Earlier this week, Apple quietly launched some new colors for its Apple Watch bands: the Solo Loop and Sport Band are now available in Kumquat, Northern Blue, and Plum. (Link) You can now use the Apple TV app on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 by downloading it from each console’s built-in PlayStation Store. (Link) Kristian...
The MacStories Selects Readers’ Choice Award Returns!
Like last year, we wanted to involve Club members in the MacStories Selects awards by asking you to pick your favorite app of 2020. The app doesn’t have to have been released this year and can be available on any Apple OS, but it must be from a third-party developer. No Apple apps allowed. Also,...
In This Issue
Announcing voting for the 2020 MacStories Selects Readers’ Choice award, acollection of Apple event highlights from Alex, John goes behind-the-scenes with themaking of his Big Sur review,Federico explains the iPad features he’d miss onan Apple silicon Mac, we interview PCalcdeveloper James Thomson,plus the usual Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of...
Interview: James Thomson
Twitter: @jamesthomson. The developer of PCalc for iOS and the Mac and Dice. About a year ago, you wrote that to adopt Mac Catalyst for PCalc you would have to almost entirely rewrite the app’s UI. Has that changed? If so, how? The new version of PCalc on the Mac is still a traditional AppKit...
GoodTask: Better Widgets for Reminders and Calendars on iOS 14 [Sponsor]
GoodTask is a powerful, customizable task manager for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that’s built on top of Apple’s Reminders app and integrates with your calendars. It’s a solid foundation that GoodTask extends with fast, reliable syncing, Siri and Shortcuts support, and many other features.
The hallmark of GoodTask is customization, which extends throughout the app’s feature set. With the latest update on the iPhone and iPad, GoodTask added widgets allowing users to place task lists, calendars, and favorites on their Home Screens. Among other things, the List widget lets you pick the list displayed, the size, whether a calendar is shown, and the density of information shown. There’s also a Favorites widget allows you to do things, like create template tasks for more quickly entering recurring reminders.
Of course, the look of the widgets is highly customizable, too, just like the app. You can pick a style and color all your own that works with your other widgets. You can also theme the app and pick from a long list of icons to suit your tastes.
GoodTask includes powerful filters for creating Smart Lists that let you create a list of a subset of your tasks based on a wide assortment of conditions. The app has innovative Quick Actions too. By defining a grid of information to add to tasks with a single tap from the Quick Actions view, you can save time by eliminating the need to repeatedly type common information.
Take charge of task management today by visiting GoodTask’s website or YouTube channel to learn more about its Mac, iOS, and Watch apps and discover the power of the premier task manager based on Apple’s Reminders app.
Our thanks to GoodTask for sponsoring MacStories this week.
Previously, On MacStories
Shortcuts Corner: Apple Frames for iPhone 12 and SE, Get Image Resolution, Encode Images to Base64, and Search Articles in Reeder Apple One Subscription Bundles Are Now Available Apple Announces November 10, 2020 Online Media Event Switching Your Default HomePod Music Service to Pandora Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14.2 with New Emoji, Wallpapers, AirPlay...
In This Issue
Alex revisits Doodle Jump,Federico answers reader Shortcuts requests, including a way to archive webpages as images, John considers what using iOS and iPadOS apps on the Mac will be like, plus the usualLinks, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcasts....
Interesting Links
The Raspberry Pi 400 was released this week, which has the entire computer built into the keyboard for just $70. (Link) Wallpaper interviewed members of Apple’s design team for a story about some of the company’s latest products. (Link) Spotify has been slow to update its apps with Apple’s latest technologies, but this week, its...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John share the iOS and iPadOS apps they want to see come to the Mac. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John recap the week leading up to another Apple event discussing iOS and iPadOS 14.2, switching music streaming services on the HomePod, Apple One, and...