No idea why I’m still thinking about this, but here we go. Some tech wizard (let’s call him PatRyk) decided it’d be fun to squeeze Apple’s iOS onto a Nintendo Switch. Yeah, the same console where most of us are just trying to level up on Mario Kart. Anyway—wait, is this a thing now?—this “innovation” apparently gives birth to what’s probably the slowest ‘iPhone’ in existence. We’re talking about a 20-minute wait just to see the darn thing boot up. By that time, I’ve already forgotten why I wanted to turn it on. Maybe it’s just me.
So, yeah, PatRyk, spending two days on this madness—imagine the patience—got Apple’s mobile OS to sort of shuffle onto the Switch. And guess what? Once it’s on, you might be stuck watching apps crash like it’s a new form of entertainment. “Kernel panics and crashing apps,” he says. Sounds like a stressful party theme if you ask me.
Why am I amazed? Running iOS on a Switch hasn’t revolutionized my life, but it’s cool—kind of like seeing a dog ride a skateboard. Amusing but not exactly useful. But hey, it proves the Switch can be coerced into an Apple device—or a glacial imitation of one. Before you rush to swap your iPhone, remember, this is still in its “barely working” phase.
Now, about how PatRyk pulled off this improbable task. Enter QEMU, some techy tool with a version specifically for tweaking iOS, courtesy of ChefKissInc. Whatever wizardry they did on GitHub, PatRyk somehow pulled iOS off of an Apple Silicon and into a Switch. Feels like a Houdini act but with more code and less drama.
No promises—PatRyk isn’t saying whether he’ll fiddle with it any more, but he’s telling his followers to hang tight. More geeky escapades are apparently in the pipeline. Meanwhile, I’m still here with my perfectly fine iPhone and Switch, wondering, “Should all this make sense?”
Anyway, for more mind-blowing tech stuff, there’s always Tom’s Hardware, I guess. Time to move on or get lost in another web rabbit hole. Whatever works.
