Next week on AppStories, Federico and John share their WWDC wishes for iPadOS in the first of a series on what they hope is announced at Apple’s annual developer conference. Today onUnwind, Federico and John recap the week at MacStories and share a Beats 1 show, an Apple Music playlist, and a movie....
In This Issue
DaisyDisk, a tip on how to generate good-looking, text-searchable PDFs from webpages, Federico responds to a long collection of member shortcut requests, thoughts on Apple’s rumored News+ audio feature from Ryan, an interview with Soulver developer Zac Cohan, an all-new episode of Unplugged, plus lots of Weekly Q&A, App Debuts, Links, a recap of MacStories...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] PDFs, Pokémon, and Pizza Federico and John continue to refine their research strategies for this year’s review season, John shares a PDF tip with Federico, and then they compare notes on baking pizza and bread during the lockdown. Show Notes Apps Discussed Instapaper Highlights Flexcil DEVONthink 3.5...
Previously, On MacStories
A Shortcuts Wishlist Book Track Adds Reading Status, Statistics, Quote Entries, and More Apple Releases Substantial Update to Logic Pro X and Logic Remote Directive: A Terrific Way to Manage Recurring Maintenance Tasks iA Writer 5.5 Noto 2.0 Review: iPad Pointer Support, Easy Note Importing, CloudKit Syncing, and More...
Interesting Links
This week Epic revealed Unreal Engine 5, demonstrating the game engine on an upcoming Sony PS5 console, and it looks like we’re in for some gorgeous games next year. (Link) Want to know even more about Unreal Engine 5? Gamesindustry.biz has an interview with Tim Sweeney, Kim Libreri, and Nick Penwarden of Epic that sheds...
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15% Off All MacStories Pixel Products for Club Members
Earlier this week, we announced that Club MacStories members can purchase all MacStories Pixel products for 15% off. Just use the promo code club15pixel2319 at checkout. We’ve also added the promo code to the webpage you see when you log into //www.macstories.net/club for future reference. If you haven’t checked out the MacStories Shortcuts Icons that...
In This Issue
Infuse, the MacStories team’s iPad Home screen widgets, a six-month check-in on TV+, an interview with Charty developer Rodrigo Araujo, Brian King’s Home screen, tons of App Debuts,plusWeekly Q&A, Links, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of MacStories podcasts....
Home Screen: Brian King
Twitter: @bkbkbk; Website: brianking.org. Brian King is a creative technologist and media producer in Redwood City, CA. A few years ago, I started pulling myself out of a bad mental place with a simple tweak to my Home screen. I deleted the Facebook app and replaced it with Day One Journal. Day One’s icon populated...