It is highly likely that there are particular phrases that you type repeatedly over the course of a day or week. Built in to iOS and macOS is a text replacement feature that allows you to set a text shortcut which you can use to quickly insert a particular phrase. For example, you probably enter...
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Question: What app do you use or recommend to scan old photos on iOS? (Bart Vermeiren, @bart2525)
FedericoIf you don’t want to use a traditional scanner app that outputs scans to JPEG (I recommend Scanbot and Scanner Pro), you might want to consider a dedicated utility built specifically to scan old photographs. Unfade, made...
Apple Q4 2016 Results: $46.9 Billion Revenue, 45.5 Million iPhones, 9.2 Million iPads Sold
Apple has just published their financial results for Q4 2016, which covered the three months from July through to September 2016. The company posted revenue of $46.9 billion with a quarterly net profit of $9 billion. Apple sold 9.2 million iPads, 45.5 million iPhones, and 4.8 million Macs during the quarter.
“Our strong September quarter results cap a very successful fiscal 2016 for Apple,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re thrilled with the customer response to iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2, as well as the incredible momentum of our Services business, where revenue grew 24 percent to set another all-time record.”
Neat macOS Utilities
[[graham]] TinkerTool There are a bunch of preference settings hidden away inmacOS that just aren’t easily accessible. TinkerTool surfaces these hidden preferences and allows you to toggle them on and off with simple checkboxes. TinkerTool also features a reset button, so if you have made too many changes and want to go back to...
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In last week’s issue of MacStories Weekly, I replied to a question about interactive iMessage bubbles and whether apps could generate them outside of Messages. I wrote that developers couldn’t generate custom bubbles in their regular apps, but I was wrong. Apps that provide an iMessage component can also send interactive messages (the custom...
Great Console & PC Games Ported to iOS, Vol. 1
[[graham]] Grand Theft Auto In recent years Rockstar has been porting the older editions of the critically acclaimed and immensely popular Grand Theft Auto series to iOS. As of today you can get the following Grand Theft Auto games on iOS: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto...
Turning App Store Links into Markdown Documents
In every issue of MacStories Weekly, we highlight a few iOS and Mac apps that have recently launched or that received an update worth mentioning. We do this because, while we can’t cover every single new app or app update with an-depth review on MacStories, we think there’s value in pointing our members to...
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Question: I’ve noticed a limitation in several apps that have a Messages extension, and I’m curious to know if this is a limitation caused by Apple’s APIs or developers. In apps I’ve tried, you can’t share the same rich information directly from the app that you can from Messages. For example, if I want to...
Apple Debuts New Advert Showcasing Redesigned Apple Music
Apple yesterday debuted a new advert on its YouTube channel which showcases the redesigned Apple Music that comes with iOS 10. The extended, 80 second, advert explores the key features of Apple Music and actually shows, step-by-step, how you can use the app.
The walk-through begins by showing how you can access your own music library, and then moves on to demonstrate the For You feature of Apple Music which, based on your tastes and listening history, will recommend “music you’ll love next”. The advert then pivots to demonstrating how you can share music and your playlists, before showing you how to download music to your device and explore new music in the Browse tab of Apple Music. Finally, the advert highlights the live and on demand radio stations that Apple Music offers, with a particular focus on Beats 1, which also offers interviews with musicians.
This Apple Music advert follows last month’s tongue-in-cheek Apple Music advert featuring James Corden. You can watch this advert on Apple’s YouTube page, or below the break.
(via MacRumors)