Month: April 2022

Apple TV+ debuts trailer for new surfing docuseries ‘Make or Break,’ premiering April 29th

Apple Inc April 18, 2022 0

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Apple TV+ today released the trailer for “Make or Break,” the new seven-part surfing documentary series that delivers behind-the-scenes access to the world’s best surfers as they battle for the World Title at the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT).

As previously announced, the soon-to-premiere series has received an early season two renewal, with production underway during the current competition season.

Set to debut globally on Friday, April 29 on Apple TV+, the first season of the series spotlights internationally recognized surfers and features never-before-seen interviews with:

• 11-time world champion and 56-time career victory winner Kelly Slater
• Seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore
• Three-time world champion Gabriel Medina
• Two-time world champion Tyler Wright
• 2019 World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Italo Ferreira
• 2021 Olympian Tatiana Weston-Webb

Additional notable surfers featured in “Make or Break” include Morgan Cibilic, Johanne Defay, Leonardo Fioravanti, Jeremy Flores, John John Florence, Filipe Toledo, Kanoa Igarashi, Matt McGillivray, Isabella Nichols and Jack Robinson.

“Make or Break” offers behind-the-scenes access and intimate deep dive into the aspirations, challenges, accomplishments and personal lives of the surfers who compete to remain on the elite 2021 Men’s and Women’s WSL CT, and takes viewers on a journey to stunning surfing locations across the globe. The series follows the 2021 competition, navigating as the league responds to the global pandemic, while exploring the dynamic surfing culture along with timely issues, including diversity, mental health and the physical impact of the sport.

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The docuseries is produced for Apple by Box to Box Films, in partnership with the WSL. Executive producers are Oscar and BAFTA winner James Gay-Rees (“Exit Through the Gift Shop,” “Amy”), BAFTA nominee Paul Martin (“Formula 1: Drive to Survive”), and WSL CEO Erik Logan and Ryan Holcomb.

“Make or Break” joins Apple TV+’s slate of sports non-fiction programming including “They Call Me Magic,” the broadly anticipated event series chronicling the life and career of two-time NBA Hall of Famer and cultural icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson, set to premiere this year on April 22 on Apple TV+, as well as the recently announced new feature documentary about the groundbreaking life and career of seven-time Formula One world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, and “The Dynasty” documentary event series about the New England Patriots, from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries, in association with NFL Films.

Apple TV+ is home to award-winning Apple Originals from today’s most imaginative storytellers. Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries, and series have been honored with over 240 wins and more than 960 award nominations and counting, including this year’s Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”

Via: Apple, Inc.

App Review: Mini Motorways for Apple Arcade, iOS and MacOS

Dan Uff April 17, 2022 2

I don't play games much now a days. I used to during the Atari and then Nintendo years (yes, I am a 60s, 70s, and 80s kid).

One day, I was bored. So I went on to the Mac App Store and found a game called Mini Motorways.

The object of the game is to build a city by obtaining roads to keep the city going. These roads lead to factories that one builds the given roadways to from a house that keeps the factories going. If you don't (or can't) built the roads fast enough, the factories will run out of people to run it to keep up the demand as your city gets bigger. At the same time, you are completing against other players of the game to see which city is larger.

The game starts out with one factory and one house. You build a road between the two, and then the game expands with more factories and more houses. The player gets a limited amount of road for them to connect the two (or more) houses to factories. If the player runs out of road tiles, then they must wait until the game decides to give a player more while the city keeps demanding more cars to come to keep those factories going. If one cannot gets and build roads fast enough, the game ends with factories not getting enough cars to sustain it.

Pros:

Starts out slow and then gradually gets faster.
Great graphics and sound for iOS and Mac.
Good tutorial to get one started quickly.
Play in light or dark mode.
Color-blind mode.
Can enable or disable music and/or game's sound effects.

Cons:

Can get FRUSTRATING!
Never know when you'll get more roads or other items to complete roads to factory as time is running out.
Time goes by quickly when playing this game.

Bottom Line:

A very good game if you're into building cities and seeing how far you can take it.

Search for:

Mini Motorways in Apple Arcade, iOS or Mac App Store.

How to take a screen shot of an iOS screen using Siri

Dan Uff April 16, 2022 0

Did you know that you can use Siri to take what's currently on the screen on an iOS device? It's simple and fast.

Here's how:

Go to a screen you wish to take a screen shot of.
Activate Siri.
Say "Hey Siri, take a screen shot of this."
You'll hear the familiar camera click.
Now go into the Photos app.
The Screen Shot will be there.
That's it.

This may also work with the type to Siri feature.

Netflix’s Apple TV App now uses redesigned iOS 15 Video Player

CompuScoop Staff April 15, 2022 2

Netflix is currently in the process of rolling out an update to its Apple TV app, introducing support for the tvOS 15 player. As noted on Reddit and Twitter (via 9to5Mac), the updated interface began appearing on Apple TVs earlier this weekin version 2.1.23 of the app.

The tvOS 15 native player displays show and movie titles in a larger type on the bottom of the screen above the playback bar. There's also an updated information button that displays details about the content, run time, and subtitles, and more.

With this change, there is no longer an option to swipe down to access subtitles, language, sound output settings, and more, as the native tvOS 15 video player interface does not use that layout.

Some other streaming services like HBO Max also use the same native player, so the interface will feel familiar to those who already use apps that support the tvOS 15 player. Other apps like Amazon Prime Video continue to use their own interfaces and have not adopted support for the native player.

‌Apple TV‌ apps update automatically, so users should begin seeing the updated Netflix interface soon.

Via: MacRumors.com