Month: June 2024

Apple ID to be renamed ‘Apple Account’

CompuScoop Staff June 21, 2024 1

With the releases of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, Apple ID is renamed to Apple Account for a consistent sign-in experience across Apple services and devices, and relies on a user’s existing credentials. – Apple Inc.

Take Control publisher Joe Kissell pointed out in a conversation that Apple ID and Apple Account aren’t precisely parallel, since an Apple ID was primarily an identifier — it’s an email address — whereas an Apple Account would have both a username and a password.

The real problem comes when tech writers document features across multiple versions of Apple’s operating systems. We’ll probably use both terms for a while before slowly standardizing on the new term. Blame Apple if you see awkward sentences like “Continuity features require that you be logged into the same Apple Account (Apple ID in pre-2024 operating systems).” Or maybe writers will compress further to “Continuity features require that you be logged into the same Apple Account/ID.”

Via: Tidbits

Hit Apple Arcade games Warped Kart Racers and Cityscapes: Sim Builder launch spatial experiences on Apple Vision Pro

Apple Inc June 21, 2024 0

Hit Apple Arcade games Warped Kart Racers and Cityscapes: Sim Builder launch spatial experiences on Apple Vision Pro

Apple Arcade players with Apple Vision Pro can boost their way into a whole new dimension in the raucous racing game Warped Kart Racers, releasing today on the service. Spatial titles on Apple Vision Pro deliver new gameplay experiences that blend digital content with the physical world. In Warped Kart Racers, players take control of some of their favorite 20th Television animated characters from American Dad!, Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Solar Opposites, using their hands to steer, drift, and throw objects as if driving a real kart in single-player and multiplayer matches.

On July 3, Cityscapes: Sim Builder, the Apple Arcade Game of the Year and Apple Design Award finalist, is expanding its gameplay into the player’s living room. With a new view of the city, players have the perfect bird’s-eye view to manage their city as mayor, making meaningful decisions that impact the health and happiness of their citizens. They’ll use their hands to lay down roads, build neighborhoods, and ultimately grow their city into a thriving, profitable, and sustainable place to live.

These games join more than a dozen spatial titles on Apple Arcade, including Game Room, WHAT THE GOLF?, Super Fruit Ninja, and recent releases such as Where Cards Fall, Crossy Road Castle, and Solitaire Stories. Players can also dive into their favorite Arcade games designed for iPhone and iPad with 250+ titles available now to enjoy on the incredible Apple Vision Pro display, with no ads or in-app purchases.

Along with this month’s releases for Apple Vision Pro, the service is launching new content updates today for hit spatial games on Apple Arcade, including:

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees: Players embark on a beautiful, heartfelt adventure when a family of gibbons find themselves lost in a dangerous world. The update adds the Liberation game mode, game controller support, and daily runs to compete with friends on the Game Center leaderboards.

Bloons TD 6+: The popular tower defense game adds a new hero, Rosalia, armed with lasers, grenades, and a jet pack. Players can also help Dr. Monkey in a new quest, and in a new event called Boss Rush, they’ll face multiple bosses on a series of islands that offer huge player rewards.

Pricing and Availability

Apple Arcade is available for $6.99 (U.S.) per month with a one-month free trial. Customers who purchase a new iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV receive three months of Apple Arcade for free.¹

Apple Arcade is part of Apple One’s Individual ($19.95 U.S.), Family ($25.95 U.S.), and Premier ($37.95 U.S.) monthly plans, with a one-month free trial.²

Arcade Originals are playable across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. App Store Greats are available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro.

An Apple Arcade subscription gives a family of up to six unlimited access to all the games in its catalog.

Availability for the 200+ titles across devices varies based on hardware and software compatibility. Some content may not be available in all areas.

This offer is available to new subscribers only. One subscription covers one Family Sharing group. The offer is good for three months after eligible device activation. The plan automatically renews until canceled. Restrictions and other terms apply.
The Apple One free trial includes only services that are not currently used through a free trial or a subscription. The plan automatically renews after the trial until canceled. Restrictions and other terms apply.

New versions of Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac available

Apple Inc June 21, 2024 0

New versions of Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac are now available.

Today, Apple released Final Cut Pro for iPad 2, transforming iPad into an even more powerful production studio, and Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 with important artificial intelligence-driven organizational updates that make workflows more efficient.

Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 unleashes the remarkable capabilities of the new iPad Pro with the outrageously fast M4 chip, enabling up to 2x faster rendering and supporting up to 4x more streams of ProRes RAW than with M1. With the all-new Live Multicam feature, users can wirelessly connect and preview up to four cameras at once, all in one place. Using a combination of iPhone and iPad devices, users will have a director’s view of each camera and manual control of their preferences using the all-new pro app Final Cut Camera. Final Cut Camera powers Live Multicam and also works as a standalone recording app on iPhone and iPad, with the ability to adjust settings like manual focus, shutter speed, ISO, and more.¹

For more storage flexibility while working with large files, Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 now supports external projects, a top-requested feature.² Users can create new projects or open an existing project without taking up internal storage space. Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 also supports the new Apple Pencil Pro, leveraging barrel roll for more precise control of Live Drawing tools, and squeeze to quickly pull up brushes and settings.

With Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8, users can take their professional workflow to the next level. Harnessing the power of the Neural Engine in Apple silicon, new AI features come to Final Cut Pro: Enhance Light and Color, and Smooth Slo-Mo. Enhance Light and Color automatically adjusts video for color correction, while Smooth Slo-Mo intelligently blends video frames for the highest-quality movement. Also, new organizational tools improve efficiencies in post-production workflows, including custom names for color corrections and video effects in the inspector; the ability to search for and navigate to clips with missing media or effects in the timeline index; and text-based timeline search with information like reel, scene, camera angle, and more.

Final Cut Pro for iPad 2³ and Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8⁴ are now available as free updates for existing users. For new users, Final Cut Pro for iPad 2 is available on the App Store for $4.99 (U.S.) per month or $49 (U.S.) per year, and Final Cut Pro for Mac 10.8 is available on the Mac App Store for $299.99 (U.S.).