Widgets and the App Library: A First Look at Bringing Personality and Customization to Your Home Screens Two Weeks with iPadOS 14: Redefining the Modern iPad Experience Apple Opens First Public Betas for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 14 Epic Games Releases iPhone App That Captures Facial Expressions to Unreal Engine Apple Updates Coding Resources for...
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Next week on AppStories, John is joined by Myke Hurley of Relay FM to talk about the apps he uses to run a network of 30 podcasts and produce the shows on which he appears. Today on MacStories Unwind, Johncovers Federico’s story about the evolution of iPadOS, a first look at widgets and...
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In This Issue
A collection of small but interestingchanges coming in macOS 11.0 Big Sur, an OmniFocus shortcut for creating tasks from the Home screen and search, a look at what Apple might be planning for gaming, a reader poll about the WWDC 2020 announcements,plusWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming...
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Previously, On MacStories
Josh Ginter’s First Impressions Review of HEY Apple Debuts Web Portal for Apple Card Management Connected Trio Host Interview with Members of Apple’s iPad Team Michael Flarup on Big Sur’s New Design Apple Adds Look Around for Seattle, Washington in Maps Apple News Loses The New York Times Apple’s Kevin Lynch on watchOS 7’s Sleep...
Interesting Links
Apple has created a new four-month program called Path to Apple Card to help customers improve their credit scores so they qualify for the card. (Link) With many people staying home during the global pandemic, Amazon Prime has introduced Watch Party, a new feature that allows subscribers to the video streaming service to watch movies...
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Next week on AppStories, special follow-up coverage of the Apple Design Awards. Today on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover the Apple Design Awards, new details about the Apple Watch, Big Sur’s redesign, additions to Apple Maps’ Look Around feature, The New York Times’ departure from Apple News, plus AppStories, Club MacStories, and...