Whoa – Apple listened to feedback and there are some BIG changes to Stage Manager for iPadOS:
- Stage Manager on the iPad's screen is now supported on 2018 & 2020 iPad Pros
- External display support on M1 is getting delayed to a future software update
A year later, I want to say thank you to everyone who joined or upgraded. It's your support that allows us to keep growing and reaching the goals we have for MacStories.
❤️
Here's a recap of everything we've done in the past year for the new tiers:
- An active Discord server with community events
- Exclusive columns from me and @johnvoorhees
- App discounts + betas
- 14+ hours of exclusive AppStories.plus content
I was confused by iOS 16's App Shortcuts at first, but I get it now, and I think it's a genius move. 🧵
Biggest point of friction of Shortcuts for new users? The empty editor. They don't know how to get started, and the action library can be scary for people new to Shortcuts.
Apple tried to improve the onboarding and discoverability of Shortcuts in a few ways over the years. With the 'Add to Siri' button, they let users choose to save a shortcut to the Shortcuts app. They expanded the Gallery with Apple-made shortcuts. They revamped sharing.
None of these solutions, however, fixed the one basic issue:
Millions of people open the Shortcuts app, they see it's empty, and they don't know what to do with it.
So how do you add "immediate value" to the Shortcuts app and ensure people can discover it?
iOS 11 (2017): Apple completely reimagines multitasking for iPad.
The app picker is gone; now every interaction for Split View and Slide Over is based on drag and drop. There is a system-wide dock, and the whole operation is heavily touch-based.