Power-User HomeKit App Home+ 5 Adds Automation Folders, Backups, and a Fresh Design Hands-On with the Apple Store’s Insta360 ONE X2 Camera Bundle Maps Adds Accident, Hazard, and Speed Check Reporting Using the iPhone, CarPlay, and Siri to the iOS 14.5 Beta Austin Carr and Mark Gurman on Tim Cook’s Apple iOS and iPadOS 14.5...
Interesting Links
Audible announced that it is teaming up with mapping app Waze to offer its audio programming through Waze, in a somewhat unusual mashup of services. (Link) In a move that has become part of Facebook’s standard playbook, The New York Times says that the company is working on a new product that will compete with...
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GameTrack, a collection of apps for working with screenshots and screen recordings, an update onFederico’s iPhone widget setup, a streaming music tip, MacStories Unplugged returns with a productivity parable, Boston slang, and regional Italian accents,plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts,arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcasts....
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] A Productivity Parable and a Tour of American and Italian Dialects In this episode, John has a productivity parable about a nail and tips for Federico about buying booze and ordering ice cream in Boston, while Federico explains the breadth of accents and dialects in Italy. Show Notes Mark Wahlberg Teaches You Boston Slang...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John begin a two-part miniseries about Apple’s on-going alignment of the Mac and iPad with an episode that considers what the Mac can learn from the iPad. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John recap the week at MacStories including John’s review of the Insta360 ONE...
BetterTouchTool: Customize Your Input Devices [Sponsor]
BetterTouchTool is an indispensable Mac app that has stood the test of time. The app was one of the first covered by MacStories back in November 2009. In those early days, BetterTouchTool was a simple app for adding customizable gestures to MacBook trackpads and the Magic Mouse.
Today, many things have changed in BetterTouchTool. Of course, it still allows you to configure all sorts of gestures for the Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse. However, nowadays, the app also supports many more input devices. BTT enables full Touch Bar customization, allows users to define keyboard shortcuts, including a powerful Hyper Key, bind the buttons of mice, create custom mouse gestures, customize the Siri Remote, connect and configure MIDI devices, and more.
BetterTouchTool offers a long list of predefined actions to automate tasks on your Mac that can be assigned to any input-device trigger you choose. The app also contains some handy features like window snapping, a clipboard manager, a screenshot editor, and much more. There is even a free iOS app to remotely control your Mac and trigger actions.
The breadth of what can be accomplished with BetterTouchTool is only limited by your imagination. A great place to get started and be inspired by other BTT users is the BetterTouchTool Community at community.folivora.ai. Users have shared some fantastic BTT presets there, including some very advanced custom Touch Bar setups that you should definitely check out.
BetterTouchTool comes with a 45-day trial, after which you can choose between a license that includes all updates for 2 years and a lifetime license.
For a limited time, MacStories readers can purchase BetterTouchTool for 20% off by using the coupon code MACSTORIESBTT at checkout. So, don’t delay. Go to folivora.ai to learn more about this fantastic Mac app and take advantage of the special limited-time, 20% discount on BetterTouchTool.
Our thanks to BetterTouchTool for sponsoring MacStories this week.
MacStories Weekly Q&A and Shortcuts Requests Updated
We recently changed how the MacStories Weekly Q&A and Shortcuts Requests work behind the scenes. We wanted to alert Club members because the links to submit questions and requests found in past issues of Weekly no longer work. Instead, please use this link for Q&A and this link for Shortcuts requests. Even though we can’t...
In This Issue
Downie 4, John updates his over-the-air TV setup with new hardware and a new app, plus lots of App Debuts Links, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcasts....
Interesting Links
Earlier this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke about privacy at the CPDP21 conference. The live audio wasn’t great, but Apple has released a much-improved version on its YouTub channel, which provides a good overview of the company’s approach to privacy. (Link) 9to5Mac reports that macOS 11.3 will bring stereo pair support for HomePods to...