Adam Tow<p>🚨 Apple community heading to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWDC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WWDC25</span></a>! 🚨<br />I’m hosting another pre-WWDC meetup on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 5–8 PM in Downtown San Jose — same spot as last year: the patio along W. St. John Street by San Pedro Square Market.</p><p>✅ RSVP for free: <a href="https://pre-wwdc25.splashthat.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pre-wwdc25.splashthat.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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Adam Tow@atow@mastodon.social
Developer of MixEffect and MsgFiler. Formerly at Zoom, Vox Media, Recode, and AllThingsD.
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Adam Tow<p>Southwest Airlines is making big changes, and not for the better, IMO. Bags no longer fly free. Frequent flyer perks are shifting. As a longtime customer, I have thoughts. What do you think? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthwestAirlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthwestAirlines</span></a><br /><a href="https://tow.com/2025/03/11/bags-no-longer-fly-free-on-southwest/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tow.com/2025/03/11/bags-no-lon</span><span class="invisible">ger-fly-free-on-southwest/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>Give your screens a refresh—both physical and digital!</p><p>The latest Wipe My Screen update lets you clean your display, wipe virtual screens, and capture framed screenshots, now with support for iPhone 16e, iPad (A16), iPad Air 11-inch (M3), and iPad Air 13-inch (M3).</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/di4R6wLf4qw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/di4R6wLf4qw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>My app release checklist and the tools that I use: <a href="https://tow.com/2025/03/06/my-checklist-for-releasing-apps/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tow.com/2025/03/06/my-checklis</span><span class="invisible">t-for-releasing-apps/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>MixEffect 2.2.0 is here!</p><p>SuperSource Box Borders, Audio Routing, Alpha Channel Support & more—this update takes your ATEM control to the next level.</p><p>Watch the full breakdown here: <a href="https://youtu.be/CJhzcQhc-K8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/CJhzcQhc-K8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MixEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MixEffect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ATEMSwitcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ATEMSwitcher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackmagicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackmagicDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiveProduction</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>Pushed four buttons labeled "Release This Version." Moving onto the next items in the App Release Workflow checklist.</p>
Adam Tow<p>iOS versions of MixEffect are ready for distribution, but I'm still waiting for App Store to review and approve the Mac Catalyst versions. In the meantime, I can update the documentation and work on my product video.</p>
Prathamesh Kowarkar<p>Looks like iOS 18.4 introduces a bunch of UIKit/AppKit/SwiftUI APIs for associating app entities to views. Looks like this is groundwork for the promised Siri update that will let it read and manipulate on screen elements. <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/shortcutslink/appentityidentifier(_:)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developer.apple.com/documentat</span><span class="invisible">ion/appintents/shortcutslink/appentityidentifier(_:)</span></a> <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/appentityidentifier(forselectiontype:identifier:)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developer.apple.com/documentat</span><span class="invisible">ion/swiftui/view/appentityidentifier(forselectiontype:identifier:)</span></a> <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/uicollectionviewappintentsdatasource" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developer.apple.com/documentat</span><span class="invisible">ion/appintents/uicollectionviewappintentsdatasource</span></a> <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appintents/nscollectionviewappintentsdatasource" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developer.apple.com/documentat</span><span class="invisible">ion/appintents/nscollectionviewappintentsdatasource</span></a> <a href="https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitableview/appintentsdatasource" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developer.apple.com/documentat</span><span class="invisible">ion/uikit/uitableview/appintentsdatasource</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>Blast from the past. Saw a Newton MessagePad 120 for sale on Facebook Marketplace today. The device had two of my apps from the 90’s loaded on it: Stanford and nBattleship.</p>
Adam Tow<p>I will be returning to Deep Dish Swift 2025 at the end of April! Who will be there with me? Had a blast last year and looking forward to reconnecting with everyone again!</p>
Matthew Cassinelli<p>My talk "Preparing Your App for Apple Intelligence" is up on my website – check it out: <a href="https://matthewcassinelli.com/preparing-your-app-for-apple-intelligence-my-conference-talk-from-nsspain-2024/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">matthewcassinelli.com/preparin</span><span class="invisible">g-your-app-for-apple-intelligence-my-conference-talk-from-nsspain-2024/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>Getting the old Newton MessagePad 2100 to work in the year 2025. Hard to believe that I have had this device for 28 years and it's still working.</p><p>What technology do you have that at least this old that you either routinely use or turn on every now and then to reminisce about the past?</p><p><a href="https://tow.com/2025/02/10/getting-the-newton-messagepad-2000-and-2100-to-work-in-2025/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tow.com/2025/02/10/getting-the</span><span class="invisible">-newton-messagepad-2000-and-2100-to-work-in-2025/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>We recently finished our garage. </p><p>- Side-mounted garage door opener: ✅<br />- Epoxy flooring: ✅<br />- New garage door: ✅<br />- HomeKit support: ✅<br />- Insulation: ✅<br />- Drywall on ceiling: ✅<br />- Painting: ✅<br />- More electrical outlets: ✅<br />- Can still park the cars: ✅</p><p>See the before, during, and after photos, along with detailed commentary on the remodel. <a href="https://tow.com/2025/01/19/finishing-the-garage/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tow.com/2025/01/19/finishing-t</span><span class="invisible">he-garage/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>RIP Former President Jimmy Carter. I took this photo of him before his address at the Inaugural Oksenberg Lecture at Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia/Pacific Research Center on May 6, 2002.</p>
Adam Tow<p>Learn how you can associate your Finder folders with macOS Mail mailboxes using MsgFiler and Shortcuts: <a href="https://msgfiler.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/bridging-finder-and-mail-folders/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">msgfiler.wordpress.com/2024/12</span><span class="invisible">/17/bridging-finder-and-mail-folders/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>MsgFiler 4.1.5 is now out on the App Store and Gumroad. Check out the release notes here and start filing your Mail messages today: <a href="https://msgfiler.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/whats-new-in-msgfiler-4-1-5/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">msgfiler.wordpress.com/2024/12</span><span class="invisible">/12/whats-new-in-msgfiler-4-1-5/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>Our kitten, Newton, has grown up so much over the past five months, but he remains as cute as ever!</p>
James Dempsey<p>It's been in the works for a while and today I am extremely excited to announce my new App Performance and Instruments Virtuoso course.</p><p>I'm running a pilot version of this full-length in-depth online course in just a few weeks.</p><p>The pilot is 40% off the regular price. Click through to learn more and please boost and spread the word!</p><p><a href="https://swift-virtuoso.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">swift-virtuoso.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>First impressions of the new M4 Mac mini and a look back on a decade of Mac minis in my household: <a href="http://tow.com/2024/10/29/a-decade-with-the-mac-mini-and-first-impressions-on-the-new-smaller-and-m4-powered-mac-mini/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">tow.com/2024/10/29/a-decade-wi</span><span class="invisible">th-the-mac-mini-and-first-impressions-on-the-new-smaller-and-m4-powered-mac-mini/</span></a></p>
Adam Tow<p>Improving the Schlage Encode Plus Smart Lock with HomeKit Automations, Shortcuts, NFC Tags, and a contact sensor: <a href="https://tow.com/2024/10/17/improving-the-schlage-encode-plus-smart-lock-with-automations/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tow.com/2024/10/17/improving-t</span><span class="invisible">he-schlage-encode-plus-smart-lock-with-automations/</span></a></p>
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