Category: catalyst

Messages on the Mac may finally catch up to its iOS counterpart

Post author By Randall
Post date May 23, 2020
Categories In Apple, catalyst, gear, imessage, Mac, macos, messages, Messaging, News, personal computing, software, Tech, text messaging

[ad_1] The Messages app on the Mac has lagged behind its iOS equivalent for a long time — it’s good for answering text messages without reaching for your iPhone, but many of the features and effects are missing. It might catch up this year, though. The 9to5Mac team has discovered hints of an overhauled Messages […]

Apple brings code-teaching app Swift Playgrounds to the Mac

Post author By Randall
Post date February 13, 2020
Categories In Apple, catalyst, gear, Internet, ios, Ipad, macos, swift playgrounds, Tech

[ad_1] The app’s transition from tablet to desktop (and MacBook) has been enabled by Catalyst, Apple’s framework for making iOS software run on macOS. It’s not entirely the same app as it was on the tablet, and now Swift Playgrounds works with the mouse, enabling click-and-drag for you to build your programs. And, with iCloud […]

Twitter’s Catalyst-powered Mac app is here

Post author By Randall
Post date October 10, 2019
Categories In catalina, catalyst, Entertainment, macos, personal computing, personalcomputing, Tech, Twitter, twitter for mac

[ad_1] Now that macOS Catalina is available, developers can use Apple’s Mac Catalyst tech to deliver versions of their iPad apps for use on the desktop, and one of the most anticipated releases has been the desktop Twitter app. Originally announced this summer at WWDC 2019, it’s available for free from the App Store so […]