Apple says some developers are quite happy with the App Store’s upcoming Small Business Program
Apple has published a press release quoting several different developers praising the company’s upcoming Small Business Program.
Apps
MacX Video Converter Pro: convert, download, compress, edit videos at lightning speed [sponsor]
Convert, edit, download and resize your media with a hardware-accelerated performance that makes the most out of your CPU and GPU with MacX Video Converter Pro.
Apple extends deadline for online group event in-app purchase requirement
Apple has extended the deadline for online group event in-app purchase requirements until early 2021.
How to force universal Mac apps to run under Rosetta emulation instead of natively
Whether for troubleshooting, code development or pure fun, you can force an Intel + Apple Silicon app to use the slower Rosetta emulation instead of running natively at full speed.
Apple is shutting down App Store Connect for the holidays between December 23 and 27
Apple is shutting down app submissions with App Store Connect for the holiday season, starting December 23, 2020.
TextSniper for Mac lets you instantly grab any text from an image, PDF, chart or even video
This super useful Mac app makes it a cinch to extract text from graphics and digital documents in seconds.
Snapchat unveils TikTok-like Spotlight with $1 million fund for creators
$1 million will be divided among creators based on popularity of their Snaps, the company said. Content creators can submit their best video Snaps for inclusion to the Spotlight feed starting today.
Plan, Widget Shortcuts, Neatsy, and other apps to check out this weekend
In this week’s edition of our Apps of the Week roundup we have a clean and simple finance tracker, an app that turns your Shortcuts into widgets, and an app that uses AR and AI to find your shoe size for online orders. And as always, we’ve selected two great new games to check out.
Developers can now create subscription offer codes for their apps
Subscription offer codes for App Store apps and games are now available to Apple’s registered developers.
CrossOver software can already run Windows games and apps on the new Apple Silicon Macs
They’re currently putting together a list of Windows apps and games that work on Apple Silicon Macs.
Pixelmator Pro 2.0 brings native support for Apple Silicon Macs and macOS Big Sur
The update brings a more intuitive design along with support for the new Macs powered by Apple’s M1 chip, full compatibility with macOS Big Sur and a whole lot more.
You can now get a version of Google’s Chrome browser that’s optimized for Apple Silicon Macs
You can also run the Intel version on your M1-powered Mac through Rosetta emulation, at the expense of speed.
