#PRINTOPIA FOR IPAD INSTALL#
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AirPrint support for shared printers was pulled at the last minute, and a series of unofficial hacks surfaced to re-enable it without reverting back to a beta of 10.6.5 (Mac OS X has reached version 10.6.7 since then).

#PRINTOPIA FOR IPAD INSTALL#

No need to install additional drivers on iOS: as long as a printer was shared on OS X, it would show up in AirPrint. AirPrint works out of the box with a bunch of HP printers, but Apple promised last year that it would also work with any printer previously configured and shared on a Mac. The problem with AirPrint we discussed in November – which Apple hasn’t fixed yet – is that unlike the first betas of OS X 10.6.5 and iOS 4.2, the final versions of these OSes didn’t ship with AirPrint support for shared printers. When I first reviewed Printopia by Ecamm back in November, I was impressed by how easily the app allowed me to send documents from an iOS device to a shared printer on OS X via AirPrint. We have 5 codes to give away thanks to the Ice Cream Studios developers, so follow along past the break for a chance to win a copy of Writings 1.2 for iPad. Writings 1.2 is still propagating in iTunes and it’s available at $4.99. The tab key and quick “-” access sure help me get my writing done quicker. This extra row sure makes the keyboard bigger and will let you see less text on screen, but it can dramatically speed up your typing if you think the iOS keyboard could use some customization options for writers. Last, Writings 1.2 comes with an optional extra row of most used punctuation keys above the standard keyboard. On top of this, you can now manually trigger sync within a document without going back to the main screen.

You can create as many workspaces as you want, and each one will retain its specific settings. Whilst the feature sounded a little to complex to me at first, I’ve seen that being able to create a “MacStories” workspace alongside a “Personal” one with notes syncing to multiple Dropbox folders at once helps me getting my notes and articles better organized. Writings 1.2, released today in the App Store, builds on the excellent feature set of versions 1.0 and 1.1 (the latter brought a list view to easily navigate between dozen of documents) by introducing two new functionalities that I’ve been testing in the beta and greatly improved my workflow: Writings 1.2 adds support for Workspaces – you can decide to sync certain documents to different Dropbox folders, even on different accounts.

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Writings, beautiful user interface aside, has the features I need from an iPad text editor: Dropbox support with plain text editing so I can keep writing on my Mac (or anywhere) if I want to unobtrusive word counter a readable default font a handy margin feature that won’t scroll the document when I’m holding the iPad or resting my thumbs at its sides. I don’t write much on my iPhone, so an iPad application is all I’m looking for when it comes to writing long pieces that will eventually end up on my Mac or into an app like Blogsy. Since I reviewed the first version of Writings for iPad back in December, I haven’t switched to any other text editor for iOS.

Printopia for ipad