macos-design-guidelines

To audit a SwiftUI app for macOS Human Interface Guidelines compliance, review the app's menu bar structure, window management, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts against actionable rules to generate a prioritized conformance improvement plan.

macOS UI design requirements for native AppKit apps include proper menu bar structure, standard window management, correct keyboard shortcuts, visual design alignment, and accessibility best practices to ensure usability and inclusivity.

Yes, you can use these macOS UI guidelines to review both SwiftUI and AppKit interfaces. The guidelines distill Apple's standards into actionable rules for building, reviewing, and auditing native macOS apps across both frameworks.

The best way to implement standard macOS menu bar structure and sidebars is to follow distilled Human Interface Guidelines rules that define proper conventions for toolbars, sidebars, and window management in native macOS apps.

Your macOS app may fail accessibility and usability conformance checks if it lacks proper keyboard shortcuts, standard window management, or correct menu bar structure, which are required by the macOS Human Interface Guidelines.