by Jason Snell

Designing Mac apps for touch and multitouch

Via Jeff Nadeau on Mastodon, Apple has posted three videos detailing how apps can support touch interactions on the new MacBook Pro.

First, it’s Cas Lemmens discussing designing for touch on macOS:

Then, Raleigh Ledet details how developers can bring touch to their macOS apps:

And finally, Jonathan Tilley shows off the Live Activities interface, which appears on other Macs in the menu bar, but appears in the Dynamic Island on the new MacBook Pros.

While adding touch to macOS hasn’t radically changed the interface, there are definitely some different wrinkles Apple has added to make the touch experience better.