A Closer Look at the Club MacStories Perks Announced This Week TestFlight for Mac Has Finally Arrived Setting Up a Custom Domain for iCloud Email Automation Academy and The Macintosh Desktop Experience: Exclusive Monthly Features for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier Members Deeper on Calliope, Our New Web App for Club MacStories and AppStories Introducing...
Interview: Rahul Matta
Twitter: @rmatta. Creator of Tempo, a workout log for runners, walkers, and hikers. This week you introduced a new feature called Goals in Tempo, your app for runners, walkers, and hikers. Could you tell readers more about Tempo and what you’ve done with Goals? Tempo is an amazingly comprehensive and intelligent training log. It helps...
Loupedeck Live, Federico’s Shortcut Previews, and More
John published his first installment of The Macintosh Desktop Experience. In this article, he explains how he’s been using the Loupedeck Live, a fascinating little accessory to execute commands on his Mac by pressing physical buttons and turning dials. On the Club MacStories+ Discord server, member Josh shared a useful tip on how to automatically...
In This Issue
A thank you from the MacStories team for your continued support, John has some tips and tricks for the new Club MacStories website, Federico explains how he’s using Quick Note for email and Twitter templates, John on why we built Calliope, the technology that is the foundation of the Club, an interview with Tempo developer...
Discord
Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members are already in our new Discord community chatting about a wide range of topics. The MacStories team is actively involved in the Discord community, joining the ongoing conversations and leading activities and events. In fact, this week, we held our first Town Hall live audio event for members, which was a lot of fun.
Custom RSS Feeds
Our advanced filtering also powers customizable RSS feeds, which you won’t find on other websites. Every filter you create as a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier member can be turned into a personalized RSS feed that works as long as you’re a member. The feeds work with any RSS reader, and because they are based on the open RSS standard, the feeds you create don’t require a separate login or other authentication either.
Filtering with Explore
The Explore option that you’ll find in the navigation bar at //www.macstories.net/club lets Club MacStories+ and Club Premier readers create custom filters of Club content by:
- Publication type
- MacStories Weekly section
- The new columns Federico and I are writing for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members
- Author
- Date range
Filters are powerful on their own, but can also be paired with keyword searches to refine results further thanks to our web app, Calliope.
Search
The number one request we have gotten from Club members over the years is for a way to search the back catalog of around 350 newsletters. We’ve always wanted that, too, and so, for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members, we’ve introduced full text search of every issue of MacStories Weekly and the Monthly Log ever published, along with the ability to refine searches with filters.
Club MacStories and AppStories+ Feature Speedrun
We introduced a lot yesterday between the new Club MacStories tiers and AppStories+. Having lived with the details for so long, I wanted to see how quickly I could get through them in one screencast. The result is this speedrun screencast, which is the fastest way to get an overview of everything we announced yesterday....
