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Re:Apple launches Freeform: a powerful new app designed for ... by chrisandchris on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:22AM (#34080367)
Probably, yes.

And they added an incredibly dumb limitation: You cannot use any pen tablet (e.g. a wacom tablet) on Freeform for OS X. Drawing with a pen is only supported on iOS.

Re:Apple launches Freeform: a powerful new app designed for ... by Arubis on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:29AM (#34080448)
Yep, this has kept me from recommending Freeform. Popped it open when it appeared, broke out my tablet, realized it was useless, reopened Notability.app.
Re:Apple launches Freeform: a powerful new app designed for ... by FeloniousHam on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:37PM (#34083741)
I won't argue whether it this app should allow drawing from a pen tablet, but there are exactly none of you left. (I have owned three pen tablets in my life).

If it's free-from-Apple, the software is there to drive or enhance hardware sales.

Re:Apple launches Freeform: a powerful new app designed for ... by ubercow13 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @06:46PM (#34087917)
Really? Are you saying professional drawing tablets have been completely replaced with iPads?
Re:Apple launches Freeform: a powerful new app designed for ... by Aaron2222 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:51AM (#34092071)
I noticed the same with the annotation tools in Preview, despite drawing tablets on macOS being exposed to apps through Apple APIs.
Re:Apple launches Freeform: a powerful new app designed for ... by Tagbert on Thursday December 22, 2022 @02:01PM (#34097053)
You can’t do any “freeform” drawing on Freeform on Mac OS. You can only use the pen tool for vector lines and splines. There is no pencil/marker tool.

I understand that a mouse or trackpad are not the best tools for drawing but many of us have used them for that since the original MacPaint app in 1984. Why remove this feature from the Mac version? Let alone for someone with a pen-based tablet.