From the AppStories podcast In this special episode of AppStories, Federico interviews Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi about iPadOS, pointer support, and more. There’s no one better to interview Federighi about iPadOS’ recently implemented cursor support than Federico Viticci. I listened to it this morning and it was interesting to hearContinue reading “Craig Federighi on AppStories”
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Charty Shortcuts utility released
Developer Rodrigo Araujo released the new Shortcuts utility Charty today. Charty donates 11 actions to the Shortcuts app to create charts and graphs. I haven’t had the chance to play too much with Charty, but I am thrilled to see another Shortcuts utility enter the App Store. After the release of Toolbox Pro, Data Jar,Continue reading “Charty Shortcuts utility released”
Apple announces WWDC date
From Apple: Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference virtually, beginning June 22, in the Apple Developer app and on the Apple Developer website for free for all developers. The company also announced the Swift Student Challenge, an opportunity for student developers to showcase their love of coding by creating theirContinue reading “Apple announces WWDC date”
Apple Announces New 13-Inch MacBook Pro
From Apple Apple today updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for the best typing experience ever on a Mac notebook and doubled the storage across all standard configurations, delivering even more value to the most popular MacBook Pro. The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up to 80 percent fasterContinue reading “Apple Announces New 13-Inch MacBook Pro”
Todoist Debuts “Upcoming” View
Though I’ve done my fair share of tinkering with OmniFocus, my tried and true to-do app is Todoist, and today, they launched the Upcoming view across all platforms. The Upcoming view replaces the Next 7 Days view, and after being on the beta for the past few weeks, I can say that it is aContinue reading “Todoist Debuts “Upcoming” View”
Drafts 19 released
Drafts by Agile Tortoise, which is one of my favorite apps, released version 19 for Mac and iOS today, with exciting features for each platform. The iPadOS version debuts improved cursor support, allowed by the operating system improvements incorporated during last weeks release of iPadOS 13.4. The macOS version is more exciting to me, asContinue reading “Drafts 19 released”
Apple acquires Dark Sky
From Dark Sky Today we have some important and exciting news to share: Dark Sky has joined Apple. Our goal has always been to provide the world with the best weather information possible, to help as many people as we can stay dry and safe, and to do so in a way that respects yourContinue reading “Apple acquires Dark Sky”
Stephen Hackett launches Mac Madness
Missing college basketball after the NCAA tournament was cancelled? Don’t care about college basketball, but really like Apple computers? Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels has just the thing for you! This is just the type of fun my nerdy corner of the internet needs right now, and I’m excited to watch the results from RoundContinue reading “Stephen Hackett launches Mac Madness”
Apple unveils new iPad Pro, MacBook Air
As we’ve expected for the last few weeks, Apple announced new versions of the iPad Pro and MacBook Air via press releases this morning. Looking at Apple’s announcement, the most exciting element came in the form of a software update and hardware accessory refresh. Apple today also introduced the new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro.Continue reading “Apple unveils new iPad Pro, MacBook Air”
Expanded cursor support rumored in iPadOS 14
From Benjamin Mayo at 9to5Mac According to code seen by 9to5Mac, Apple is set to roll out rich system-wide support for mouse cursors with iOS 14. Apple added rudimentary compatibility with external mice in iOS 13 Accessibility settings, but iOS 14 (iPadOS 14) will make it mainstream. I’ve tinkered a little bit with the mouseContinue reading “Expanded cursor support rumored in iPadOS 14”
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