I’ve been watching your blog for any news, but I realize you’ve probably been very busy working on TF5. Are there any updates on Apple Intelligence, App Intents, Shortcuts, or AppleScript that we might look forward to, in the near future? For example, are there any updates on us being able to use Tap Forms like we currently use AirTable is its ilk online? I would really prefer a local solution.
I’m not planning on building an online version of Tap Forms like AirTable.
I haven’t even installed iOS 18 or macOS Sequoia yet. But it’s on my to-do list.
Thank you! I do not want an online version of TF5! An online database defeats the Apple Intelligence on-device approach! It wouldn’t be bad to adopt some of the UX approaches to making TF5 more approachable for average users, but I agree with your decision not to build an online version!
I’m hoping for a really well-integrated local database that I (and others, of course) can use to quickly generate tables and more for use with the on-device AI and with Apple’s on-device automation! That is Shortcuts and AppleScript, of course.
I’ve given examples in other posts here, but I’ll give another possible feature that I think would be useful to many people. Using App Intents with TF5 (as a backend) to use with Shortcuts and AI to optimize data for AI usage. Of course, TF5 won’t be a vector database, but it would still be much better than trying to work with disparate and possibly large spreadsheets.
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