As The One True John has written up over at MacStories, Reminders is getting a big overhaul with macOS Monterey and iOS 15. Like Notes before it, Reminders is becoming a powerful application for those who want more than just the basics.
I’m all for it; I think these additions are just fantastic. I really just have one last low-hanging fruit: I’d like the app to be able to show a badge for tasks due Today and not just Overdue ones.
Ron Amadeo has written a real tale of woe for Ars Technica:
Google Talk, Google’s first-ever instant messaging platform, launched on August 24, 2005. This company has been in the messaging business for 16 years, meaning Google has been making messaging clients for longer than some of its rivals have existed. But thanks to a decade and a half of nearly constant strategy changes, competing product launches, and internal sabotage, you can’t say Google has a dominant or even stable instant messaging platform today.
Apple’s constant reworking of Safari 15 this summer has been one of the most interesting software stories to come out of the company in a long time. It’s not very often that we see Apple rework something so thoroughly in public.
I’m a fan of the changes Apple has made to Safari 15 so far. The iPhone version was a big mess, and the “compact” tab designed that debuted on the Mac and the iPad made little sense on devices with larger screens. As the time of this writing, we’re still in the beta cycle, but I suspect the options to move the iPhone’s browser UI to the top or bottom of the screen will ship, as will the ability to go back to the compact view on the iPad and Mac. Combined with the option to show color in the tab bar, it’s hard to believe these are all the same browser:
This could be the best change in Monterey; the current iWork icons are a travesty:
If you use Alfred and Reminders, Robb Knight has some good news for you.
Need to run an emulated Apple II in a browser to run The Print Shop to make some PDFs? This website is for you.
We’re excited to announce that Pocket Casts will be joining Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. More than 80M people in the US listen to a podcast weekly, and this critically acclaimed podcast app makes it easier for fans to discover podcasts and customize their listening experience. Pocket Casts has been recognized by The New York Times, WIRED, The Verge, and other top publications for its exquisite design and user-friendly features.
Apple has reworked much of Safari 15’s user interface as of today’s beta releases. Tabs have returned to their own row below the address bar, on the Mac at least:
The tabs look a little too much like touch targets on the Mac,1 but I can live with that given what we had in the first two betas, when Apple smashed together tabs and the address bar.
Mario Guzman has made something delightful:
A mini player remote for Apple Music.
A take on the classic iTunes widget.
I’ve used ScreenFlow on a couple of recent videos and have been really impressed. The new version looks even better and I’m sure I’ll be putting it to good use soon.
Dr. Drang has written about how he sees Shortcuts slotting into the Mac’s preexisting automation tools. The more time I spend with this topic, the more relieved I feel about how Apple has gone about this.
Well, this is perfect: