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Universal Apps for Apple Silicon Macs: Pixelmator Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Darkroom, Ulysses, BBEdit, and More
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Looking forward to give Pixelmator Pro 2 a try. Pixelmator Pro is my goto photo editor at the moment. (We also have the entire Affinity suite as out Adobe replacement, but I prefer Pixelmator (pro) over Affinity Photo.)
Last couple of months I've kind of been forced to switch to VS Code (because all our new learning material, at the school where I teach, is based on VS Code). I - somewhat reluctantly - have to admit VS Code has improved since I tried it last (about a year ago).
I did try the Nova over the beta period, but never really got into it, and when the final realeas came struggled to see why I should pay for it then. It's now $79 (upgrade from Coda) and I cannot see me forking that out and use Nova over Sublime and/or VS Code. Anything I'm missing...?
I did love Coda back in the day, especially when I worked with php/html (often directly on servers via ftp for maintenance), without any version control or anything, but later drifted to Sublime Text as my day-to-day editor.
Last couple of months I've kind of been forced to switch to VS Code (because all our new learning material, at the school where I teach, is based on VS Code). I - somewhat reluctantly - have to admit VS Code has improved since I tried it last (about a year ago).
I did try the Nova over the beta period, but never really got into it, and when the final realeas came struggled to see why I should pay for it then. It's now $79 (upgrade from Coda) and I cannot see me forking that out and use Nova over Sublime and/or VS Code. Anything I'm missing...?
autocomplete oop php most doesnt appear in basic code editor. for lite editing i used bbedit or if project vscode because easier to search. For normal code phpstorm.Looking forward to give Pixelmator Pro 2 a try. Pixelmator Pro is my goto photo editor at the moment. (We also have the entire Affinity suite as out Adobe replacement, but I prefer Pixelmator (pro) over Affinity Photo.)
I did love Coda back in the day, especially when I worked with php/html (often directly on servers via ftp for maintenance), without any version control or anything, but later drifted to Sublime Text as my day-to-day editor.
Last couple of months I've kind of been forced to switch to VS Code (because all our new learning material, at the school where I teach, is based on VS Code). I - somewhat reluctantly - have to admit VS Code has improved since I tried it last (about a year ago).
I did try the Nova over the beta period, but never really got into it, and when the final realeas came struggled to see why I should pay for it then. It's now $79 (upgrade from Coda) and I cannot see me forking that out and use Nova over Sublime and/or VS Code. Anything I'm missing...?
im not sure the latest dreamweaver can handle namespace and its autocomplete php but last time i try 2020 pretty buggy.
Just tried this, in one sitting tying to do Ruby dev on it. I crashed 9 times in less than a hour... there is no way I would be comfortable using this after that kinda experience. TextMate 2 was a one time purchase that just keeps working and the source is on Github and forked incase the dev dies or abandons it.
I love what Apple are doing.
Computers have been so boring for so many decades now.
We needed someone to come in and break the norm and jump the tech forward,
Apple is the only one able to do this/
I love this and look forward to the next gen chips to follow next year
Computers have been so boring for so many decades now.
We needed someone to come in and break the norm and jump the tech forward,
Apple is the only one able to do this/
I love this and look forward to the next gen chips to follow next year
I thought it takes a long time to port an app, does have have a tool that they just copy and paste the source code and it will out put a universal application?
Near all business care about what makes maximum profit, this is why you don't see innovation. Thats what made Jobs special, he cared about the end product not the number at the bottom of the accountant's sheet.
If it is built with standard libraries you just build and test. Apple did all the work to update the libraries developers use.
I remember Shake. I had high hopes for it when Apple bought it. I mean if Apple bought Blackmagic they would have to bake DaVicini into Final Cut, people really rely on the software. I would be curious to see where it stands on install base. I imagine it's #2 in editing? Obviously the #1 go-to standard for color grading.
Didn't Adobe recently (like in the last two years maybe?) re-write Photoshop? After all, how were they able to bring it to the iPad? You would think both apps have a rather similar code base. I get that Adobe is a large company with a lot of applications but you would think, with that many engineers they can get a few dedicated to making M1 compatible software.
Haven't used BBEdit in many years, but it was a fantastic editor back when I was using it. I am super impressed that they've maintained the codebase enough to be able to switch to Silicon native out of the gate like this. Way to go BareBones!
Spoken like a true dinosaur! Just kidding, but seriously, Dreamweaver is long past its glory days. Nova is bleeding edge awesomeness! Young and lots of growing up to do, but a truly excellent editor.
If all your users were to migrate. But they won't be the case. I would say 99% of professional Photoshop, Premiere users etc. use it on a machine at least the higher-end 13inch mbp from the last 3 years or better.
Apple hasn't yet replaced those. Now you can believe that these machines will be running circles around those machines and thus will be good enough for pros. But the you also kind of have to buy into that Rosetta is the best thing since sliced bread and your non-native code might run even better. Now if that's true universally (likely not), Adobe doesn't need rushing a native version right?
This. I am still shocked there is no full blown Web IDE like Dreamweaver. If there were any, I would say farewell to CC forever.
Edit: I just checked Nova. It’s basically over glorified text editor.
I was confused by the use of the phrase "apps have also been updated with native support for...the M1 chip", when it seems what they mean is that the apps have been updated to run natively on the M1. I.e, I'm used to "native support" being used in the opposite way—when hardware supports data or software formats, e.g., "EGA and VGA video adapters natively support code page 437" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_(computing)). Is the way MacRumors is using the phrase technically correct?
Also, having a universal binary that accommodates AS, and the ability to run natively on AS, are two different things, right? I.e., if you have native executable code for both x86 and AS, you can either offer two separate executables, or you can combine the two into the Universal 2 binary format, correct?
Also, having a universal binary that accommodates AS, and the ability to run natively on AS, are two different things, right? I.e., if you have native executable code for both x86 and AS, you can either offer two separate executables, or you can combine the two into the Universal 2 binary format, correct?
Those companies already couldn't care less about the established Apple user base, and shrinking that down to the M1 user base is not even on the radar. M1 is the end of the Apple train for the maker community, and anyone who went the length it took to run any of the pro design & engineering & mfg programs from a mac. It means we have to buy PC's to do those things, and if we're obligated to buy powerful windows machines, well, we're not buying a second machine for each person so they can do half their work on one platform and the admin stuff on Apple. Apple has about a year to announce they're buying or creating a modern CAD/CAM program or it's over, & they're done in the space. ...and the relevant educational space.
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Yojimbo is already compatible with Big Sur as of version 4.5.1.
Roaring apps, which is probably the no. 1 crowd-sourced resource for checking MacOS app compatability, has stated compiling a list for Apple Silicon:
roaringapps.com
List of apps running natively on Apple Silicon Macs — RoaringApps
Macs with a brand new Apple Silicon M1 chips are here! Check which apps have been updated for the new CPUs with RoaringApps.
roaringapps.com
Scrivener is the only program that is still a little glitchy (if you go into focus mode the text vanishes, even though it's still there, and dark mode doesn't work either) that I use regularly. Everything else has been surprisingly snappy.
I sure hope all of these updates really hurts Adobe software. Seriously, no update to Photoshop until next year? Affinity and Pixelmator are updated though.... Final Cut and DaVinci are updated but not Premiere. Adobe is turning into Intel, they were at the top for too long and Affinity came around and really produced a perfect alternative.
I have not seen a project that photoshop can do that Affinity photo cannot do just as well if not better (without being such a resource hog).
Adobe Illustrator has one thing I need to use that Affinity Designer does not have (unless they added it recently). Take a picture and make a vector graphic out of it. Its helpful for scanning my drawings.
I don't use Affinity Designer, but I suspect if you let the developers know they will add that feature. It's insane how much more competent their coders seem to be over Adobe. The laziness of being number one for so long?