[HN Gopher] Mail Merge returns to Pages after nine years
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Mail Merge returns to Pages after nine years
Author : zdw
Score : 38 points
Date : 2022-06-21 23:11 UTC (23 hours ago)
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| anonymousiam wrote:
| I noticed that in the update today. I've got a small upcoming
| project that will require about 300 mailings, but I'm reluctant
| to use any Apple software for this because, who knows how long it
| will be before they remove this feature again?
| CharlesW wrote:
| Apple doesn't do that, really.
|
| Apple's _modus operandi_ is to kill entire apps, and (if you
| 're lucky) replace them with all-new apps -- see Final Cut Pro
| X, Apple Photos, etc.
| iamdamian wrote:
| Perhaps a sign that Apple is going to invest in core
| Pages/Numbers features again after years of letting them
| stagnate? (I recognize they've done a lot of work on real-time
| collaboration, which is no small feat.)
|
| Maybe this is too optimistic of me.
| CharlesW wrote:
| > _Perhaps a sign that Apple is going to invest in core Pages
| /Numbers features again after years of letting them stagnate?_
|
| Apple does minor but notable updates to its apps more often
| than one might realize if one doesn't use them often enough to
| see the on-open announcement for every release.
|
| Here's the "what's new" in Pages 11.0 and newer:
| https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207243
| gluecode wrote:
| Indeed optimistic. They'll go quiet for the next nine years.
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