FedericoScreen Sizes is an incredible reference tool for designers and developers to get details such as display resolutions, aspect ratios, widget sizes, and more, about Apple’s devices. It’s also a very neat progressive web app when installed on the Home Screen. I have bookmarked this and I think it will come in handy a...
App Debuts
Quick Capture: Fast Notes Here’s how I would pitch the latest app by developer Philip Davis: imagine if the original version of Drafts came out in 2022 and supported all the modern ways to enter text on an iPhone. Quick Capture is an extremely simple fast-entry utility for text that supports traditional keyboard input,...
Winter, Dog Parks, and Videogame Advice
[[unplugged_artwork]] This month, Federico and John are ready for winter to end, Federico on trips to his local dog park, plus John gets some Pokémon Legends: Arceus tips and is upset about Nintendo closing its eShop for 3DS and Wii U. Show Notes: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Nintendo Closing 3DS & Wii U Shops In 2023,...
MacStories Unwind: Horizon Forbidden West
This week, Federico and John share a joint pick, Horizon Forbidden West, a beautiful new game for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Federico and John’s Joint Pick:
The Game
Reviews and Analysis
The Macintosh Desktop Experience: Raycast’s Modern Take on Launcher Apps
Keyboard-driven app launchers have been a staple of the Mac for a long time. Like a lot of people, my first exposure to these apps was via Quicksilver, an app that was popular in the early 2000s and is still available today. In the years since, I’ve switched between LaunchBar and Alfred, both of which...
Read moreAppStories, Episode 261 – Shortcuts Code Injection and 10 Innovations Apple Should Adopt from Third-Party Apps→
This week on AppStories, Federico explains his experiments with injecting code into shortcuts before he and John cover ten innovations from third-party apps that they would like to see Apple adopt in its system apps and OSes.
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On AppStories+, John updates Federico on his latest HomeKit experiments and Federico gives John automation homework.
Last Week, on Club MacStories: The Matrix Movies Town Hall, Shortcuts Code Injection, Scheduling and Remotely Triggering Shortcuts on the Mac, and a New App Discount
Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:
AV Club Town Hall, The Matrix Movies
AV Club is a monthly event held in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. Club members vote on a movie, TV show, videogame, book, or music to enjoy as a group. It’s like a book club, but for all kinds of media.
This month, we rewatched the original Matrix movie trilogy and watched The Matrix Resurrections, which was released late last year. Then, on Wednesday, we held a live audio AV Club Town Hall on Discord hosted by Federico, John, and Alex, who were joined by two Club members to discuss the films and take questions from members who listened live.
If you’re a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier and missed the lively discussion, it’s available as a Club-only podcast that you can enjoy on the Club website or subscribe to from your the Club Podcasts page.
MacStories Weekly: Issue 308
- Federico shared a proof of concept shortcut that can be used to modify shortcuts by injecting code into them. The shortcut automates the entire process including resigning the modified shortcut in the Terminal, and reimporting it into the Shortcuts app.
- John explained how to schedule and remotely trigger shortcuts on the Mac using built-in system apps.
- In the Club MacStories+ Discord Share Your Setup channel, a member shared an in-depth look at their email workflow and related automations, and in the Off-Topic channel, members shared their favorite sites and restaurants in Rome.
- Plus:
- App Debuts
- Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
- Interesting links from around the web
- A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
- and more
New Club MacStories+ and Club Premier Discount
Recurrence is a task manager for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac to track the repeating tasks in your life. Perfect for chores, bill payment, and much more. Recurrence puts history at the forefront, allowing you to see when something was last done and accompanying notes.
Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members can try Recurrence for 3 months free by visiting the Club Discounts page.
Up Next
Next week on Club MacStories:
- An all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, the monthly anything-goes Club podcast that’s a free-form discussion of apps and a behind-the-scenes look at what we’re doing at MacStories.
- A new installment of The Macintosh Desktop Experience, John’s Club MacStories+ and Club Premier column that explores new ways to get more out of your Mac, with a focus on the latest tools and technologies available to Mac users and how they fit in the context of the Mac’s rich history.
Shortcuts Code Injection and 10 Innovations Apple Should Adopt from Third-Party Apps
AppStories Episode 261 - Shortcuts Code Injection and 10 Innovations Apple Should Adopt from Third-Party Apps
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This week, Federico explains his experiments with injecting code into shortcuts before he and John cover ten innovations from third-party apps that they would like to see Apple adopt in its system apps and OSes.
App Debuts
Play Marcos Tanaka has been busy updating Play, which I covered last week, with some excellent new features and refinements. You can choose to play videos in the YouTube app, Safari, Invidious, and, on the Mac, IINA. There’s an option to play videos immediately when tapped too. Adding a new tag from the ‘Tags…’...