Jay Peters
Approved.
Delta 1.6 for the App Store has been approved following an earlier rejection. The new update adds support for a bunch of native iPad features.
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Only one tablet has survived the rise and fall of the tablet craze — mostly unscathed, that is— and that’s the Apple iPad. First launched in 2010, the original iPad mostly served as a larger iPhone, but without calling capabilities. And with no front-facing camera, you couldn’t even place video calls. Fast forward almost a decade and Apple’s tablet lineup are bonafide laptop replacements for some. Apple has adapted the iPad in form, function, and overall cost in such a way that it’s become the no-brainer tablet purchase.
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Richard Lawler
Epic is one step closer to relaunching Fortnite on iPhones — in the EU.
Hours after posting that a notarization submission for the Epic Games Store had been rejected by Apple, Epic and its CEO Tim Sweeney now say it has been un-rejected (a familiar situation here).
We’re still months away from EU residents actually getting the store on their iPhones and iPads, complete with Fortnite, but one barrier has been removed.
Alex Cranz
It looks like iPadOS 18 has a drive formatting tool.
Given how badly Apple would like people to edit video on iPads it makes sense. This year Final Cut Pro for iPad introduced support for external drives too.
It all sort of feels like iPadOS is becoming a proper computer OS—but as with FCP there are caveats. There’s only three drive formats to choose from and other tools, like First Aid, are still missing.
Emma Roth
Final Cut Pro’s big update is here.
The new versions of Final Cut Pro are rolling out to the iPad and Mac starting today. While the iPad version of the app includes a new live multicam feature and external project support, the Mac update features new AI editing features. Both apps are available as a free update for existing users.
New versions of Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac available today
[Apple Newsroom]
Allison Johnson
Nathan Edwards
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Umar Shakir
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Wes Davis
Delta gets some prideful skins.
Sean Fletcher, a UI designer who makes skins for the Delta emulator for iOS, announced a series of Pride-themed skins (pictured in the gallery below).
You can pay what you want, but Fletcher says June 2024 proceeds from this particular set will go to Rainbow Railroad, a non-profit devoted to aiding LGBTQI+ people around the world who face persecution. Here’s a guide for installing Delta skins.
1/7Sean Fletcher’s Delta Pocket Pride skins. Image: Sean Fletcher
Allison Johnson
Umar Shakir
The iPad mini might get an OLED upgrade in 2026.
A report from ZDNet Korea (via AppleInsider) says Samsung is readying new OLED panels for production in late 2025 and are destined for an all-new 2026 iPad mini.
It’s not the most solid rumor, even after the iPad Pro’s OLED upgrade, but it would be great if Apple updated the iPad mini for the first time since 2021.
David Pierce
Andru Marino
Stem Splitter for Logic works great.
Here’s a quick demo of Stem Splitter, a new feature added to Logic Pro for iPad and Mac, which takes a single track of mixed instruments and splits it into individual multitrack files for remixing or sampling.
This idea, using AI to separate music tracks, seemed so novel only 6 months ago when we got a new Beatles song using a similar process with John Lennon’s old tape recordings.