Jonathan Reed

316 posts on MacStories since February 2024

Jonathan is a freelance graphic designer. As well as being a long-time Apple user he is a huge film and television aficionado and is very interested in the intersection between the two mediums and technology. He lives in London with his wife and daughter and is writing his bio in the third person.

iOS 4 Mastodon, Food Tracking, and More Modding

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories Discord: New member rar had a great breakdown of their Home Screens. If you’ve got a Home Screen you’d like to share, why not head to #share-your-setup? fastballspecial (gotta love that name) opened an interesting discussion about food tracking apps, which are the best, and their shortcomings. Mastodon...



DOJ Chaos, Lego Keyboards, and iPod Mods

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories Discord: The DOJ launched its lawsuit against Apple, and members had lots to say, with some agreeing, some disagreeing, and some just enjoying the chaos – like poor Amazon and their failed Fire Phone. Jose posted a picture and details of an epic iPod mod they recently did....


Extracting Data from Notion to Reminders

I’ve long been a fan of Notion. There are lots of similar platforms and apps out there, but there’s something about the aesthetic of Notion, along with its excellent branding and visual identity, that I’ve always enjoyed. It’s also very powerful while maintaining a low barrier of entry. If you want to try out some...


SharePlay with Vision Pro, Member Projects, and iMac Screens

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories Discord: Nerdynick created a setup for enjoying movies over SharePlay using Apple Vision Pro. I’m sure many people are tired of all the DMA talk, but if you’re not, members really got into it over in the #apple channel. bbech and T.G. Cid were hard at work figuring...


EU and Epic Drama, a New Vision Pro, and WireDrop?

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories Discord: Lachlan shared a link to an interesting article on PetaPixel about the fact that no commercial cameras currently exist with a resolution high enough to create realistic-looking content on the Apple Vision Pro. Between DMA-related changes to iOS, the EU ruling on Spotify, and more Epic drama,...


Using Today App to Work Through Tasks Day-to-Day

I’ve written several times before about how I’m working to help myself better focus and organize my schedule. I previously wrote about the app Structured and how it’s helped me to plan what I need to do at various points during the day. But what about those tasks that randomly occur or are too small...


Creating a Better File Saving Workflow For Scanning on iOS

Many of you will have seen the release of the excellent Simple Scan for iOS by Greg Pierce this week (check out John’s review if you haven’t). It’s a refreshingly simple app that gets a task done – scanning documents with your iPhone (or anything you want to capture with your iPhone camera) – before...


Naked Keyboards, Virtual Display Distances, and Future iOS UI Design

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories Discord: haphazard had a great tip for making hidden apps on the Mac appear transparent in the dock. Jezza had an interesting way of replicating the perspectives experience of OmniFocus with Things and Reminders. Nerdynick did some very extensive testing of Apple Vision Pro Mac Virtual Display feature...