At this meeting, held on 6th February, we talked about Apple Creator Studio and the new features it adds to the iWork applications. Members also raised a number of other topics.
Apple Creator Studio
We talked about Apple’s announcement of Creator Studio which includes Apple’s professional media applications and adds features to them and the iWork applications for a regular subscription payment. The applications included are:
- Final Cut Pro
- Logic Pro
- Pixelmator Pro
- Motion
- Compressor
- MainStage
- And addition features in Pages, Numbers and Keynote
Apple have a good summary of how the programme works.
Liz pointed out this useful video from Mac Most which tests the backwards compatibility of documents created in the new iWork apps and with the Creator Studio exclusive features.
Apple News
We discussed recent Apple-related news, including:
- The updated AirTag 2 is now available.
- Tim Cook expands on Apple’s collaboration with Google to use Gemini.
Member Topics
- Ferrers explained some more about OBS (Online Broadcaster Software).
- Ferrers talked about water towers including Newton le Willows water tower and Balkerne Water Tower, “Jumbo” in Colchester. This lead to DaveK mentioning the Maunsell Forts.
- Liz asked about changing the header on subsequent pages in a Pages document. Ferrers, Robert and DaveK assisted with this and showed that this can be done by using multiple sections (see “Format a section” in the linked guide).
- Ben asked about a problem he has with Notes on iOS 26 where the list jumps when he tries to tick off checklist items. We think we were able to replicate the problem so he will report it to Apple.
- Ben noted that this year’s Super Bowl will feature a half time show presented by Apple Music.
- DavidB recommended The Last Thing He Told Me and Drops of God both on Apple TV.
- Elliott mentioned briefly seeing a “New AI Window” option in Firefox. We investigated and it seems this is a forthcoming feature that’s not yet available.
- Alan asked about experiences with the AirPods Pro 3 Hearing Aid feature.