This month, how Ryan improved his tech life in 2019, Stephen on three Apple products that made a difference for him in 2019, and John clears out the digital cruft from the year gone by....
2019 Winter Festival of Artisanal Software [Sponsor]
The 2019 Artisanal Software Festival is a fantastic collection of carefully-crafted apps for writing, research, thinking, and more at terrific prices. As in past years, software artisans from around the globe come together to offer fair discounts direct to you from the workshop door.
The 17 apps span a wide spectrum that will assist you with everyday knowledge work. There are apps to plan your next big project, conduct research, organize your research, edit images, manage email, write, and more:
- Tinderbox – Visualize and organize ideas and plans.
- Panorama X – Collect, organize, and understand your data.
- Nisus Writer Pro – The powerful word processor for the Mac.
- DEVONthink 3 - Your paperless Mac office.
- Aeon Timeline 2 – The timeline tool for creative thinking.
- TextExpander – Recall your best words. Instantly, repeatedly.
- Spam Sieve – powerful email spam filtering
- Storyspace – Serious hypertext narrative.
- Bookends – The reference manager you’ve been looking for.
- Trickster – Your recently used files, at your fingertips.
- PDFpen – Powerful PDF editing.
- HoudahSpot – Powerful file search for Mac.
- HoudahGeo – Photo geotagging.
- DEVONagent Pro – Your smart (re)search assistant.
- BBEdit – Power tool for text.
- ImageFramer Pro – Your art. Showcased.
- Hook – Work smarter.
Tools with attitude: no gimmicks, no bundles, no gotchas – just saving of hundreds of dollars on these fine tools for a limited time. Visit the WinterFest website now for links to amazing deals each of these fantastic apps and to learn more.
Our thanks to the 2019 Artisanal Software Festival for sponsoring MacStories this week.
In This Issue
Countdowns, the MacStories Selects Honorable Mentions, a big Remote, Mouse & Keyboard app giveaway, Federico’s Club-exclusive MusicBot Pro shortcut, MacStories Unplugged, a teaser for aspecialissue of MacStories Weeklycoming January 10th,plus the usual Links, App Debuts,arecap of MacStories articles, and an update on MacStories’ podcasts....
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] La Dolce Vita Federico and John recorded this month’s episode of MacStories Unplugged in person from Rome, talking about video games, apps for planning long-term projects, and high-resolution digital audio. Show Notes Video Games Link’s Awakening 3DS Version Switch Version Pokemon Sword and Shield An Introduction to the Video Game Championships Making the Jump...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Podcasts Now Available on Amazon Alexa Devices Things’ Quick Find Feature Upgraded Across iPhone, iPad, and Mac Introducing MusicBot: The All-in-One Apple Music Assistant, Powered by Shortcuts Apple, Google, Amazon, and the Zigbee Alliance Announce Project Connected Home Over IP MacStories Selects 2019: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year Twitter Rolling Out Redesigned...
Perks
Remote, Mouse & Keyboard Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 50 copies of Remote, Mouse & Keyboard, agreat app for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch that lets you control your Mac remotely. This giveaway is first-come, first-serve, so don’t delay because the codes will go quickly. Happy Holidays! Click Here for a Chance...
Interesting Links
Apple Arcade quietly added a new $49.99 annual subscription option this week, granting a $10 discount if you pay for a year at a time. (Link) Adobe has launched the first feature update for Photoshop for iPad, introducing Select Subject which intelligently identifies your image’s subject and enables editing it in isolation from the rest...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Federico and John will be taking two weeks off fromAppStoriesduring the holidays. The show will return with an all-new episode on Monday, January 6th. [[dialog_artwork]] We want to let you in on a little secret. Season 2 ofDialogis in the works.We haven’t set a launch date yet, which depends on guest availability and a...
The MacStories Weekly Holiday Hiatus
Long-time Club MacStories members may recall that every year we take a couple weeks off around Christmas and New Year’s Day to spend time with friends and family and recharge. This year is no different, and to close the year out on a high note, we’ve got a big issue for you today with Federico’s...