Twitter: @timonus. Club MacStories Member. I’m all about simplicity and I try to keep my workspace as distraction-free as possible. There’s not much on my desk:I mainly work with a Cinema Display (pours one out), a Magic Trackpad, and a wired Apple Keyboard all plugged into my 13” MacBook Pro. I’m kind of a luddite...
Club Perks
It has been a big week for MacStories, and in particular, Club MacStories. For those of you who may have missed the news, we have three things you should know: Exclusive App Discounts for Club MacStories Members eBook of Federico’s iOS 10 Review Club MacStories: Year One iBook 1. Exclusive App Discounts Throughout September we’re...
Making Of: iOS 10 Review, the Web Version
Alessandro Vendruscolo Federico and I have been working together on MacStories for many years. It all started around 2009/2010 when we launched the first redesign of the site. Do you remember? Back then, skeuomorphism was still a thing. The site looked like your desk. At the time, Federico was still using a MacBook. @TiccisEspresso appeared...
Message Notifications for Songs Added to Playlist
My girlfriend is a dance teacher, and she’s constantly on the lookout for new songs to try in class. As my taste in music is quite diversified, I happen to appreciate many of the hip hop and R&B artists she uses for her choreographies. And because I listen to a lot of music when working...
Previously, On MacStories
Apple Starts Selling App Store Search Ads, Launching October 5th Opening Any Apple Maps Place or Address on the Web The Omni Group Is Moving to Free Downloads with In-App Purchases ProTube Review Sonos Speakers Are Coming to the Apple Store Game Day: Paul Pixel – The Awakening Enhanced Edition of ‘A Game of Thrones’...
iOS 10 Speech Recognition with Language Picker
iOS 10 brings support for a new speech recognition API that allows apps to transcribe speech to text in every language previously supported by keyboard dictation. The latest version of Workflow includes a new Dictate Text action based on this API, and we can speed up the experience with a custom language picker menu. As...
Miscellaneous macOS Sierra Tips
[[graham]] Picture in Picture Just like on the iPad, Safari 10 on macOS Sierra can now play videos in Picture in Picture mode. Just tap the Picture in Picture button and it’ll pop out into its own little floating window. Just like on the iPad, it can be placed in any corner of your display...
Home Screen: Sam Gross
Twitter: @samthegeek. Club MacStories Member. My Home screen has evolved quite a bit over the past year, as both 3D Touch and the larger size of the 6s Plus have made room for more functions on the first screen. The wallpaper is currently one of Stephen Hackett’s iMac G3 close-ups in tangerine, though I’ve had...
Perks
Anitate Exclusively for Club MacStories members, we have 22 coupon codes for Anitate, a sticker pack with 86 animated stickers.Entries close 9pm New York time on 18 September 2016. Winners will randomly selected and contacted within 3 days of entries closing. Enter Anitate Giveaway 2. eBook of Federico’s iOS 10 Review Exclusive for Club MacStories...