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Aperture has a special torment place for me. Apple cancelling after I purchased the 400 dollar download version of it. Then not letting me download it when I reset my mac.
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Apple Announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad With Subscription Models
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Aperture has a special torment place for me. Apple cancelling after I purchased the 400 dollar download version of it. Then not letting me download it when I reset my mac.
Yeah, subscriptions suck, but there might be a benefit to some people/companies. It’s rare that productions need Final Cut in the field all the time, and for smaller companies you probably aren’t in the field all that often. In my previous job I was a video editor and producer. It would have been awesome to have a mobile iPad Final Cut Pro for the 3-6 months we did productions. The rest of the time I edited from a desktop.
It’s beginning to get more and more difficult to decide whether to go with a desktop system and an iPad supplement, or with just a laptop. IMO the laptop is still the ideal solution, but the other gets more and more tempting.
It’s beginning to get more and more difficult to decide whether to go with a desktop system and an iPad supplement, or with just a laptop. IMO the laptop is still the ideal solution, but the other gets more and more tempting.
Wow, this is news to me, but yes you’re correct. I guess the pirates will always find a way when there is enough reason to.
Not all M1 are built the same or operate in the same environment. The iPad is much more thermally constrained because of a smaller heat sink, no active cooling, and (most significantly) has a display that runs pretty hot directly on top of it generating lots of heat. There’s a reason the iMac uses a chin to house the internals for a chassis so thin.
This right here is a very interesting point.
A lot of people here are annoyed at the subscription model because it prevents actual ownership of the software.. but you bought Aperture to own it and yet Apple still had the final say on whether to make it available or not.
No one ever really reads the T&Cs so I wonder if the same thing could be said about purchased licenses of FCP/LP.
Does “different” mean that the Mac version doesn’t support drawing on the video, though? Because then, yeah, they’d be different even if the iPad version supports all the features of the Mac version.
My 27” iMac is collecting dust. My 2020 iPad Pro 12.9” is currently my primary computer. I use all of my old iMac accessories, like the keyboard Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad. I import photos from my Canon DSLR and I use GarageBand with electric guitars midi keyboards and microphones. Or I just keep all of that in my bag and use my pencil. Making spreadsheets, marketing collateral, FileMaker, quickbooks, VLC, Filmic Pro and DaVinci Resolve. ProCreate and Illustrator... I use Steam Link for a few games and Apple Arcade and Minecraft (with my PS4 controllers) - never really tried Fortnite though. I also use StageManager and lots of notes, stacks, and windows open. My biggest gap is Blender and MAYBE a better AutoCAD… hoping a proper LT now that it’s M1 native. And of course Xcode. And those three seem like a given at this point. If that happens I’m getting the M3 or whatever comes out next. No brainer.
Yes, I have it. Didn't really like how it functions … a bit limited/cumbersome for me.
There’s a ton of people chiming in on this who believe their use case is the only valid use case 🤷🏻♂️
Really? I find it indispensable. Replaced a hardware control surface, let’s me walk around and fidget with things, control playback when I want to track away from my desk; I think it’s one of Logic’s best features.
this has become the "learn to code" low value response for macrumors. be better.
Xcode has never had a price, and AFAIK shouldn’t ever have one because Swift is partly open source.
Also, developers pay the cost of using Xcode / swift once they’re publishing apps with their developer account fees. So in a way it already has a subscription model.
After watching the ad I realize that I’m not nearly hip or young enough to use this software. Maybe I need to start wearing a winter hat indoors year round and grow a beard? I’ll still be too old, but maybe I can be hip?
bookmarking this response for post WWDC discussion.
Xcode is a "pro" app though. consistency..
I just love the stupid argument people are making. “Omg. Subscription? Yuck. Paying $300 is way better. That’s 6 years worth of subscriptions!”
Yeah…what if you don’t need 6 years worth of editing and to pay for ALL that right now. I might just wanna edit a wedding video or something real quick and cancel. Then I’m only a whopping…$5 in.
Yeah…what if you don’t need 6 years worth of editing and to pay for ALL that right now. I might just wanna edit a wedding video or something real quick and cancel. Then I’m only a whopping…$5 in.
It's forbear was $799 (ProjectBuilder and Interface Builder with Frameworks) and the optional tools went up to $50k (EOF/WOF Enterprise) per seat.
Everything is going subscription, so get used to it. I'm seeing pro apps all moving to it, and in most cases it's a huge value. The more expensive the apps, the more of a value. These Apple apps are cheap-ish, so people will moan about it. Whatever.
For instance PreSonus Sphere. A tremendous value, and I'm subscribed to about five others along similar lines. But logic? Well whataget? Not much else.
For instance PreSonus Sphere. A tremendous value, and I'm subscribed to about five others along similar lines. But logic? Well whataget? Not much else.
If you don’t make $5 a month, you’re not really a professional video/audio creator.
Spoken, no doubt, from a member of a generation that doesn’t own its music, doesn’t own its own home, doesn’t own a car. Rent ware, in the end, is vapor ware. You don’t pay the monthly fee, you lose the ability to make changes to your source material.
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I hope this isn't the beginning of them eventually going to the subscription model for the mac versions. 😭