Ryan compilesa new collectionof terrific iOS utilities, we all shareour wish lists for iOS and iPadOS 14 widgets, we have an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, and Walter Wunderlich shares his iOS 14 Home screen, plusthe usual Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] A Jug of Iced Coffee Federico and John explore iced coffee, America’s obsession with drive-thrus, and ghost towns, along with updates on their OS reviews, the AppStories developer interview series, and more. Show Notes Apps Mentioned: MindNode Outlinely AppStories 178: An Interview with Guilherme Rambo...
Interesting Links
The New York Times reports on Fawkes, a tool that alters photographs by combining images of two people so they cannot be identified by facial recognition software. Based on writer Kashmir Hill’s comment on the results, the technology doesn’t seem quite ready for primetime: “I looked ghoulish, my 3-year-old daughter sprouted what looked like facial...
Home Screen: WalterWunderlich
Twitter: @fuenfhauser. User interface designer and writer in Augsburg, Germany. I‘ve been obsessed with aiming for the perfect Home screen layout for several years now, and whilst I‘m aware that I will never come to a final result, I‘m happy with where I am now with my setup for iOS 14. The day of Apple‘s...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Reveals Substantial Update to the 27-inch iMac with Smaller Updates to the 21.5-inch iMac and iMac Pro Phil Schiller Transitions into Reduced Role as Apple Fellow; Greg Joswiak Newly Appointed SVP of Worldwide Marketing Crouton Review: An Elegant, Modern Recipe Manager and Cooking Aid The Wallpaper App Review: Endless Wallpapers Tailored for Apple Devices...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John interview David Smith, the developer of Watchsmith, Sleep++, Pedometer++, the upcoming Widgetsmith, and many other apps about watchOS, complications, widgets, and related topics. Today on MacStories Unwind, Federico and Johncover reviews of GameTrack, The Wallpaper App, and Crouton, plus the new 27” iMac, Phil Schiller becoming...
Interesting Links
The Washington Post reports that Find My, which Apple opened up to third-party developers at WWDC, prohibits developers from using competing location services at the same time, limiting the utility of the program. (Link) The New Yorker has a fascinating story of a Dutch citizen who bought a huge military bunker in Germany, which became...
Perks
GameClub Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 10 codes for 1-year subscriptions to GameClub, the terrific service that has revitalized your favorite classic iOS games. Enter to Win a 1-Year Subscription to GameClub...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John interview Guilherme Rambo about Mac Catalyst, SwiftUI, iPadOS, the App Store, and much more in the first of a series of developer interviews covering everything coming to Apple’s platforms this fall. Today on MacStories Unwind,Federico and John talk about the big changes to Mac Catalyst, a...