Saagar Jha

A trackpad or mouse, riiiiiight…
Cropped screenshot of the Notes “What’s New” sheet in macOS 27.2 beta

What’s New in Notes

[pencil icon]
Drawing on Mac
Add sketches and handwritten notes using a trackpad or mouse.
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U+002C

(replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar getting punked when it turns out it's apple pencil on the trackpad instead of a touchscreen mac

Saagar Jha

(replying to U+002C)
@cb Apple Pencil with USB-C, of course

U+002C

(replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar supports pencil gen 1 and pencil pro, but not gen 2 and type c

Der Teilweise

(replying to U+002C)

@cb @saagar Sorry, you need the Apple Pencil Touch (works with Mac Touch but does not with iPads, loads via iPod connector on the side.)


Keith Lang

(replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar Macbook Duo?


J.V.B.

(replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar obviously to sell more hardware the touchscreen version will be a sidecar exclusive so you have to buy an ipad on top of a mac


Mieszko Ślusarczyk

(replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar @stroughtonsmith or casually using sidecar of course


Pekka Salonen

(replying to Saagar Jha)

@saagar While this is a feature for future righteousness (which I am holding my breath for) it does (mostly) fix the glaring omission for Macs with drawing displays today. Whether it’s a Sidecar iPad or an adult-sized drawing monitor.