Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Nicolas found an Anthropic server in the wild. (Link) There was plenty of debate about Liquid Glass in the #summer-betas channel, including this post from member rar, who was prompted to revisit old versions of iOS going back as far as iOS 5 to see the progression...

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Member rar was working through some thoughts about the era of the tech space we’re in, which prompted some great conversation about current levels of enthusiasm. (Link) Jonathan (no, the other one) wondered why more iOS and iPadOS apps don’t feature full file system integration. (Link) Members...

I love accessories. Batteries, travel cases, AirTags, charging cables, iPhone stands, MagSafe wallets – you name it, I’ve owned or tried many versions of it. The number one determining factor for whether I keep a product or return it is always how well it does the job; however, almost equally important is how it looks....

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: With new versions of all the OS 26 developer betas released this week, members were busy discussing what’s changed. (Link) Jezza linked to an excellent article about “second brains” and why it might be good to change your approach to personal knowledge management apps. (Link) In response...

I’ve shared my affinity for lofi music before in MacStories Weekly, suggesting some of my favorite sources for ambient beats. One of the services I mentioned, Poolsuite, recently released a major update to its iOS app, and I’m very much in love. Poolsuite started out as a desktop experience on the web that later spawned...

This week, I was faced with an unenviable task: creating 162 region-specific logos. My team and I had made the design for one – London – but as part of the set of assets we were making for the client, we needed versions where the word “London” was replaced with names of other locales like...

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Members discussed Grammarly’s acquisition of Superhuman and how they’re using AI models to spell check their work. (Link) Member fastballspecial had an interesting theory about the possible A18 MacBook. (Link) Tony has been getting some pretty wild motivation from Workout Buddy, which raises questions about how the...

Have you heard about this small indie film called F1: The Movie, based on the popular sport of Formula 1 motor racing? I wouldn’t blame you if you hadn’t. It’s not like it was mentioned during WWDC. Or shown prominently in the TV app. Or promoted in… the Wallet app? Except that it was, even...

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Just like the weather, the #summer-beta channel is heating up, with members discussing all the highs and lows of Apple’s new OS betas… (Link) …including Tony, who’s been playing around with the ‘Use Model’ Shortcuts action to get feedback on his writing. (Link) Niléane shared a side-by-side...