Creating Your Own Widgets: A New Category of Apps Emerges Widgets and a New Sidebar Design Make Anybuffer a Standout Among Clipboard Managers One Week After Launch, Users Already Have Several Options for Alternative Browsers and Email Clients on iOS and iPadOS 14 Introducing WallCreator: A Shortcut to Create iPhone and iPad Wallpapers with Solid...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] In today’s episode of MacStories Unplugged,Federico and John look back on a long strange summer, discuss Apple’s unexpected release of iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS, and what they have planned for Club members into October, plus what two popular memes teach us about Greek philosophy. Show Notes: An update on Federico’s iOS and iPadOS 14...
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Home Screen: Rebecca Stone
Twitter: @forestminish. Staff writer at Twinfinite and co-host of Nintendo Shack podcast. When Apple released iOS 14, I started to see a ton of creativity around Twitter with people showing off their new, customized Home Screens. I knew right away that I wanted to design my own based on my favorite video game series, The...
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Kicking Off Month-Long Giveaways
On Monday, we kicked off Club MacStories’ 5th anniversary celebration with over 30 discounts on many of our favorite apps, services, and hardware. There are hundreds of dollars worth of deals that are available through October 11th, so be sure to log into your Club account and visit our special anniversary page to take advantage...
In This Issue
We kick off a month of app giveaways from our friends in the developer community, Ryan shares some great app updates with widgets,Federico has a sneak peek at some of the iOS and iPadOS 14 tips from his upcoming review, John considers the iPad Air’s positioning between the iPad mini and iPad Pro, we interview...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John interview designer Michael Flarup about iOS 14, iPadOS 14, macOS Big Sur design to close out this summer’s OS preview series. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John recap the highlights of MacStories’ Apple event coverage and the many app reviews published this week....
Interesting Links
Adobe Illustrator went up for pre-order on the App Store this week, and Michael Steeber has an interview with designer Yiying Lu who has been testing the beta version of the app. (Link) Republication of podcasts has become a problem on Anchor, which the company told The Verge this week that it’s working on fixing....