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3292 posts on MacStories since July 2011

Articles by the MacStories team. Founded by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories attracts millions of readers every month thanks to in-depth, personal, and informed coverage that offers a balanced mix of Apple news, app reviews, and opinion.

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Interview: John Sundell

Twitter: @johnsundell. Creator of Swift by Sundell, co-host of Stacktrace, and Swift developer. In January, you started a new podcast with Garric Nahapetian and Chris Lattner called The Swift Community Podcast. When you look back at the pastnearly five years, what’s been the most surprising thing about Swift’s evolution? I can’t believe it’s been nearly...


Perks

Launch Center Pro NFC Stickers and IAP Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we are giving away 5 complete sets of Launch Center Pro NFC stickers and the app’s NFC In-App Purchase. Entries will remain open until 10:00 pm Eastern US time on Friday, March 1, 2019. Winners will be selected at random and notified by...


AnyFont: Install Any Font on Your iPhone or iPad [Sponsor]

iOS devices come with a pre-installed set of fonts. That’s great, but sometimes you want more. Whether you’re working on a special presentation or another document, AnyFont makes it possible to use exactly the fonts you want whether they come preinstalled or not.

AnyFont lets you install TrueType Fonts (.ttf), OpenType Fonts (.otf) and TrueType Collections (.ttc) on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Once installed, these fonts can be used system-wide in apps like Pages, Keynote, Word, PowerPoint, Cricut Design, and many others. That’s because fonts added with AnyFont are installed as configuration profiles directly in the iOS Settings app.



If you’ve ever started a presentation on your Mac or PC and then opened it on an iOS device to show off only to find your carefully picked fonts replaced with a different default ones, you’ll understand why AnyFont is so powerful. By installing the fonts you use on your desktop on your mobile devices with AnyFont you can confidently show off your presentations on iOS knowing that they’ll look exactly the way you intended. This makes AnyFont the perfect solution for any creative user.

AnyFont is extremely easy to use and comes with an extensive FAQ and an introductory tutorial that walks you through the simple steps for installing a font. AnyFont also features:

  • The ability to add new single fonts or multiple fonts as a ZIP file using iTunes file sharing or the ‘Open in…’ feature from apps like Mail, Files, or Dropbox
  • Font previews
  • An optional bundle of 1,000+ fonts as an In-App Purchase for $ 0.99
  • A complete list of installed and available fonts on your device
  • 3D Touch
  • Localizations in English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish

Don’t limit yourself to the fonts that come with iOS, visit AnyFont’s website to learn more, and download the app today to install any font at all on your iPhone or iPad.

Our thanks to AnyFont for sponsoring MacStories this week.


Interesting Links

Dr. Drang has a compelling critique of the use of transparency in macOS Mojave. (Link) Google Docs has added a REST API for document creation and modification that opens up interesting automation possibilities. (Link) The Atlantic considers why online grocery shopping hasn’t taken off in the US despite being more common in other countries. (Link)...


Reader Setup: Shahid Ahmad

Twitter: @shahidkamal. Game developer and co-host of Remaster on Relay FM. I work from The ShaShed, and yes, it is a shed, at the bottom of my garden. It’s no ordinary shed though as I will reveal. I’ve altered the layout many times over the last three years, sometimes cramming in three desks, but lately...


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The Clock: The Best World Clock [Sponsor]

Time zones are hard, but they don’t have to be. With The Clock for iOS and the Mac, you can stay in touch with friends and family and schedule meetings with colleagues scattered across the globe without the confusion that time zones can cause.

The hallmark of The Clock is its flexibility to work the way you do. The app has 20,000 users, and it’s their input that has helped it evolve into an intuitive and essential utility.

Times and dates can be displayed in a bunch of formats, but that’s just the start. The Clock includes four handsome themes and supports eight different complications that display information like sunrise and sunset times, business hours, days off, days of the week, time zone offset, and more.

The Clock is also indispensable for planning meetings. With calendar integration and a unique slider interface, it’s easy to find a time window to chat with colleagues spread around the world. The app also automatically adjusts for Daylight Savings Time and alerts you as the time change approaches.

The Clock is loaded with lots of other features too:

  • Menu bar and dock options
  • Notes
  • Accessibility support
  • Local, iCloud, and Dropbox backups
  • Keyboard support
  • Handoff
  • Share sheet and service integration for converting times
  • Split Screen and Full Screen
  • Siri Shortcuts on iOS

The Clock is the best world clock you’ll find anywhere on the Mac or iOS. Learn more about The Clock for macOS and download a trial version from the app’s website. While you’re there, check out the iOS version too. Both the macOS and iOS versions are available on the iOS App Store and the Mac App Store.

Also, we’re giving away 20 copies each of the Mac and iOS versions of The Clock to MacStories readers. Click here, to learn more and enter the giveaway.

Our thanks to The Clock for sponsoring MacStories this week.