As Federico and John discuss further on today’s episode of the Club-exclusive MacStories Unplugged podcast, September 14th will mark the 4th anniversary of Club MacStories. We’ll be celebrating with deals for Club members on some of our favorite apps and services, which we’ll announce on September 6th. This year the list includes over 30 companies...
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Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who’s currently manning the International Space Station, became the first DJ in orbit as he live-streamed a session using the Djay app on an iPad. (Link) For those times when you don’t have a physical ruler or Apple’s Measure app isn’t enough, you can now use a measuring wallpaper for the...
GoodTask: A Powerful Task Manager Based on Apple’s Reminders App [Sponsor]
GoodTask is a powerful task manager for iOS and the Mac that’s built on top of Apple’s Reminders app. By leveraging Reminders, GoodTask syncs to all your iOS devices and Macs, supports Exchange, and works seamlessly with Siri shortcuts. But that’s just the start.
Tasks can be filtered using GoodTask’s Smart List feature. Smart Lists act like saved searches allowing you to view subsets of your tasks. For example, maybe you want to find all of your un-dated tasks with a certain tag. With Smart Lists, that’s incredibly simple to set up.
Another powerful feature of GoodTask is Quick Actions. You define a grid of information to add to tasks with a single tap from the Quick Actions view. Maybe you have a project, tag, day of the week, time, or other bits of data you add to tasks over an over. With Quick Actions, the repetition of typing that information over and over is eliminated. The app also includes a Smart Button on iOS to quickly move between frequently-used lists.
Interactive notifications with Quick Actions allow users to do things like auto-snooze tasks right from a notification without opening the app. There’s also a feature-rich Apple Watch app from which you can manage existing tasks and add new ones. Add to that a handy Today widget and GoodTask excels at being available no matter the device or context. The app’s iOS icons are customizable and you can switch between a variety of themes or make them yourself to set GoodTask up exactly the way you want too.
Take charge of task management today by visiting GoodTask’s website to learn more about its Mac, iOS, and Watch apps and discover the power of the premier task manager based on Apple’s Reminders app.
Our thanks to GoodTask for sponsoring MacStories this week.
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Next week on AppStories, Federico returns from the beach to talk to John about Sidecar, the second-screen feature coming to macOS Catalina and iOS 13 in the fall....
In This Issue
A collection of iOS and Apple TV cooking apps, Federico shares podcast shortcuts from his upcoming iOS 13 review, Ryan on how Apple may approach the iPhone’s cameras this fall, Alexander Mervar’s Home screen, plus lots of App Debuts, Links, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
Home Screen: Alexander Mervar
Twitter: @Its_The_Anorak. Student, jazz drummer, and Club MacStories member. My Home screen is unique because I’ve filled it entirely with shortcuts. Most of the reasoning behind this was to force a design preference and aesthetic on all of my applications. First, I wanted all of my apps to have the same visual appeal and theme....
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Naim announced an audiophile compact speaker coming in early September that has AirPlay 2, Spotify, Tidal, Bluetooth, Roon, and other support that makes the HomePod look like a bargain at $899. (Link) OWC released a new version of its USB-C Travel Dock that Federico previously wrote about which adds 100W power delivery and cable storage....
Pocket Lists: The Friendliest To-Do List App for Families [Sponsor]
Earlier this month, Pocket Lists got a massive update, which made it the first to-do list app designed specifically for family collaboration. That’s a big deal because far too many to-do apps are designed for your work life, but completely ignore the needs of you and your family.
Pocket Lists includes a brand new ‘Family’ tab that integrates real-time collaboration and to-do list sharing, so up to 6 family members can work together efficiently and productively. The new Family tab makes it super easy to share to-do lists with everyone in your family, view your family’s activity log, and assign tasks to one another.
By focusing on families instead of businesses, Pocket Lists makes the collaboration process truly friendly and easy to understand. The app is designed from the ground up to seamlessly combine all of the new family collaboration features with the ability to keep some lists and tasks private too.
Pocket Lists also looks great. There are over 400 icons to make your lists stand out, over 70 built-in and custom cover images, and color-coding. The app has all the other features you’d expect from a top-notch task manager too like natural language support for setting due dates and times in all ten languages that the app supports. Reminders can be set based on dates, times, and locations and can repeat. There is even support for hashtags, subtasks, an Apple Watch app, an iMessage app, and dark mode. On top of that, Pocket Lists integrates with Apple’s Reminders and Calendar apps.
If you’re looking to get your household tasks in order for your whole family, check out Pocket Lists today on their website and download it the App Store. It’s the friendliest to-do list app for families.
Our thanks to Pocket Lists for sponsoring MacStories this week.