iOS 786: Apple's Creator Studio - What It Means for Final Cut, Logic, & Pixelmator Fans
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Apple is shaking up creative workflows with its Creator Studio subscription, bundling pro apps and unleashing new AI-powered features that could change how students, artists, and power users work. But does this shift mark a new era or just another subscription headache?
- Creator Studio pricing, student and educator discounts, and included apps
- Paid features vs. existing free and owned apps clarified
- Subscriptions vs. 1-time purchases
- Family Sharing option extends Creator Studio to up to five users
- Student and educator benefits
- Freeform's role, delayed features, and real-world usefulness
- Pages, Numbers, and Keynote gain premium templates and content hub
- Keynote to auto-generate presentations from outlines using AI
- Final Cut Pro: new AI tools, transcript search, beat detection, montage maker
- Logic Pro: AI-assisted music creation, chord ID, royalty-free packs, smart search
- Motion, Compressor, and Mainstage overview and macOS exclusivity
- Pixelmator and Photomator transition concerns addressed
- Creator Studio lowers pro app entry barriers but keeps 1-time purchases
- News: Setapp's EU iOS app store to shut down due to business model issues
- Feedback: switching from iPad Pro to iPad Mini experience
- Shortcuts Corner: shortcut for HAM radio contact location logging
- App Caps: Spigen Classic LS case and CANSHN magnetic case
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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| 1:14.7 | Until the 2nd of February, from 11am, includes one pre-selected book or toy, whilst it's last. |
| 1:18.7 | Coming up on iOS today, Rosemary Orchard and I, Micah Sargent, cover Apple's new Creator Studio. |
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| 1:37.1 | This is iOS today, episode 786, with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent. |
| 1:44.1 | Recorded Tuesday, January 20th, |
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