Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Evan and Devon (the name of a future double act?) workshopped some interesting shortcut action combinations involving dates and the Photos app. This week, the May 7th Let Loose event was announced, and members started making predictions and wishcasting in the #apple channel. Brendon spotted a brilliant,...
Rescuing an Epic 7,500-Track Playlist from a Broken iPod
Apple’s CarPlay Needs To Go In For a Safety Check
Almost two years ago, at WWDC in June 2022, Apple unveiled the next version of CarPlay, their popular standard for mirroring certain apps onto your iPhone’s car infotainment screen. I remember watching it and thinking, “This looks very cool, but won’t it be super distracting for the driver?” The fact that no cars on the...
Handwriting Plugins, Journalling, and Back Tap CAPS
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Simon started a big conversation about the many music streaming services members use in the #music channel. Jezza linked to an interesting new handwriting plugin for Obsidian. Devon updated his excellent Watch History Journal shortcut. Niléane is buying another iPad stand. Joshua asked the #apps channel what...
Some CAPS Inspiration
It’s been a few weeks since Federico introduced his Contextual Apps Plugin System (CAPS) in Issue 409 of MacStories Weekly , and I detailed last week how I tried to replicate the functionality on my Mac. This week, I’m returning to the OG CAPS on iPhone with some examples of contextual shortcuts I’ve been launching...
Eclipses, Redesigning for visionOS, and Trakt
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord: Vidit, Club member and developer of the great app LookUp, linked to his new blog post about redesigning the successful dictionary app for visionOS. Members were posting images of the eclipse that they captured this week. Roman provided some good starting points for those wanting to look...
Mac MultiButton: An Action Button for the Mac
I know I’m far from the only one, but ever since the Action Button was introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro, I’ve been a little obsessed with playing around with its functionality. First, I started using it with quick action menus, taking my previously created ‘Lock Screen Launcher’ and moving it to the Action Button....
Podcasts Players, DOJ, and Wi-Fi 6E Routers
Among the highlights on the Club MacStories Discord: Mitch kicked off a big conversation about John’s DoJ lawsuit workflow, including alternative software and pricing. With Castro’s potential comeback and forthcoming features for Pocket Casts, the #apps channel was busy with chat about the best podcast apps. Nicholas asked about Wi-Fi 6E routers and got some...
A Love Letter to SF Symbols
I’ve always loved collections of small, useful icons and symbols. The charm or utility that can be gained from something as small as 32x32 pixels is often extraordinary. So it goes without saying that I really love Apple’s SF Symbols. I frequently spend time at my job putting together icons on grids, and there’s something...