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Interesting Links
Last year, we reviewed the Level Touch, a HomeKit-enabled smart lock that looks like a standard door lock, unlike most of its competition. This week, Level introduced the Level Lock, a simpler, less expensive model that doesn’t include touch sensitivity but also works with Amazon’s Alexa assistant. (Link) Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz launched Future.com...
Straw Poll
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Interview: Christian Selig
Twitter: @ChristianSelig. Creator of Apollo. Which of the new or updated frameworks make you want to drop support for older OS versions and why? The new Swift concurrency features around async await look really nice; I’ve been wanting to rewrite my networking stack for a while and it looks perfect. That and the new iPad...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John dig intothe latest iteration of the research and note-taking setup that Federico is using to prepare his annual iOS and iPadOS review, which features Obsidian. This week on MacStories Unwind, John is joined by Alex Guyot to talk about Apple’s infamous App Store Review Guidelines comic...
In This Issue
A Pillow app giveaway,Federico builds a Focus mode for writing his iOS and iPadOS review, John imagines his ideal research app, we interview Apollo developer Christian Selig, plus, we have astraw poll about WWDC 2021 for membersandthe usual Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....
MacStadium: The Developer Cloud for Mac [Sponsor]
For nearly a decade, MacStadium has been solely focused on providing developers and Mac enthusiasts with customized Apple-centric solutions. MacStadium provides Mac infrastructure for everyone from solo developers to growing startups to Fortune 100 companies. Its solutions are trusted by iOS developers, mobile testing teams, and DevOps engineers around the world. In fact, MacStories has been running smoothly on MacStadium for years.
MacStadium provides solutions to fit every need. The company offers Intel-based Macs and the latest M1 Mac minis. The company has hundreds of those M1 minis in three different configurations in its data centers, ready for instant activation for your next project.
MacStadium is the only cloud provider to support and scale virtualization on Mac hardware. They can create private cloud environments with VMware, Veertu’s Anka, and their own Kubernetes-based Orka solution. With more teams working from home than ever, having a Mac build infrastructure in the cloud is the perfect way to ensure your app developers can work as efficiently as possible.
Recently, MacStadium announced a partnership with Teradici, the creator of PCoIP technology, to create high-performance remote access for the Mac. Working with Apple, the collaboration leverages MacStadium’s infrastructure to streamline and accelerate the delivery of Teradici CAS with PCoIP support for Mac customers around the world. Stay tuned because a product will be publicly available later this summer.
Whatever your Mac infrastructure needs, you owe it to yourself to give MacStadium a look today.
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In This Issue
A collection of John’s favorite features and moments from WWDC, Federico explains how iOS and iPadOS 15 have improved his Obsidian note-taking setup, John explores what makes Shortcuts on the Mac special, plus a pre-WWDC app update, the usual Links from around the web, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of Monday’s episode of...
Previously, On MacStories
2021 Apple Design Awards Given to Twelve Developers Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Record Label Pages Shortcuts for Mac: The Future Is Now WWDC 2021: All The Small Things in Apple’s Upcoming OS Releases Eddy Cue On Why Spatial Audio Is a Game-Changer watchOS 8: The MacStories Overview Craig Federighi Provides Deeper Insight Into iCloud...