A collection of John’s favorite first-gen Catalyst apps,Federico shares iOS 14 tips, Ryan explains why iPadOS is a bigger deal than it might first appear, an interview with Spend Stack developer Jordan Morgan,plus the usualLinks, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of the latest MacStories podcasts....
Overdrop Weather: Weather Simplified [Sponsor]
Weather might be the dreaded theme no conversation should reach, but how the tables turn when you start reciting temperature, wind speed, precipitation, the UV index, cloud cover, pressure, and humidity from the top of your head. You’re updated on all that and much else, live with Overdrop – a beautiful weather app for iPhone, powered by leading forecast providers.
Launch Overdrop, and key information is elegantly displayed on an animated illustrated landscape that matches what you see out the window (save, perhaps, the noisy dog and grocery store that should offer disinfectant but doesn’t). A daily overview includes an exhaustive collection of live metrics – including the aforementioned – and a weather graph with temperature, wind speed, and precipitation, helps you stay one 24-hour step ahead.
The advanced quad-layer radar map with a time-travel bar predicts weather changes four days in advance, and if even that isn’t enough, plan up to a week in advance with a detailed 7-day weather forecast.
Turn on notifications, and alerts for severe weather can be delivered to Notification Centre. A sizeable set of themes – some dark – lets you customise icons, colours, and illustrations. And on iOS 14, Overdrop will offer beautiful, data-rich Home Screen widgets for ever quicker use.
So break the ice with a chat about the weather.
Our thanks to Overdrop for sponsoring MacStories this week.
Interesting Links
If you’ve been stuck looking for a way to get a little exercise while playing Super Mario 64 (and who hasn’t, really?), here’s a great Microsoft Kinect mod that has you covered. (Link) In honor of World Emoji Day, check out this post by our pal Jeremy Burge over at Emojipedia about the global holiday’s...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] A Porcupine, a Horse, and a macOS Review A porcupine story leads to bigger and better animal stories and Federico’s brush with the police for trespassing on an abandoned golf course. Plus, John provides an update on his macOS Big Sur review, including the apps he’s using as he finalizes his research and outlines...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Shares Preview of Upcoming Emoji with Emojipedia Apple Partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Create New Coding Centers Pixelmator Pro 1.7 Adds Type to Path, Canvas Rotation, and More Apple Releases iOS 13.6 with Apple News Audio Features and Expanded Local News Coverage, Plus Digital Car Key Support Eve Cam: An Excellent...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, a classic Pick 2 episode where Federico and John dig deep into a couple of apps they haven’t covered in a while. Today on MacStories Unwind, Federico and Johncelebrate World Emoji Day with big updates to Pixelmator Pro and Ulysses, a rundown of iOS 13.6 features, the Eve Cam,...
In This Issue
GoodLinks,Federico shares an iOS and iPadOS 14 beta shortcut for viewing Reminders app tasks on your Home screen with compact UI, Ryan on adapting to widgets, an all-new episode of Unplugged,lots of App Debuts, plus the usual Links, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of MacStories podcasts....
Magic Lasso: Block Ads, Trackers and Pop-Ups on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac [Sponsor]
Magic Lasso Adblock is an efficient and high-performance ad blocker for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
It allows you to experience a cleaner, faster web – without ads. As a native Safari content-blocking extension, Magic Lasso blocks intrusive ads, pop-ups, and trackers when browsing the web.
Magic Lasso Adblock provides a 2.0x speed increase on common websites, improves your privacy and security by removing ad trackers, and works with Safari across all Apple devices. It’s as if Apple itself had designed an ad blocker.
And unlike some other ad blockers, Magic Lasso Adblock respects your privacy, doesn’t accept payment from advertisers, and is 100% supported by its community of over 150,000 users.
Version 2.0 delivers a host of new features, including:
- Community Allowlists: Once enabled, ad blocking is disabled on sites that have been frequently allowed by Magic Lasso users. Through anonymous crowd-sourcing of allowlists, ads are only allowed on sites the community deem worthy
- Battery Boost: Additional ad blocking rules target and block JavaScript which uses significant CPU energy, ensuring pages are responsive while improving browser battery life
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New look and feel: The new three-pane interface provides a quick overview of current status, easy access to see recent rules updates, and a simple way to view and configure allowed sites
Download the app for free today from the Magic Lasso website, the App Store, and the Mac App Store.
Our thanks to Magic Lasso Adblock for sponsoring MacStories this week.
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] Hi everyone! We’re taking this week off from MacStories Unplugged, but will be recording a new episode next week, so sit tight. It won’t be long before we’re back....