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Microsoft Azure CTO uses AI to port Windows tool to macOS

微软 Azure CTO 惊叹 AI 能力:30 分钟跨平台移植基础功能、2 天实现约 90% 功能

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For developers, this shows how AI can drastically reduce the time and effort needed to port software between platforms, potentially saving significant development time.

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich used AI to port his 20-year-old Windows tool, ZoomIt, to macOS.

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In two days, he achieved about 90% functionality, including screen zooming, recording, and editing, by providing about 12 prompts.

The AI completed basic functions in under 30 minutes, handling platform differences like UI standards and system permissions.

Original · IT之家

微软 Azure CTO 惊叹 AI 能力:30 分钟跨平台移植基础功能、2 天实现约 90% 功能

IT之家 9 月 18 日消息,科技媒体 Windows Latest 昨日(9 月 17 日)发布博文,报道称微软 Azure 首席技术官马克 · 鲁西诺维奇(Mark Russinovich)在 AI 技术的帮助下, 仅用 2 天时间就成功将拥有 20 年历史的 Windows 工具移植到苹果 macOS 平台,并表示“我当时简直惊呆了”(I was flabbergasted)。 IT之家援引博文介绍,本次移植的 Windows 工具名为 ZoomIt,是一款屏幕缩放、实时标注和录制工具,由鲁西诺维奇开发和维护,目前已经有 20 多年历史,最新版本是 9 月 10 日发布的 v12.22 版。 鲁西诺维奇在某个周末,调用 AI(原文并未提及具体模型),在输入约 12 条提示词后,AI 不到 30 分钟就成功移植到苹果 macOS 平台,完成基础功能。 鲁西诺维奇在不到 2 天时间里,不断调用 AI 完善相关功能,目前已完成移植约 90% 功能,包括休息计时器、全景截图、视频录制、视频编辑和 Demo Mirror(将全屏或局部画面投放至第 2 块显示器)等。 移植过程仍涉及 macOS 的界面规范、系统权限、截图及按键处理差异。鲁西诺维奇称,AI 帮助处理了原计划学习的平台机制。Mac 版还补回 DemoType 功能,用于在演示或教学中输入预设文字。 ZoomIt for Mac 目前免费开源,要求 macOS 14 Sonoma 或更高版本。用户可通过 Homebrew 或微软 GitHub 页面安装。

Industry Coordinates & Source Verification

This report is categorized under AITOP's "Models" desk, focusing on US frontier AI labs and Silicon Valley technology leaders. Within our cross-regional analytical framework, it directly maps to AI developer toolchains, coding agents, and engineering workflows and US-China foundation model benchmarks and commercialization comparison. Key entities and technical topics under continuous tracking include AI-assisted development, code generation, platform porting, ZoomIt.

Source attribution: curated from IT之家. Cross-source corroboration: 2 independent sources have covered this development (including ChatGPT), confirming industry-wide signal strength.