My old iOS shortcuts usually walked the path of tedious madness for the pure purpose of compatibility. I needed a shortcut that would work equally well on all platforms, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and even on HomePod, and that meant several things: one. I can’t have shortcuts relying on apps that do not exist universally, two. there has to be a way to save data shortcuts have treated, three. any save datas from apps had to be exported and imported from iCloud. With the sandboxing Shortcuts follow, creating a seamless shortcut was rather painful.
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App to Add Custom Fonts on iOS
Both macOS and iOS have similar font book system, where the fonts a user installs are all stored and managed from one place. The big asterisk for iOS version of font book is that it lacks the feature to import custom fonts from external sources. The only way to do so on mobile devices is to download a font from the App Store; but as far as I’m concerned, most fonts aren’t sold separately on the Apple App Store.
PCalc Spiel
Have you read any iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS rumors for this year? Behind all the ‘throw the pasta on the wall’ schtick, there was one I couldn’t laugh about. It’s the calculator app. Calculator apps on any Apple devices were either too old it was a place holder item for announcement of App Store, or it shouldn’t exist from the start. I suppose someone, or some team, in California wrote bunch of basic apps to show off what a new “smart-phone” is then forgot about it. The default app is finally brushed up for the future, but let’s talk alternatives.
How to Fix Erroneous Apple Music Geoblock Message
Being a music streaming platform, Apple Music isn’t free from geoblock. Or better yet, Apple Music and others are generally not from licensing disagreement often found in music industry. I personally find it odd that interested parties behind a streaming agreement would rather pull the song down, rather than keeping the fees on the balance to be divided after the lawsuit. Call it, ‘for fans’, or whatever.
Add Second Address Line on Mac Calendar
This will allow the Calendar app to keep track of the locations automatically, while keeping track of more detailed information.
When iTunes Home Sharing won’t appear on iOS
iTunes will ask for your credential soon after. You should be able to see iTunes libraries on your iOS devices as well.
Beta Software is not a Press Release Copy
So if you are inclined to test the new features of any softwares, be it Mac or iOS, do so at your own discretion. Because that slideshows were meant to explain the upcoming product development, not the product itself. And if you happen to write about one, at least quote it from the manufacturers, not the coupon booklet.
FBI is Still Nagging Apple for Backdoor Access
Last but not least, we should also not look away from the fact that Texas shooting was an isolated incident that was brought up and raised as a red herring. Opening the shooter’s phone could give some closures, but there is no secret society plotting against lady liberty. And if there was a secret society plotting against United States, that should not be an excuse to ban a technology or to wiretap every household, but an initiative to take down the said clandestine organization. We can make a compromise for 2 days in a year, but this must not escalate…
Here Comes the Downhill of Mighty Apple
In conclusion, What is Apple’s new direction? Do they even care to have one? Or are they slowly dying?