Federico
AppStories Episode 290 - How iOS and iPadOS 16 Are Affecting Our Lives
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This week, Federico and John consider how iOS and iPadOS 16 are affecting their work and personal lives.
App Debuts
Aviary 2 Shihab Mehboob’s powerful Twitter client recently received a major update that introduces a brand new technical foundation for the app, which, in my tests, has been a lot faster and more stable than the original version introduced last year. Aviary, which is based on the modern Twitter API for third-party clients, has...
Interesting Links
As reported by 9to5Toys, Anker has launched a new series of GaN chargers called GaNPrime, which come in six different form factors and promise to charge your devices even faster and more efficiently. (Link) After years of supporting automation through Automator, AppleScript, and JavaScript, version 7.2 of the Acorn image editor has added Shortcuts...
Imagining the Apple Watch ProX
No, I don’t really think the rumored new Apple Watch model will be called the ProX, but I’m putting it out there for the same reason you buy a lottery ticket when there’s $1 billion on the line – lightning could strike. However, I do want to share my thoughts on why I’m convinced that...
My RSS Feeds
Someone on the Club MacStories Discord recently asked me to share the OPML file for my RSS feeds, which I’ve done with the Dropbox link below. Before exporting my list of feeds, I went through and pruned it, removing any sites that are no longer maintained. I may have missed a few, but for the...
MacStories Unwind: Backbone One Controller and Paolo Nutini’s Last Night in the Bittersweet
This week on MacStories Unwind, John returns from vacation to pick the Backbone One iPhone game controller, and Federico recommends Paolo Nutini’s latest album, Last Night in the Bittersweet.
Links and Show Notes
John’s Pick:
- Backbone One controller
- Games mentioned:
Federico’s Pick:
- Last Night in the Bittersweet by Paolo Nutini
- Also mentioned:
- Caustic Love by Paolo Nutini
Safari Extension Noir Adds Theming and Deeper Keyboard Shortcut Support
Last year, we awarded Noir Best New App of 2021 as part of the MacStories Selects Awards. Jeffrey Kuiken’s Safari extension for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, which can apply a custom dark mode to websites that don’t offer their own, is a fantastic example of an app that implements a new technology – the native Safari extensions introduced with iOS and iPadOS 15 and earlier on the Mac – in a way that is simple to use but also provides advanced customization for users who want that. Noir immediately became a MacStories favorite on launch, and it remains an app that I rely on every day.
The latest update to Noir takes the app’s original concept a step further with new theming options, theme sharing, and extensive keyboard shortcut support. It’s an excellent update that anyone who likes to tweak the colors used in their apps will appreciate. Let’s take a closer look.
AppStories, Episode 289 – Our ‘Recently Added’ Apps→
This week on AppStories, we dig into the Recently Added folders on our iPhones and the stories they tell about what we’ve been up to lately.
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On AppStories+, I explain what’s coming this fall in Apple Maps and CarPlay, and Federico reports on new Shortcuts actions added to the latest iOS 16 beta.
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Last Week, on Club MacStories: Pairing Stage Manager with Universal Control and a Tour of Southern Cooking
Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:
The Monthly Log, July 2022
- My story on the benefits of running Stage Manager on the Mac and iPad side-by-side and moving between them with Universal Control.
- An all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged where you’ll learn what happens when a transplanted Midwesterner tries to explain southern cooking to an Italian.