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v 5.7 06.09.19
Hold the ‘Send’ button and select ‘Schedule Message’ to automatically send something at a specified time.
Schedule reminders for yourself in the ‘Saved Messages’ chat.
Get a notification when any of your scheduled messages are sent.
Choose a custom accent color and quickly create a new theme in Settings > Appearance.
Share your themes with other users on Telegram across platforms.
Update your theme for all its users when you change something.
Choose who can find you on Telegram when they add your number to their phone contacts.
Share documents to Telegram from your favorite apps using the Share Extension.
Send a single , , , , or to check out what's new in the animated emoji department.
v 5.5.1 10.06.19
Send ultra-lightweight high-quality animated stickers to express emotion with motion.
Receive animated stickers instantly on any connection at just 20-30 KB per sticker.
Enjoy smooth animations at 60 frames per second.
Create new animated sets and upload them to @stickers for everybody to use.
Try animated stickers from the Trending tab in your sticker panel.
v 4.8 22.12.18
Create polls in groups and channels – right from the attachment menu.
Support for custom languages. Crowdsource a cloud-based language using our Translations platform - then apply it in real time.
Pinned messages in small groups and Saved Messages.
Greatly improved performance for GIF playback.
Minor improvements and bug fixes.
v 4.7 27.11.18
Support for video streaming. Start watching videos without waiting for them to download.
A cartload of minor improvements here and there.
v 4.6.1 8.11.18
Improved search for messages in chats.
Swipe left on a message to reply.
Minor improvements (including a fix for creating a new line when typing a message).
v 4.6 6.11.18
Drag and drop folders into Telegram to send them as an archive.
Advanced settings for badge counter in Notifications and Sounds.
Auto-Night Mode can follow system appearance on macOS Mojave.
Minor improvements.
v 4.5 15.10.18
Rotate and crop pictures before sending (⌘ + E).
Drag and drop photos, media, and documents to change the order in which they will be sent.
Use the arrow buttons on your keyboard to move between search results.
Minor improvements, including a fix for the “Save As” menu item for music files.
v 4.4 28.09.18
Auto-Night Mode. Automatically switch to the dark version of the interface after dark or at scheduled times.
Full support for MacBook Pro touch bar. You can now use your touch bar in chats (send stickers and media, open profile), when viewing media (rotate photos, move 15 seconds back/forward in videos), and to control buttons in alerts and pop-up windows.
Rotate any image with cmd+R when viewing. (Take that, upside down scans!)
v 4.2.2 01.08.18
Drag‘n’drop pinned chats to change order.
New section in Shared Media for voice and video messages.
Various fixes and improvements.
v 4.2 20.07.18
Bug fixes and other improvements.
Improved search menu: frequent contacts now show online status and unread badges.
Use the “Articles” section in the search menu to quickly get back to recently opened Instant View articles.
Improved music player: now displays album art, hover on the player to see the current playlist.
Report individual messages and restrict users in supergroups.
v 4.0 19.06.18
Mark chats in your list as Read or Unread.
Replace media when editing messages.
Improved previews for links with multiple attached media.
Improved global search.
Added the new Dark Mojave theme.
A multitude of minor improvements.
v 3.9.2 29.05.18
Fixed crash on playing audio
v 3.9 21.05.18
Improved Settings design.
Redesigned recording audio and video messages. Use cmd + R to quickly record a message.
Added audio streaming support.
Added Network Usage to Settings.
Added support for multiple proxies.
v 3.8 07.03.18
Search for Stickers. Start typing in the new search field to quickly access your sticker sets or find new trending stickers. Also works for GIFs and emoji.
Auto-download settings for media.
Choose a custom dowload folder.
Support for Touch Bar on Macbooks Pro.
Over 9000 minor improvements.
v 3.7.4 17.01.18
Choose a chat background when using the bubbles mode in appearance settings.
Minor fixes and improvements.
High memory usage bug fix.
v 3.7.3 11.01.18
Dozen of quality improvements
Fixed some rare crashes
v 3.7.2 7.01.18
Added several new Accent Colors for the Day theme.
Toggle auto play for GIFs and animations.
Typing status now visible in groups.
v 3.7 23.12.17
New appearance settings.
Optional iOS-like mode for chats with bubbles.
New ‘night blue’ theme.
v 3.6 25.11.17
Grouped Photos. Group media into an album when sharing multiple photos and videos. Choose the exact order of media you send.
Saved Messages. Bookmark messages by forwarding them to “Saved Messages.” Access them from the Chats list or from the side menu.
Pinned Messages. If you are a channel admin, pin messages to focus your subscribers’ attention on important announcements.
Use Touch ID to unlock the app.
Use ** for bold and __ for italic formatting.
Add links with custom text to your messages using cmd+U or the via the formatting menu.
View multiple attachments from Instagram or Twitter as albums.
Click and drag on waveforms in music and voice messages to rewind.
iTunes links now open in iTunes.
Add photos when creating groups and channels.
Added new design for all alert windows.
Greatly reduced the time it takes to sync the app after it has been inactive for a prolonged period.
Added a host of minor fixes and improvements.
v 3.5.3 30.10.17
New attachment menu (preview files of any type before sending).
New sharing menu (add comments when sharing).
v 3.5 11.10.17
You can now send video messages. Tap the mic icon to switch to camera mode, then tap and hold to record video, release to send.
Control whether new members in supergroups can see the earlier message history.
Easily recognize messages from group admins by the new ‘admin’ badge.
Bug fixes and design improvements
v 3.1.1 29.07.17
Autocompletion for emoji. Start typing ‘:’ to get suggestions.
Search for messages by sender in supergroups. You can now find all messages left by a user in a supergroup.
Bug fixes and design improvements
Fixed an issue when new messages would sometimes not arrive when app was minimized.
v 3.1 19.07.17
Try the new dark mode in Settings > Appearance.
Search group members by name in large supergroups.
Numerous small enhancements:
Go to sticker pack via the context menu on a sticker in Recent Stickers.
Copy share links to messages in public groups.
Links, mentions, and hashtags now active in link previews for Instagram and Twitter URLs.
Many other fixes and improvements.
v 3.00.1 04.07.17
Bug fixes and minor improvements
v 3.00 30.06.17
Supergroups can now have up to 10.000 members.
Appoint supergroup admins with granular rights. Choose who can add users, manage messages, block members, edit group info & username, add new admins, etc.
Restrict and ban supergroup members with granular precision. Read-only bans, GIF & sticker bans, media bans, temporary bans and restrictions.
Check the new event log to see all service actions taken by members and admins of a channel or supergroup in the last 48 hours – with search and filters.
Change your language in Settings.
Dozens of other quality of life improvements.
v 2.96.94514 25.04.17
Remove recent gifs
Messages context menu improvements
Bug fixes and improvements
v 2.30.51442 03.01.17
Delete messages for everyone. When you delete your messages in groups and one-on-one chats, you can now choose to delete them for everyone in the chat, not just yourself. This works only for recently sent messages (same as editing).
T.me links. Use the short and personal t.me/username instead of telegram.me to link to any Telegram profile, channel or public group.
‘Report spam’ button added to Secret chats.
v 2.28.51253 20.11.16
Groups in common. A new option in your contacts' profiles that shows a list of all groups you share with that person.
Squashed several bugs, including an issue that would cause unusually high CPU usage.
Got yourself the 2018 MacBook Pro? We have now got a list of the best apps for the laptop that will allow you to maximize your productivity and get the most out of the device.
Apple’s sudden unveiling of the 2018 MacBook Pro lineup last week took everyone by surprise since rumors pointed to the lineup getting a refresh in September. Nonetheless, the important thing here is that the 2018 MacBook Pro marks a huge performance improvement over its predecessors.
Apple has truly catered to its ‘pro’ audience with the 2018 MacBook Pro refresh. The 13-inch MacBook Pro now comes with a quad-core chip which makes it almost 2x times faster than its previous iteration, while the 15-inch variant comes with a 6-core chip which provides up to 70 percent performance boost.
A pro user is definitely going to appreciate all the horsepower offered by the 2018 MacBook Pro. A pro laptop also needs an equally good set of apps though. After all, without decent apps, your new MacBook Pro is not going to be of much use.
So, if the MacBook Pro is your first pro laptop and you are looking for equally good apps to complement it, check out our list below. And even if you are a longtime Mac user, you should still check out the list of apps below as you might just find something useful.
Best 2018 MacBook Pro Apps
BetterSnapTool
Window management in macOS High Sierra leaves a lot to be desired. Apple has not made much improvement in this regard in macOS Mojave as well. If like me, you are someone who works with a lot of applications and windows, the poor window management capabilities of macOS is going to be an issue.
To solve all your window management issues though, there’s BetterSnapTool. Install and enable the app and your Mac will then have the same window management capabilities as Windows 10. This means you can drag an app to the top bar to expand it to the very maximum or to a corner to run it in a small window mode.
If you are switching to a Mac after years of using Windows PCs, BetterSnapTool is going to be an absolute must-have app for you. At $2.99, BetterSnapTool is a no-brainer in my opinion.
Download: BetterSnapTool
iStat Menus
If you want to keep a tab on the system usage and resources of your MacBook Pro, give iStat Menus a try. The app makes the menu bar on your Mac more useful by displaying useful system stats. This includes the CPU, GPU and network usage, storage drive and RAM use, network activity, and more.
This is a great tool for advanced users who will frequently put their new MacBook Pro under a lot of stress and run a lot of applications at the same time. Using iStats Menu, you can check and kill rogue apps in the background which occupy precious resources and unnecessarily drain more battery.
Given reports of the Core i9 variant of the 2018 MacBook Pro suffering from serious thermal throttling issues, iStat Menus is going to come in extremely handy in your day-to-day use.
Download: iStat Menus
Airmail
The stock Mail client in macOS is pretty good, but if you have multiple email accounts and receive hundreds of emails every single day, you will soon find Apple’s mail app to be pretty limited.
This is where Airmail comes in. It is easily the best mail app for Mac out there. The easy to use UI makes it a breeze to handle multiple email accounts, and there’s also plenty of customization options on offer so that you can set the app up just the way you want it. The app even won the Apple Design Award in 2017 which shows just how good it is.
Some notable features of Airmail include integration with popular services like Todoist, Slack, Things 3, Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, and more. Other features include universal search, Unified VIPs, ability to Snooze emails, iCloud account sync, Handoff support, Quick Look preview, and more. If you end up liking Airmail on your Mac, make sure to try out its iOS version as well.
Airmail is free to download and use but the full version of the app will cost you $9.99.
Download: Airmail
Station
If you rely on a number of web apps for your day to day tasks, it can get pretty irritating to have multiple apps open. Apart from taking precious space on your screen, they do little to help your productivity in any meaningful way.
Station aims to solve this problem by being the only app for all your web apps. It works with a slew of services like Google Drive, Slack, Todoist, Dropbox, Evernote, WhatsApp, and more. In fact, the app boasts of integration with over 400+ apps and services.
To use Station, you need to first login with your Google account. The app will then automatically import the Google apps and services you use like Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, and provide you with the option of adding other apps as well. The best part about Station is that you get a unified notification view along with the ability to completely disable them or enable Do Not Disturb when you solely want to focus on your work.
Station might not seem like a useful app at first but once you start using it, there’s no going back.
The best part about Station is that despite the immense amount of functionality it offers, it is completely free to download and use.
Download: Station
Bartender
The menu bar on your Mac might get cluttered with irrelevant app icons within a few weeks of use. Plus, you don’t always need the Eject button or the Bluetooth status icon to show up on the menu bar.
This is where Bartender comes in. It allows you to hide irrelevant icons from your menu bar permanently or behind its own icon. If you select the latter, one click on the Bartender icon and all the hidden icons will once again show up on the menu bar. Another click and they are all hidden!
You can even set up hotkeys in Bartender to search for menu bar items in just a few keystrokes. If you want a minimalistic menu bar on your new MacBook Pro, definitely get Bartender.
Download: Bartender
There are plenty of other apps that you should definitely check out on your 2018 MacBook Pro. Make sure to go through our list of the best Mac apps for some great suggestions. And if you have some app recommendations of your own, drop a comment and let us know.