Apple Captured in a Single Email Message Apple Tells CNET It’s Making Privacy Changes to AirTags and Has an Android App Coming Later This Year Timery Comes to the Mac and Makes Time Tracking With Toggl Easier Than Ever Vidit Bhargava’s Design Concept for a Menu Bar and Multitasking on iPadOS HomeRun 2 Launches as...
Perks
Timery Club Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 15 codes for 1-year subscriptions to Timery Club. Timery for Toggl by developer Joe Hribar, which we reviewed this week, is a fantastic app for tracking your time using Toggl’s online service. Enter for a Chance to Win...
Interesting Links
Apple updated its Apple Music for Artists website this week, which serves as a destination for information about technologies like spatial audio, tools like Logic Pro, and analytics for artists who offer music through the streaming service. (Link) To mark its fourth anniversary, Ben Sandofsky of Lux provides a detailed history behind the development of...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] Behind the Scenes of Federico’s Coverage of Rome’s New Via del Corso Apple Store Released earlier this week, John has an update on his cul-de-sac, we preview MacStories’ upcoming WWDC coverage, and Federico lifts the veil on Apple’s restoration of historic Palazzo Marignoli, home of the company’s latest flagship retail store....
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John kick off WWDC with a recap of and thoughts on Apple’s keynote and State of the Union. AppStories will be published daily from Tuesday through Friday during WWDC. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover the latest updates from HomeRun and Timery, WWDC news,...
In This Issue
This month, Federico takes the Thread plunge with a new HomeKit device home setup and John has four areas he’d like Apple to focus on at WWDC next week....
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MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] MacStories Unplugged will be back with an all-new episode on Monday, including a behind-the-scenes look at Federico’s recent visit to Rome’s new Via del Corso Apple store....
In This Issue
Federico continues his lossless music experiments in advance of Apple Music’s upcoming lossless support, John breathes new life into old home entertainment gear and plans a makeover of his entire audio/video setup, a tip on scanning directly to the Mac with your iPhone or iPad, a preview of Monday’s episode of MacStories Unplugged,plus the usual...