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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 29/09/2026

And of course I’m building with iPhone Duo support right out of the gate Will this be the first video editor optimized for Duo? 🤔

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 29/09/2026

Thanks to Apple's pretty incredible on-device Speech Framework, you can create auto-captions super quickly on any device Then edit the text, customize the color, font, outline, shadow, background, and even highlight the current word for some truly... uh... beautiful captions

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 29/09/2026

Ever wanted to quickly crop videos on macOS without needing to import into the Photos app first? Trimothy's got you

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 29/09/2026

This is extremely beta, you've been warned 😄 But definitely give me feedback! testflight.apple.com/join/1yvqnauG

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Join the Trimothy beta

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 29/09/2026

So I've been building the Apple native video editing app of my dreams No projects, no libraries, just drop in files, trim, crop, add AI captions, export and get out. On macOS, iOS, iPadOS and Duo And I'm calling it – against my better judgement – Trimothy TestFlight link👇

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 26/09/2026

It's been a hot minute since I hit this button

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 26/09/2026

New app I've been wanting to exist for _forever_ is coming to TestFlight soon 👀 Group chat bullying me to take the branding in a... interesting direction 😅

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 23/09/2026

My favorite metric for a successful @launchedfm.com episode is the amount of laughter in it, and @jagcesar.bsky.social and @fosiadesign.bsky.social served those up in spades 😅 This was such a fun one!

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 18/09/2026

This is just the simulator so maybe they will in the release version 🤞

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 18/09/2026

Just realized how weird the web is going to look on the iPhone Duo 🤔 Are there web standards these days that help with the horizontal safe areas?

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 18/09/2026

aww, thanks! Glad to hear you're enjoying it! 🥰

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 17/09/2026

In the new Device Hub is there a way to copy a screenshot to the clipboard without needing to save it to disk first?

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 17/09/2026

well this seems shippable 🤪

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 17/09/2026

I know we’re all impatiently awaiting the iPhone Duo simulator… but a good starting point is turning on landscape support for your iPhone app and seeing what’s broken

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 15/09/2026

Went ahead and released this so you can start playing with what (static) versions of your app might look like in a folded Duo now while we wait on the proper simulator! apps.apple.com/us/app/framo...

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Framous: Screenshot Frames App - App Store

Download Framous: Screenshot Frames by Dark Noise LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Framous: Screenshot…

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 15/09/2026

this is actually curving at the crease too. Not sure if this matches the curve exactly but it feels close anyway for now. And this works with everything else natively in Framous so shadows, grouping, etc should all #JustWork

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 15/09/2026

Playing around with dynamic folding of the Duo frame in Framous 👀

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 14/09/2026

Ooh, and Framous made it on the Golden Gate updates list on the Mac App Store 🎉

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 14/09/2026

Whoa! Dark Noise made the Siri AI and Creativity lists for the iOS 27 highlights on the App Store! 🥳

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 14/09/2026

So we thinking we're getting Xcode 27.1 with the Duo simulator this week? 🤞

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 14/09/2026

Happy iOS 27 / macOS 27 release day for those who celebrate 🥂

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 12/09/2026

And here's the new extra large widgets available now on iPhone

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 12/09/2026

Cutting it a bit close, but Dark Noise is ready to go for release on Monday with iOS 27! 🥳 If you're press and looking for apps integrated with the new Siri AI, or implementing the new extra-large widgets, check out my press kit below 👇 Here's how it looks with Siri AI

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Ha, rejected for asking for a rating during onboarding which... I don't do?... except it turns out I actually did add a bug that does just that 😅 So... a rare "thank you!" to App Review for catching a bug before I shipped it to customers 🙏

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Kinda unexpected that they’d enter review within minutes of each other 🤔

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Probably not the best business idea to give away for free... but what the heck 🤪 Here's the beta for the Framous 2.0 Release coming with macOS 27 on Monday 👀 Video support, new frames (including Duo), and more! Use it to get your iOS 27 release ready! testflight.apple.com/join/UwDAXrVQ

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Yeah, I'm really keen to see what system apps not included in the simulator do too (in my case Music/Podcasts being a big one)

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Apps with no tab bar are going to look weird on the Duo with that huge gutter on the side... gonna be tempting to stuff things there just to make it feel less awkward 🤔 (this is the apple music app with the tab bar buttons edited out)

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Couldn't ask for a better guest than David for episode 100 🚀 And it's got all the hits! ✅ Creative background (audio production) ✅ Long history on the app store ✅ How to pitch your app (without being annoying) ✅ Extremely long runtime with lots of diversions 🤪

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Alright, 3 iOS 27 and macOS updates submitted for Dark Noise and Framous Let’s hope App Review moves quick 🤞

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

I've been doing a terrible job of actually shipping this year, which means this Framous update actually has quite a bit of goodies on top of the new device frames including video support and this little fun guy

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 10/09/2026

Hmm, I guess we've entered a world where there isn't just Portrait + Landscape It's 4 different rotations now since the corners aren't symetrical 🤔

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 09/09/2026

New device bezels from Apple are up, including the Duo! Integrating them into Framous now. Will hopefully have a beta for you all soon, and the Mac App Store release… whenever App Review lets me 🤪 developer.apple.com/design/reso...

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 09/09/2026

Alright, here’s my real #AppleEvent wishlist for today. Let’s hope I get to check some of these off 😁

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 09/09/2026

It’s #AppleEvent day which means it’s time for my regular super serious predictions Sorry in advance for spoiling everything

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 08/09/2026

This week's @launchedfm.com is coming out on Thursday for no particular reason... 🍎 Also, it'll be episode 100 🚀

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 07/09/2026

My iOS 27 Dark Noise release is just about ready! There’s a big foundational overhaul (boring to talk about here) – migrated almost the whole app to SwiftUI where possible, and FINALLY shipping this new liquid glass Now Playing UX I built almost a year ago 😄

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 02/09/2026

Would you be surprised to hear this has definitely been suggested at some point during my tenure here? 😅

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 02/09/2026

Anyone have recommendations for portable keyboards? I recently got a co-working space (hot desk style) and the keyboard situation is... rough. For reference I really like the standard Magic Keyboard, I just don't think they'd travel well in a bag?

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 02/09/2026

The lengths we'll go to for a good bit 😄

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 02/09/2026

This October I'm hosting an awards show on an aircraft carrier... this job never ceases to produce sentences I never thought I'd say 🤪

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 26/08/2026

New Launched! 🚀 This week @birchtree.me joins the show to talk about his long blogging career & newfound love of app development. This was a fun one!

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