Infrastructure Briefing — AWS launches EC2 Mac instances for on-demand macOS builds
AWS announced general availability of EC2 Mac instances on 30 November 2020, enabling macOS build and test pipelines on dedicated Mac mini hardware with elastic scaling and VPC integration.
Amazon Web Services launched EC2 Mac instances on 30 November 2020, providing dedicated Mac mini hosts accessible through EC2 with support for macOS Catalina and Xcode toolchains. Instances run inside customer VPCs with ENA networking and EBS storage, allowing integration with existing CI/CD pipelines.
Developer productivity and infrastructure teams can streamline iOS and macOS build farms without managing physical Macs, but should plan for 24-hour minimum rentals, host recovery workflows, and license compliance for third-party tooling.
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