Way, way back in 2016, Apple launched an app called "Music Memos". It was designed for musicians to capture song ideas right on their iPhone.
Apple is retiring the Music Memos app
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Ejectify auto-unmounts external disks when your Mac starts sleeping to prevent data loss
If you've ever connected an external disk to your Mac only to be troubled by a “Disk Not Ejected Properly” warning message as soon as it wakes up from sleep, then this app is for you.
Readdle launches Scanner Pro 8: OCR with full-text search, subscription model & more
Readdle's Scanner Pro software has received its biggest update in years. It now uses computer vision to turn your scanned images into raw text that you can use in other apps, with full-text search and more. On top of that, Readdle has switched Scanner Pro to a subscription model.
Library Card lets iPad users hide apps to the App Library
One of the new features to ship with iOS 14 is the App Library. Some people like the App Library because it lets them hide seldom used apps from the Home Screen and without the added clutter of folders, while others dislike it because they have less control over how apps are organized as opposed to creating and managing their own folders. Hiding apps to the App Library is optional, but one thing that struck me as odd is that it’s only available for the iPhone.
Library Card is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer garrepi that ports at least one of the App Library’s key features to jailbroken iPads running iPadOS 14. While it won’t bring the full blown App Library functionality like what we have on the iPhone with iOS 14 to the iPad, it will permit iPad users to hide apps from the Home Screen that they don’t use often without outright deleting them.
The best free diagram apps for Mac
Check out this list of the best free diagram apps for Mac that will have you building in no time. They’re each intuitive with great features!
Apple will publish privacy labels for preinstalled iOS apps on its website
One of the changes with iOS 14 is privacy labels, or "nutrition labels", for apps available in the App Store. These are designed to give users a quick glance at what kind of data is collected/monitored by each app.
Adobe Lightroom is now a native app for both Intel and Apple silicon Macs
Adobe yesterday updated Lightroom for Mac with Apple silicon support on the latest M1 machines, such as the new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac mini. Additionally, Lightroom for Windows has been updated with support for Windows on ARM.
Pixelmator Pro goes half price in a holiday sale
Longtime Apple fans will nod their head in approval when they hear me claiming that Pixelmator Pro is the best Photoshop alternative out there. If you're not among them and have yet to use this superb image-editing software, now's your chance because Pixelmator developers have taken fifty percent off the app's asking price in a huge holiday sale.
A Retro Widget update brings the original Snake II game to your Home screen
Before kids were connecting their PlayStation controllers to their smartphones to play Fortnite, they were moving a snake around a screen of their Nokia handset. But now, kids have apps like Retro Widget which brings the iconic game to the Home screen of an iPhone or iPad.
Algoriddim brings gesture control to djay Pro AI
German developer Algoriddim is turning air DJing into a reality with an update to its djay Pro AI iPad app, now available on the App Store, which brings a new gesture control feature.
Get a beautiful overview of your past year with Listening Reports in Doppler for iPhone
Earlier in the year, iDB featured the new Doppler music player for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. As an alternative to Apple’s Music app, Doppler lets you import, manage and edit your music with ease. And with the latest update, you can create beautiful yearly listening reports.
Apple shares what it asks developers for the App Store privacy “nutrition labels”
Apple two weeks ago reminded its registered developers to update their apps with new privacy “nutrition labels” in the App Store starting December 8. And now, the Cupertino tech giant has shared precisely all the details it asks developers for this new feature.