The USB Promoter Group has formally announced the pending release of the spec for the next version of the USB standard, called USB4, which will be based on Thunderbolt and deliver speeds up to 40 Gbps. (Link) Serial Box, an iOS app that delivers serialized stories, has cut a deal with Marvel to create stories...
Interview: Rene Ritchie
Twitter: @reneritchie. Analysis, podcasts, and YouTube videos at iMore.com/Vector. You’ve been making videos under the Vector banner for a little over a year now. How has the experience differed from your writing and podcasting? It’s all very similar in that each medium allows you to take what’s in your head and get it out into...
In This Issue
Cinema Time, Digital Camera Companion Apps on iOS, Behind the Scenes of the MacStories Shortcuts Archive, an interview with Rene Ritchie, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
Previously, On MacStories
Spark Adds Rich Text Formatting for Email: Lists, Text Colors, and Highlighting Introducing the MacStories Shortcuts Archive, a Collection of 150 Custom Shortcuts for Apple’s Shortcuts App Hands On with Sony’s PS4 Remote Play App for iOS Castro Launches Curated Podcast Collections and Instant Search to Improve Discovery...
StopTheMadness: Take Back Your Web Browser [Sponsor]
When you visit a website, few things are more frustrating than when your browser doesn’t work as expected because the site has disabled common interface features. StopTheMadness is a Safari and Firefox extension that prevents sites from modifying how your browser works when you visit them.
Available on the Mac App Store for macOS 10.12 Sierra and later, StopTheMadness puts you back in control of your browsing experience. Users often assume their browser isn’t working correctly when in fact, the trouble lies with the sites they visit. To see just how bad it can be, visit StopTheMadness’ test page for a demonstration. With StopTheMadness enabled, everything on the test page is returned to working the way you expect.
Whether you’re on Safari or Firefox, StopTheMadness ensures you can:
- ⌘-click to open links in a new tab
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- Open Safari’s standard contextual menu when you right click
- Drag images and links
- Select text
- Paste text into any text field
- Copy text from anywhere on a webpage
- Auto-fill and complete passwords
StopTheMadness can even prevent clicked links in Google search results from being redirected to a different site. The extension can also be customized to work on a per-site basis allowing users to dial in the exact experience they want.
Get StopTheMadness today on the Mac App Store and take back your web browser. StopTheMadness is available as a separate purchase for Google Chrome on the Chrome Web Store.
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John begin a mini-series on their wishes for iOS 13 starting with Files and the iPad home screen....
In This Issue
Gladys for Mac,Board Games for iOS (Vol. 7), an interview with Grocery developer Conrad Stoll, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of the next episode of AppStories....
Interesting Links
Apple COO Jeff Williams spoke at an event at Elon University recently discussing, among other topics, the Apple Watch and the company’s efforts to make its products more affordable. (Link) BBEdit 12.6 was released with app sandboxing, which paves the way for it to be released on the Mac App Store. (Link) For a preview...
Interview: Conrad Stoll
Twitter: @conradstoll. Developer of Grocery for iOS, mobile engineering at Under Armour, and photographer for UltiPhotos. There are lots of apps that manage one sort of list or another on iOS. What sets Grocery apart from them? List apps are a huge category on the App Store and lots of people have used general list...