At long last, Apple has released Apple Music Classical, a free app for Apple Music subscribers that seeks to address the challenges posed by classical music. Kirk McElhearn has written more about dealing with classical music on the Mac and iPhone than anyone, and he brings his decades of experience to reviewing Apple Music Classical. Do you publish on the Internet? Glenn Fleishman looks at Authory, a service that helps writers preserve a permanent record of their work and share it with their audience. Finally, Apple has announced dates for its Worldwide Developer Conference, where it will unveil the latest versions of its operating systems. Notable Mac app releases this week include CleanMyMac X 4.13, ScreenFlow 10.0.9, Transmit 5.9.2, Scrivener 3.3.1, and Pages 13, Numbers 13, and Keynote 13.
Mark your calendars—Apple has announced that its Worldwide Developer Conference will kick off on 5 June 2023. Will the keynote reveal more than the next versions of Apple's operating systems?
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People unfamiliar with classical music who want to discover new music will find the Apple Music Classical app more than sufficient. Classical music fans familiar with the genre and looking for uncommon recordings will find it somewhat frustrating.
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Introduces two new sections to the Mac maintenance utility: Connected Devices and External Drives. ($89.95 new, free update, 116 MB, macOS 10.13+)
Bug fix update for the screencast recording and video-editing app. ($149 new, free update, 84.7 MB, macOS 10.15+)
Adds support for opening ftp+tls:// URLs from the command line. ($45 new, free update, 35.7 MB, macOS 11+)
Brings compilation improvements for PDF, ebooks, and DOCX files to the long-form writing tool. ($49 new, free update, 134 MB, macOS 10.12.1+)
Enables exporting and sending of documents in a different format from the macOS Share menu. (Free, various sizes, macOS 12.3+)
