This issue marks TidBITS’s 34th anniversary, so Adam Engst shares some stats and thoughts about where TidBITS is now, along with some additional Mac app discounts for TidBITS members. Apple has finally shown a little love for sports other than a handful of high-profile spectator sports, albeit by getting a team of runners in a long-distance relay race to plug the Apple Watch Ultra 2. TidBITS sponsor Listen Later shows that they’re listening now, too, by implementing suggestions from our readers. Finally, after several of his credit cards failed to show up in 1Password’s autofill pop-up, Adam solved the problem and has started working with 1Password support to figure out what went wrong. Notable Mac app releases this week include Audio Hijack 4.4, Bookends 15.0.1, OmniFocus 4.2, Pages 14, Numbers 14, and Keynote 14, and Pixelmator Pro 3.5.8.
Apple has posted an account of a team using the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (and iPhone 15 Pro Max) during The Speed Project, an unofficial, unsanctioned relay race from Santa Monica to Las Vegas. Adam Engst wonders how well the technology really worked.
The Listen Later text-to-podcast service now features outro music after each podcast episode and provides a Chrome extension for easier submission. Also, if a paywall is blocking you from converting an article to a podcast, TidBITS readers have developed a workaround.
Annoyed by several of his credit cards not showing up in 1Password’s autofill pop-up, Adam Engst spelunked through the card metadata and found the offending field.
It’s our 34th anniversary today, and Adam Engst marks the occasion by sharing some thoughts and stats about where TidBITS is now, along with new discounts on apps from the Ukrainian companies Belight Software and MacPaw.
Watchlist
Audio-recording workflow app brings a new audio capture backend and various improvements. ($64 new, free update, 37.1 MB, macOS 14+)
Maintenance release for the recently upgraded reference management tool. ($74.99 new, $49.99 upgrade, free update for version 15 users, 113.5 MB, macOS 10.13+)
Introduces new custom perspective rules for Pro edition users. ($74.99 new, free update, 31.6 MB, macOS 13+)
Adds support for selecting multiple noncontiguous portions of text to all three iWork apps. (Free, various sizes, macOS 13+)
Improves support for vector PDFs, including those created using Apple apps like Safari, Keynote, and Pages. ($49.99 new, free update, 644.3 MB, macOS 12+)
