[HN Gopher] Mail Merge returns to Pages after nine years ___________________________________________________________________ Mail Merge returns to Pages after nine years Author : zdw Score : 38 points Date : 2022-06-21 23:11 UTC (23 hours ago) (HTM) web link (sixcolors.com) (TXT) w3m dump (sixcolors.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-22 23:00 UTC)