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Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever »

From the Apple Newsroom:

Apple today announced the new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever made, featuring M4 Max and the new M3 Ultra chip. The ultimate pro desktop delivers groundbreaking pro performance, extensive connectivity now with Thunderbolt 5, and new capabilities in its compact and quiet design that can live right on a desk. Mac Studio can tackle the most intense workloads with its powerful CPU, Apple’s advanced graphics architecture, higher unified memory capacity, ultrafast SSD storage, and a faster and more efficient Neural Engine.

My M1 Mac mini from 2020 is also way overdue for an upgrade…

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Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with the M4 chip and a sky blue color »

From the Apple Newsroom:

Apple today announced the new MacBook Air, featuring the blazing-fast performance of the M4 chip, up to 18 hours of battery life, a new 12MP Center Stage camera, and a lower starting price. It also offers support for up to two external displays in addition to the built-in display, 16GB of starting unified memory, and the incredible capabilities of macOS Sequoia with Apple Intelligence — all packed into its strikingly thin and light design that’s built to last.

I’ve been rocking the M1 MacBook Air from 2020, but it’s beyond time I upgraded…

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Stephen Robles’ Top 5 iOS 18.4 Beta Features – Ambient Music, Recipes, and Shortcuts Actions! »

From Stephen Robles on YouTube:

First beta of iOS 18.4 is here and it brings some exciting new features including ambient music controls, Apple News recipes, and a lot more. Plus, we dive into a feature that might hint at Apple’s upcoming smart home device.

I’ve linked directly to the chapter on the new Shortcuts actions 🤓

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PSA: An iOS 18 bug is why our favorite ‘Apple Frames’ shortcut broke »

From 9to5Mac:

Do you ever frame screenshots inside Apple device frames? Then you’ve probably used Federico Viticci’s ‘Apple Frames’ shortcut. Unfortunately, the shortcut has been broken in recent months, and now we know that an iOS 18 bug is the cause.

Federico shared this with me a few betas ago and it’s still not fixed… 🫠

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Instapaper (Finally) Adds Tags for Better Organization »

From @Instapaper on Threads:

Introducing Tags for Better Organization!

Tags are a great way to organize your articles with increased flexibility over folders, and are now live across all platforms.

Instapaper will continue to support both Folders and Tags to organize articles, and we’ve made it easy to convert folders into tags.

I’m super excited for this – my biggest problem with Instapaper long-term was that any effort I spent organizing items into folders was lost once they went into the archive. Here’s a post from 2015 where I mention it, for example.

Now, I can tag & organize stories in the best read-it-later format available – Instapaper.

Plus, they’re adding a new multi-column view, seen here:

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Just Announced – Cyberpunk 2077 Coming to Mac! »

Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty will be coming to Mac. Taking full advantage of Apple silicon and advanced technologies of Metal, the world of the dark future is available to Mac gamers for the very first time. Players can enjoy advanced features like path tracing, frame generation, and built-in Spatial Audio for even more immersive gameplay and stunning visuals.

Available early next year on Macs with Apple silicon, the Ultimate Edition will launch on the Mac App Store, GOG.com, Steam and Epic Games Store.

Looking forward to this – and glad to see another AAA game come to the Mac. Hope it’s a tipping point for the platform.

View the update on the Cyberpunk website.

 

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Stephen Robles’ 15 NEW iPhone Shortcuts: Auto-Reply Texts, Wallpapers, and Transcribe Podcasts »

From Stephen Robles on YouTube:

Unlock the power of automation with 15 new iPhone shortcuts! Learn how to automatically reply to texts, change wallpapers, and even transcribe podcasts with iOS 18. I’ll walk you through automating spam text replies, setting custom wallpapers based on Wi-Fi, and more.

📲 Get the Shortcuts

Download and Transcribe Podcast Episode

Photo Wallpaper from Album

Switch Wallpaper and Focus

Play Music Station

Overlay Logo on PDF

Open Folder

My Recording Video Process

Record Audio and Add to Note

Chapters ➡

00:00 Introduction

00:33 Auto-Text Replies

01:51 Auto Reply STOP to Spam Texts

02:59 Vacation Text Responder

04:58 Change Wallpaper on Wi-Fi

06:24 Random Photo Wallpaper

09:08 Open Files Folder

09:43 Toggle Control Center

10:24 Record Audio and Transcribe

11:55 Apple Music Stations

13:06 Overlay Logo on PDF

16:12 Recording Video Scene

16:49 Alert by Email Sender

18:10 Select Audio Device in Car

19:13 Toggle Alarms by Location

20:18 Download and Transcribe Podcast

24:27 HUGE Announcement!

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Apple Intelligence will support German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Vietnamese in 2025 »

From TechCrunch

Additions to Apple Intelligence include English (India), English (Singapore), German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and “others” yet to be announced.

The feature will launch in American English, when it arrives as part of the iOS 18.1 update. The company previously announced that localized English support for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K. will arrive later in 2024, with support for Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish coming in 2025.

For anyone counting, that’s 16 other countries besides the default U.S. English version.

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Shortcuts Now Supports Spatial Photo and Video Capture »

From Tim Chaten on mastodon.world:

You can also now build Shortcuts that get you right into Spatial Photos or Videos!

Great new additions to the Open Camera action in Shortcuts.

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There Are 261 New Features Available in iOS 18

On the iOS 18 page on their website, Apple has linked to a document titled “New features available in iOS 18.” This document provides an in-depth look at all the categories of new features in iOS 18, grouped by “Apple Intelligence,” “Key Features,” and “Even More.”

When I come across detailed guides like this, I like to import all of the information into Craft, then use its grouping and backlinking features to create a more-digestible version with a complete table of contents – something I’ve done for the Shortcuts developer sessions and the latest WWDC keynote, for example.

With this iOS 18 guide, I’ve imported and grouped all the new features into a single doc in Craft for my own personal use, which I’ve also made available for members of my website to browse and peruse.

However, I wanted to share the full outline of iOS 18 features here as a public reference – plus you can still find all the details for each feature in Apple’s PDF.

Here’s that full list:

What’s new in iOS 18

Apple Intelligence

  1. Writing Tools
    1. Rewrite
    2. Style
    3. Proofread
    4. Summarize
    5. Describe
    6. Compose
  2. Image Playground
    1. Image Playground app
    2. Create Images with Concepts
    3. Create Images with People You Know
    4. Create Images with Characters
    5. Create Images with Photos
    6. Create Images with Text
    7. Suggested Concepts
    8. Quick Previews
    9. Preview history
    10. Image Playground library
    11. Animation style
    12. Illustration style
    13. Sketch style
    14. Messages experience
    15. Deep integrations
  3. Siri
    1. Personal context understanding
    2. In-app actions
    3. Onscreen awareness
    4. More resilient request handling
    5. Maintains conversational context
    6. Product knowledge
    7. Glowing edge light
    8. Type to Siri
    9. Predictive text in Siri keyboard
    10. Suggestions in Siri keyboard
    11. More natural voice
    12. More visually rich responses
    13. ChatGPT integration
  4. Focus
    1. Reduce interruptions
    2. Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing
  5. Genmoji
    1. Genmoji
  6. Mail
    1. Mail Priority messages
    2. Preview summaries
    3. Thread summaries
    4. Smart Reply
  7. Messages
    1. Smart Reply
    2. Summaries
  8. Notes
    1. Transcription summaries
    2. Image Wand
  9. Notifications
    1. Priority notifications
    2. Notification summaries
    3. Announce Notifications support
  10. Phone
    1. Call summaries
  11. Photos
    1. Natural language photo and video search
    2. Create your own Memories
    3. Clean Up tool

Key Features

  1. Customization
    1. More flexible placement
    2. Unique page layouts
    3. Dark icons
    4. Tinted icons
    5. Larger icons
  2. Control Center
    1. Redesigned Control Center
    2. Groups of controls
    3. Controls gallery
    4. Controls on your Lock Screen
    5. Controls with the Action button
  3. Photos
    1. Biggest-ever design update
    2. Collections
    3. Recent Days
    4. Groups in People & Pets
    5. Trips
    6. Wallpaper suggestions
    7. Collection view options
    8. Pinned Collections
    9. Hide screenshots from your library
    10. Months and Years highlights
    11. Expanded content types in Utilities
    12. Customize the Photos app
    13. Clean Up tool*
    14. Edit albums in folders
    15. Album attribution
    16. Edit in light or dark mode
    17. Smart copy and paste edits
    18. Video speed control
    19. Creative stories
    20. Smart suggestions
  4. Messages
    1. Text effects
    2. Text formatting
    3. Messages via satellite
    4. iMessage over satellite
    5. SMS over satellite
    6. Satellite connection in Dynamic Island
    7. Emoji and sticker Tapbacks
    8. Send Later
    9. RCS (Rich Communication Services)
    10. Low Quality Image Mode improvements
    11. High-quality Images
  5. Mail
    1. Transactions category
    2. Updates category
    3. Promotions category
    4. Time sensitive
    5. Grouped by sender
    6. Quick action
    7. Recategorization
  6. Safari
    1. Highlights
    2. Location highlights
    3. Summary highlights
    4. Music highlights
    5. Movie and TV show highlights
    6. Person highlights
    7. Redesigned Reader
    8. Distraction Control
  7. Passwords
    1. Passwords app
    2. Passwords and passkeys
    3. Sign in with Apple
    4. Wi-Fi passwords
    5. Verifications codes
    6. Sorting
    7. Syncing
    8. End-to-end encryption
    9. Windows support
  8. Maps
    1. Hiking and walking
    2. Hikes
    3. Turn-by-turn navigation
    4. Create and save walking and hiking routes
    5. Topographic maps
    6. Discover and save places
  9. Gaming
    1. Game Mode
  10. Wallet
    1. Event tickets
    2. Pay with installments
    3. Pay with Rewards
    4. Apple Pay on Chrome and Windows PC
    5. Tap to Cash
    6. Tap to provision
  11. AirPods
    1. Siri Interactions
    2. Voice Isolation
    3. Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming
    4. Reduced gaming audio latency
    5. In-game voice quality
  12. Notes
    1. Audio recording
    2. Live transcription
    3. Phone call transcription
    4. Math in Notes
    5. Access Math Notes from Calculator
    6. Collapsible sections
    7. Highlighting
    8. PDF inline search
  13. Journal
    1. State of Mind integration
    2. Log mindful minutes
    3. Insights view
    4. Streaks
    5. Calendar
    6. Stats
    7. Search and sort
    8. Export and print
    9. Widgets
    10. Quick Actions
    11. Audio transcription
    12. More formatting options
    13. Shortcuts
  14. Apple TV
    1. InSight
    2. Enhance dialogue
    3. More dynamic subtitles
  15. Home
    1. Hands-free unlock with home keys
    2. Guest access
    3. Pair Matter accessories without a hub
    4. Control robot vacuum cleaners in the Home app
    5. Electricity usage and rates
  16. Privacy & Security
    1. Improved Contacts preferences
    2. Redesigned Privacy & Security settings
    3. Accessory Setup Kit
    4. Blocking sensitive content for children

Even More

  1. Accessibility
    1. Eye Tracking
    2. Music Haptics
    3. Vocal Shortcuts
    4. Vehicle motion cues
  2. AirPlay
    1. Spatial Audio
  3. Apple Account
    1. Share Sign in with Apple credentials
  4. Calculator
    1. Math Notes
    2. Typed math
    3. Variables
    4. Graphing
    5. Adjust numbers
    6. Works with Notes
    7. Math Results
    8. History
    9. Editable expressions
    10. Portrait scientific calculator
    11. Unit conversions
  5. Calendar
    1. View reminders in Calendar
    2. Edit reminders in Calendar
    3. Create reminders in Calendar
    4. Updated Month view
    5. Refreshed look
  6. Camera
    1. 5-second timer
    2. Continue playing music when taking a photo
    3. Adjust flash settings via touch and hold
    4. Next-gen Portraits enhancements
  7. CarPlay
    1. Spatial Audio
    2. Accessibility
  8. Continuity
    1. Continuity Camera with Apple TV 4K
  9. Family Sharing
    1. Family Sharing invitations
    2. Recommended for your family
  10. Files
    1. Desktop and documents in the Cloud setup
    2. Keep downloaded
    3. Expanded external drive file formats
    4. Erasing an external drive
  11. Fitness+
    1. For You in Summary
    2. For You
    3. Explore
    4. Library
    5. Search
    6. Awards
  12. Freeform
    1. Scenes
    2. Send a copy
    3. Snap to Grid
    4. Handwriting recognition
    5. Improved diagramming
    6. Math Results
  13. iCloud
    1. Settings redesign
  14. iCloud Mail
    1. iCloud Mail cleanup
    2. Manage old email
    3. Unsubscribe and delete
  15. Keyboard
    1. Keyboard Unified picker
    2. Inline stickers and Memoji
    3. Searchable stickers
    4. Multilingual keyboard
    5. Language detection
  16. Locked and Hidden Apps
    1. Locked apps
    2. Hidden apps
    3. Hidden apps folder
    4. Seamless authentication
  17. Move to iOS
    1. Faster migration
    2. Cabled migration
    3. Improved Wi-Fi migration
    4. Tips during migration
    5. Dual SIM labels
    6. Voice memo migration
  18. Music
    1. SharePlay on more devices
  19. Phone
    1. Call recordings
    2. Call transcripts
    3. Call history search
    4. Keypad search
    5. Live caller ID lookup
    6. Live Voicemail
    7. Dual SIM in Control Center
    8. Automatic Mic Mode
  20. Podcasts
    1. Chapter scrubbing
    2. Better playback control
    3. Share from transcripts
    4. Search suggestions as you type
  21. Reminders
    1. Calendar integration
    2. Recently deleted list
    3. Subtasks in Smart Lists
    4. Multi-language grocery lists
  22. SharePlay
    1. Ask to share
    2. Draw to highlight
    3. Remote control
    4. iPhone to iPhone, iPad to iPad
    5. Privacy friendly
    6. SharePlay on more devices
  23. Tips
    1. Tips sharing
  24. Weather
    1. Easier-to-find Feels Like temperature
    2. Home and work locations
    3. Prominent wind gusts and direction

261 Features Coming to iOS 18

Plus, for fun, I removed all the categories and groups to create a single-file list of all the features – assuming I didn’t miss anything, there’s 261 features coming to iOS 18 (according to the list Apple provided):

  1. Rewrite
  2. Style
  3. Proofread
  4. Summarize
  5. Describe
  6. Compose
  7. Image Playground app
  8. Create Images with Concepts
  9. Create Images with People You Know
  10. Create Images with Characters
  11. Create Images with Photos
  12. Create Images with Text
  13. Suggested Concepts
  14. Quick Previews
  15. Preview history
  16. Image Playground library
  17. Animation style
  18. Illustration style
  19. Sketch style
  20. Messages experience
  21. Deep integrations
  22. Personal context understanding
  23. In-app actions
  24. Onscreen awareness
  25. More resilient request handling
  26. Maintains conversational context
  27. Product knowledge
  28. Glowing edge light
  29. Type to Siri
  30. Predictive text in Siri keyboard
  31. Suggestions in Siri keyboard
  32. More natural voice
  33. More visually rich responses
  34. ChatGPT integration
  35. Reduce interruptions
  36. Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing
  37. Genmoji
  38. Mail Priority messages
  39. Preview summaries
  40. Thread summaries
  41. Smart Reply
  42. Smart Reply
  43. Summaries
  44. Transcription summaries
  45. Image Wand
  46. Priority notifications
  47. Notification summaries
  48. Announce Notifications support
  49. Call summaries
  50. Natural language photo and video search
  51. Create your own Memories
  52. Clean Up tool
  53. More flexible placement
  54. Unique page layouts
  55. Dark icons
  56. Tinted icons
  57. Larger icons
  58. Redesigned Control Center
  59. Groups of controls
  60. Controls gallery
  61. Controls on your Lock Screen
  62. Controls with the Action button
  63. Biggest-ever design update
  64. Collections
  65. Recent Days
  66. Groups in People & Pets
  67. Trips
  68. Wallpaper suggestions
  69. Collection view options
  70. Pinned Collections
  71. Hide screenshots from your library
  72. Months and Years highlights
  73. Expanded content types in Utilities
  74. Customize the Photos app
  75. Clean Up tool
  76. Edit albums in folders
  77. Album attribution
  78. Edit in light or dark mode
  79. Smart copy and paste edits
  80. Video speed control
  81. Creative stories
  82. Smart suggestions
  83. Text effects
  84. Text formatting
  85. Messages via satellite
  86. iMessage over satellite
  87. SMS over satellite
  88. Satellite connection in Dynamic Island
  89. Emoji and sticker Tapbacks
  90. Send Later
  91. RCS (Rich Communication Services)
  92. Low Quality Image Mode improvements
  93. High-quality Images
  94. Transactions category
  95. Updates category
  96. Promotions category
  97. Time sensitive
  98. Grouped by sender
  99. Quick action
  100. Recategorization
  101. Highlights
  102. Location highlights
  103. Summary highlights
  104. Music highlights
  105. Movie and TV show highlights
  106. Person highlights
  107. Redesigned Reader
  108. Distraction Control
  109. Passwords app
  110. Passwords and passkeys
  111. Sign in with Apple
  112. Wi-Fi passwords
  113. Verifications codes
  114. Sorting
  115. Syncing
  116. End-to-end encryption
  117. Windows support
  118. Hiking and walking
  119. Hikes
  120. Turn-by-turn navigation
  121. Create and save walking and hiking routes
  122. Topographic maps
  123. Discover and save places
  124. Game Mode
  125. Event tickets
  126. Pay with installments
  127. Pay with Rewards
  128. Apple Pay on Chrome and Windows PC
  129. Tap to Cash
  130. Tap to provision
  131. Siri Interactions
  132. Voice Isolation
  133. Personalized Spatial Audio for gaming
  134. Reduced gaming audio latency
  135. In-game voice quality
  136. Audio recording
  137. Live transcription
  138. Phone call transcription
  139. Math in Notes
  140. Access Math Notes from Calculator
  141. Collapsible sections
  142. Highlighting
  143. PDF inline search
  144. State of Mind integration
  145. Log mindful minutes
  146. Insights view
  147. Streaks
  148. Calendar
  149. Stats
  150. Search and sort
  151. Export and print
  152. Widgets
  153. Quick Actions
  154. Audio transcription
  155. More formatting options
  156. Shortcuts
  157. InSight
  158. Enhance dialogue
  159. More dynamic subtitles
  160. Hands-free unlock with home keys
  161. Guest access
  162. Pair Matter accessories without a hub
  163. Control robot vacuum cleaners in the Home app
  164. Electricity usage and rates
  165. Improved Contacts preferences
  166. Redesigned Privacy & Security settings
  167. Accessory Setup Kit
  168. Blocking sensitive content for children
  169. Eye Tracking
  170. Music Haptics
  171. Vocal Shortcuts
  172. Vehicle motion cues
  173. Spatial Audio
  174. Share Sign in with Apple credentials
  175. Math Notes
  176. Typed math
  177. Variables
  178. Graphing
  179. Adjust numbers
  180. Works with Notes
  181. Math Results
  182. History
  183. Editable expressions
  184. Portrait scientific calculator
  185. Unit conversions
  186. View reminders in Calendar
  187. Edit reminders in Calendar
  188. Create reminders in Calendar
  189. Updated Month view
  190. Refreshed look
  191. 5-second timer
  192. Continue playing music when taking a photo
  193. Adjust flash settings via touch and hold
  194. Next-gen Portraits enhancements
  195. Spatial Audio
  196. Accessibility
  197. Continuity Camera with Apple TV 4K
  198. Family Sharing invitations
  199. Recommended for your family
  200. Desktop and documents in the Cloud setup
  201. Keep downloaded
  202. Expanded external drive file formats
  203. Erasing an external drive
  204. For You in Summary
  205. For You
  206. Explore
  207. Library
  208. Search
  209. Awards
  210. Scenes
  211. Send a copy
  212. Snap to Grid
  213. Handwriting recognition
  214. Improved diagramming
  215. Math Results
  216. Settings redesign
  217. iCloud Mail cleanup
  218. Manage old email
  219. Unsubscribe and delete
  220. Keyboard Unified picker
  221. Inline stickers and Memoji
  222. Searchable stickers
  223. Multilingual keyboard
  224. Language detection
  225. Locked apps
  226. Hidden apps
  227. Hidden apps folder
  228. Seamless authentication
  229. Faster migration
  230. Cabled migration
  231. Improved Wi-Fi migration
  232. Tips during migration
  233. Dual SIM labels
  234. Voice memo migration
  235. SharePlay on more devices
  236. Call recordings
  237. Call transcripts
  238. Call history search
  239. Keypad search
  240. Live caller ID lookup
  241. Live Voicemail
  242. Dual SIM in Control Center
  243. Automatic Mic Mode
  244. Chapter scrubbing
  245. Better playback control
  246. Share from transcripts
  247. Search suggestions as you type
  248. Calendar integration
  249. Recently deleted list
  250. Subtasks in Smart Lists
  251. Multi-language grocery lists
  252. Ask to share
  253. Draw to highlight
  254. Remote control
  255. iPhone to iPhone, iPad to iPad
  256. Privacy friendly
  257. SharePlay on more devices
  258. Tips sharing
  259. Easier-to-find Feels Like temperature
  260. Home and work locations
  261. Prominent wind gusts and direction

 

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What’s new in Shortcuts for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15, watchOS 11 and visionOS 2 »

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From Apple Support:

New in iOS and iPadOS 18.0, macOS 15.0, watchOS 11.0, and visionOS 2.0

This update includes enhancements to the Shortcuts app across all platforms, including dozens of updated or new actions as well as hundreds of new glyphs for personalizing your shortcuts.

New actions

Accessibility

  • “Set Switch Control Switch State” can manipulate switches on iOS and visionOS
  • “Set Hover Text Enabled” can now enable or disable displaying larger versions of text on macOS

Freeform

  • “Create Board” and “Open Board” are available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

Journal

  • “Create Entry,” “Create Audio Entry,” and “Search Entries” are available on iOS and iPadOS

Magnifier

  • “Describe This,” “Detect Items,” “Start Point & Speak,” “Open Reader,” and “Start Activity” are available on iOS and iPadOS

Music

  • “Set Music Focus Filter” is available on iOS and iPadOS

Wallet

  • “Open Card” is is available on iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS

Shortcuts

  • “Create Folder” and “Create iCloud Link for Shortcut” are available on all platforms
  • “Add Shortcut to Home Screen” is available on iOS and iPadOS

Updated Actions

For those building custom shortcuts, some actions have been updated:

  • “If” now supports evaluating multiple conditions at once, combining them with Any or All
  • “If” now supports selecting date and time values inline
  • “Open Smart List” can now open any Reminders list
  • “Match Text” now indicates invalid regular expressions above the keyboard
  • “Recognize Music” support has been expanded to watchOS
  • “Listen to Page” support has been expanded to visionOS

Shortcuts editor

For those building custom shortcuts, some changes have been made to the shortcut editor:

  • Faster search, improved categorization, and other enhancements to finding actions
  • Actions can be pinned for quick access
  • Keyboard navigation support has been expanded on macOS, including ⌘F for search, navigation with the tab and arrow keys, and more
  • Over 200 new icon glyphs allow greater expressivity in your shortcut icons, including animals, sports, home devices, and more
  • Improved performance and reliability

Control Center

  • Control Center now includes a Shortcuts Control that can be configured to run any available shortcut or open apps

Learn about the features in Shortcuts for iOS and iPadOS 17, macOS 14, watchOS 10 and visionOS 1.

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Stephen Robles: Discover 10 New iOS 18 Shortcuts Actions! »

From Stephen Robles on YouTube:

Explore the latest shortcuts actions in iOS 18, including powerful new tools for Apple Journal, HomeKit, and Safari. Learn how to streamline your workflow with multi-conditional if statements, smart home toggles, and better organization for your Shortcuts.

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Apple releases new Final Cut Camera app, plus smart updates to Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac »

From Apple Newsroom:

Today, Apple released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2, transforming iPad into an even more powerful production studio, and Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 with important artificial intelligence-driven organizational updates that make workflows more efficient.

On the Live Multicam feature and Final Cut Camera app:

With the all-new Live Multicam feature, users can wirelessly connect and preview up to four cameras at once, all in one place. Using a combination of iPhone and iPad devices, users will have a director’s view of each camera and manual control of their preferences using the all-new pro app Final Cut Camera. Final Cut Camera powers Live Multicam and also works as a standalone recording app on iPhone and iPad, with the ability to adjust settings like manual focus, shutter speed, ISO, and more.

On Final Cut Pro for iPad 2:

For more storage flexibility while working with large files, Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 now supports external projects, a top-requested feature.2 Users can create new projects or open an existing project without taking up internal storage space.

On Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8:

Enhance Light and Color automatically adjusts video for color correction, while Smooth Slo-Mo intelligently blends video frames for the highest-quality movement. Also, new organizational tools improve efficiencies in post-production workflows, including custom names for color corrections and video effects in the inspector; the ability to search for and navigate to clips with missing media or effects in the timeline index; and text-based timeline search with information like reel, scene, camera angle, and more

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Arc Search Updated To Be Usable on iPad, Tablet Design Comes Later »

From Julia Roggatz at The Browser Company (and formerly of Muse) in a thread on Twitter:

Arc on iPad is here! 🚀

(Well, sort of…)

We heard you loud and clear, and today’s update of Arc Search will finally be usable on your iPad.

Arc Search was designed for your phone, and we’ll continue to make it our core mission to bring you the best browsing experience on the go.

But so many of you have asked for a better experience on the iPad as well, and we don’t want to keep you waiting.

Arc Search now comes with an iPad version that has all your favorite features and a browsing experience that’s streamlined for a larger screen.

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While we hope to eventually explore a version of “Arc on iPad” that’s reimagined for the tablet form factor from the ground up, we wanted to give you something that we can build fast, and that you can use today.

I honestly love this approach and wish more apps would do this. iPad users are willing to wait for better versions, but leaving us without anything now means your app can’t be part of our workflow at all.

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The Talk Show Live From WWDC 2024 »

From Daring Fireball on YouTube:

John Gruber is joined by special guests John Giannandrea, Craig Federighi, and Greg Joswiak to discuss Apple’s announcements at WWDC 2024. Recorded in front of a live (and lively) audience at The California Theatre in San Jose, Tuesday 11 June 2024.

Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Welcome

00:01:34 – iMazing

00:03:41 – Flexibits

00:06:53 – Flighty

00:09:25 – Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak: Platforms

01:16:12 – John Giannandrea: Apple Intelligence

Always great to watch this in-person.

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The New Craft Design Technology Multifunctional Pen from Ugmonk »

From Ugmonk:

The 3-in-1 Multifunction Pen from Craft Design Technology is like the grown up version of those plastic multicolor pens we all had as kids. Simply twist the barrel to change from black ink to red ink to a mechanical pencil. It uses a unique oil and water-based ink formula that’s long lasting and creates a super smooth writing experience. The metal body is decorated with the brand’s signature graphic pattern which provides a nice, comfortable grip.

This new 3-in-1 pen/pencil from Ugmonk looks fantastic.

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FINPAC Dual Sleeve Carrying Case For iPad and MacBook »

From Tim Chaten on mastodon.social:

This is for me the perfect MacPad bag/sleeve – wish there were more dual sleeves out there – https://a.co/d/izdqZi4.

I just got this for WWDC to separate my computers from my camera bags – thanks for the recommendation, Tim.

Everyone else, go listen to his podcast, iPad Pros.

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How to Use ChatGPT With Siri on Your iPhone »

From Nelson Aguilar at CNET:

You don’t have to wait to start using ChatGPT with Siri on your iPhone.

If the rumors are true, Apple will be integrating Open AI’s ChatGPT into iOS 18 in one way or another. This and other AI announcements could be on tap at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, which you can watch live next week on June 10. But even if the ChatGPT integration with Siri is announced, we most likely won’t see iOS 18 released broadly until later this year.

Still, if you have the ChatGPT app on your iPhone, you can integrate it with Siri right now. Here’s what you need and how to do it.

Don’t forget to try my ChatGPT shortcuts too.

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Apple USB-C to SD Card Reader »

From Amazon:

The USB-C to SD Card Reader transfers high-resolution photos and videos at UHS-II speeds to your USB-C enabled Mac, iPad, or iPhone. Designed so it won’t block your other ports, it works with UHS-II SD cards and is backward compatible with other SD cards and adapters.

For years, Apple didn’t make these anymore and relied on a third-party model from SanDisk (which I still use). However, since I always lose the dang thing right when I need it most, I figured I should get another ahead of WWDC.

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New Vision Pro immersive Environment added to Apple Developer app for WWDC »

From Chance Miller at 9to5Mac:

Ahead of WWDC kicking off on Monday, the Apple Developer app on Vision Pro has been updated with a new Environment. This marks the first Environment available in the Apple Developer app, and it plays on Apple’s artwork for WWDC 2024:

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