern MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs. Here’s where to get it.

Seven years on, Craig Federighi is doubtlessly back opening and closing his MacBook, this time to see Mac Duo, not just Apple Silicon's launch speed - image credit: Apple.
Seven years later, Craig Federighi is doubtlessly back opening and closing his MacBook, this time to see Mac Duo, not just Apple Silicon’s launch speed – image credit: Apple.

If you’ve seen the iPhone Duo demonstrated, you know how good the animation is. And if you don’t happen to have seen it yet, you’ll surely be able to watch it later as every other foldable smartphone copies it.

In the meantime, if you have the right MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, you can run Mac Duo and see the same effect as you open or close the lid. Mac Duo is still being developed and tested on different machines, but because of lid sensor limitations on some hardware, the developer says that it is expected to work on:

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