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Today’s Apple Insider Roundup
Pixelmator Pro isn't dead, and is coming to iPad
Pixelmator Pro is being enhanced with an iPad version, Apple has confirmed, with a tablet version of the app coming as part of the Apple Creator Studio.
Apple acquired the team behind Pixelmator Pro in late 2024, but aside from some feature updates in June, it seemed like Apple hadn’t done much to the art app. On Tuesday, Apple confirmed that big changes are on the way.
Forming part of the new Apple Creator Studio, Pixelmator Pro is promoted as a key image-editing tool in the app collection. While already fully-featured on the Mac, the main thrust of the announcement for the app is its traversal over to iPad.
Apple Creator Studio brings new apps, features, and subscription pricing to Mac and iPad
The much-anticipated Apple Creator Studio has been revealed, and it is a subscription service that brings Pixelmator Pro to the iPad, in a bundle with Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and more.
Apple Creator Studio was first rumored in November 2025, but something of the sort has been hoped for since Apple bought Pixelmator Pro in November 2024. The chief hope was that this image editor would finally come to the iPad, and now it has.
Alongside it are the existing Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad. These have been available on iPad for a subscription, while their Mac counterparts remained a one-time purchase.
You can't read much into Mac sales shipment data, but IDC keeps trying
In a comparison between 2024 and 2025, IDC claims that Apple’s Mac had the least sales growth of all PC vendors. While that may be true, the report lacks context.
Market research firm IDC has now been running for over 60 years, yet at times its reports are more like guesswork. In all fairness, they practically have to be since it’s now just over seven years since Apple reported sales volumes by unit.
Prior to that, Apple reported actual sales while most firms revealed the number of devices shipped to stores and inventory. Apple figures were dead-on, but now IDC has to use its sampling methodology for all of its research.
'Are You Dead?' iOS app helps lonely people stay safe in China
The morbidly-named “Are You Dead?” has topped the App Store in China, as a way for people living alone to get some help if they don’t check in every day. Here’s how it works.
The continuing advancement of technology has made it simultaneously easier to make contact with people and to become lonelier than ever. One app in China has attempted to combat the worst elements of solitude by giving families minimal reassurance about their loved ones.
Demumu, also known as “Are You Dead?,” is an app that has become popular in China as a literal app-based “dead man’s switch.” Originally released in May 2025, BBC News reports the local name “Si-le-ma” sounds like “E-le-ma,” a Chinese food delivery app called “Are you Hungry?”
Apple Santa Rosa Plaza to move to larger location — again
Continuing Apple’s program of relocating stores to larger premises, Apple Santa Rosa Plaza is moving to nearby Montgomery Village.
As part of its four-year plan of opening or renovating stores around the world, Apple has been moving ones in the US, the UK, and Japan, to larger premises. Now its Santa Rosa Plaza store in California is the latest to move, with a new and larger site opening on January 23, 2026.
It’s the second such move for the store in its 22-year history. Originally opened in October 2004 on Santa Rosa Plaza, it was a 1,500-square-foot store.
How to import and export Markdown with Apple Notes in iOS 26
Apple Notes iOS 26 iPhones can import and export Markdown-formatted documents, offering an easy way to move plain text to other apps and services.
The Notes app has come preinstalled on all iPhones since the first one launched in 2007. But in recent years, it’s received some significant updates, and the release of iOS 26 was no different.
One of the key updates means that people who write in Markdown can now more easily import and export their notes.
End of today’s Apple Insider roundup.
