Month: October 2019

Twitter for Mac now available in the Mac App Store

Dan Uff October 12, 2019 0

Twitter has released a version of its iOS Twitter app for the Mac. It will only work with MacOS 10.15 due to a technology called Catalyst that allows iOS apps to run on Mac.

Features include:
– Access premium and exclusive live streams directly from your Mac
– Watch the latest events unfold in real time from around the world

Timeline
– Discover what your favorite sports, news, politics, and entertainment thought leaders are talking about
– Experience dynamic media — like photos, videos, and GIFs
– Retweet, share, like, or reply to Tweets in your timeline
– Write a Tweet to let the world know what’s happening with you

Explore
– See what topics and hashtags are trending now
– Discover Moments, curated stories showcasing the very best of today’s biggest events
– Get caught up on news headlines and videos
– Relive the latest sports highlights
– Be in the know about pop culture and entertainment
– See what fun stories are going viral

Notifications
– Find out who started following you
– Discover which of your Tweets were liked or Retweeted
– Respond to replies or be alerted to Tweets you were mentioned in

Messages
– Chat privately with friends and followers
– Share Tweets and other media
– Create a group conversation with anyone who follows you

Profile
– Customize your profile with a photo, description, location, and background photo
– Look back at your Tweets, Retweets, replies, media, and likes

Connect
– Get suggestions on influential people to follow
– Sync your contacts to find friends currently on Twitter or invite more

Twitter for Mac is a free app. More info via Apple’s Mac App Store here.

How to use Sidecar with an iPad and a Mac

Dan Uff October 12, 2019 0

For those of us who could upgrade to MacOS 10.15 Catalina and have a newer Mac, we have the option to extend our display on to an iPad.

The feature (named Sidecar) is easy to set up, implement, and use.

Here's how:

Put your iPad on the right or left of your Mac.
At the top of the screen is an Airplay icon.
Click on the icon and select the name of the iPad you wish to use.

If you don't see an Airplay icon:

Open a Finder window.
Click and hold down the green icon (upper-left)
A new drop-down menu appears.
Click on the Move to your iPad option.
Sidecar should begin working.

Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks ink Apple TV+ deal for $200+ million

CompuScoop Staff October 11, 2019 0

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman’s Playtone have made a deal with Apple for an event limited series based on the Donald L. Miller book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany. It is a followup to their Emmy-winning WWII HBO miniseries Band Of Brothers and The Pacific.

The book tells the story of the American bomber boys in WWII who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep. It becomes the first series greenlit with Apple serving as the studio. Deadline hears that the miniseries will be more than eight hours in length, and that it will cost well north of $200 million to produce…

Masters of the Air will stream exclusively on Apple TV+, and it becomes the second project there for Spielberg after the anthology series Amazing Stories.

Via: Deadline