Apple has assembled a collection of over 1,500 symbols that developers can use in their apps. This rich SF Symbols bundle should hopefully lead to more icon consistency across iOS apps. (Link) John Sundell details on his dedicated WWDC site a first look at SwiftUI, the new framework Apple introduced this week as the future...
Interview: James Thomson
Twitter: @jamesthomson. Indie developer and creator of PCalc. After more than a year of Marzipan speculation, Apple finally shared more details on what’s now called Project Catalyst. Are you considering using Catalyst for PCalc, or does it appear to make sense primarily for apps that aren’t yet on the Mac? I believe Catalyst potentially does...
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Next week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by MacStories writer Alex Guyot to talk about some of the new apps and updates announced by Apple at WWDC. [[dialog_artwork]] Next week on Dialog, Federico and John wrap up their interview with Daring Fireball’s John Gruber with a discussion of his writing process, Markdown,...
Things: Where Ideas Take Shape [Sponsor]
Things by Cultured Code delivers a carefully-balanced mix of clean design, ease-of-use, flexibility, and power that make it a world-class task management solution. The app is available natively on the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Watch with deep OS integration that takes advantage of each platform’s unique features and strengths. It’s a compelling, integrated package that makes it clear why it has won two Apple Design Awards and a MacStories Select Award for Best App Update.
The design elegantly scales from the Watch all the way up to the biggest iMac screen, showing you exactly what you need to know about your tasks. The app has all the features you need like reminders, tags, notes, and checklists that can be added to a task, all organized by project. There are tons of fantastic little touches that set Things apart too like the ability to break a project into sections visually with headings and a Today view that brings together today’s tasks from across projects.
Things also has fantastic power user features. The app includes extensive keyboard shortcuts on the Mac and iPad, has a deep, well-documented URL scheme for automating tasks, and there’s Shortcuts and Siri shortcuts support. You can even paste a plain text list of items into a project and Things will automatically turn each line of text into a task, which makes the app a delight to use with a plain text editor and opens up powerful automation options.
Staying focused and on track is hard with a big project, but with an app like Things that’s available on all the devices you use and adaptable to the way you work, you can get that project over the finish line on time. So give Things a try today, you’ll be happy you did. New features are being added all the time too, so if you haven’t tried Things in a while, now is a great time to give it another look. You can download a free trial of Things for the Mac at thingsapp.com or get the iOS apps on the App Store.
Our thanks to Things by Cultured Code for sponsoring all of MacStories’ WWDC coverage this week.
Announcement
As in past years, MacStories Weekly will be published one day later than usual next week on Saturday, June 8th to accommodate our WWDC travel plans. The MacStories Team...
Interesting Links
Ever wonder how something like USB becomes a standard? Whether or not you have, the story behind USB as told by Fast Company is a good tale worth checking out. (Link) Geoffrey Fowler of The Washington Post explains app trackers and the data about your iPhone that is being uploaded to data brokers in the...
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HomeRun, how to force podcast episodes to transfer from Overcast to your Watch, how John used Concepts and GoodNotes to plan MacStories’ latest podcast,plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....