But beyond the obligatory pen/pencil/eraser tools, Apple has loaded in a bunch of other media types: text blocks, sticky notes, a very large library of vector shapes and other clip art, and quick access to import photos or videos from your library, capture them with a camera, import links from the web, and more. Freeform also offers text tools, sticky notes, image and video support, and a clip-art library.įreeform feels like an app that was built on Apple’s existing markup tools, since if you open a Board and start sketching with Apple Pencil, it all just works exactly as you’d expect. Freeform is a place for you to share “Boards” with other users-you invite them via iMessage, and can quickly bring up a chat or audio or video call with collaborators who are active in the document. It’s got a bunch of rough edges that I hope can be sanded out over time as it grows and evolves, but I love the idea that Apple decided that its collaboration tools (and, by extension, its platforms) really needed a free space for individuals and groups to use as an infinite sheet of Internet-connected note paper. As a part of rolling out iOS 16.2 and macOS Ventura 13.1, Apple’s introducing the world to Freeform, an app it introduced back in June as a part of a WWDC keynote segment about iPad collaboration features.įreeform is fun. It’s not every week that Apple releases a new app, but this is that week. ![]() Blank Canvas: Hands on with Apple’s new Freeform app
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