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Next week on AppStories, Federico and John examine iPadOS and consider what Apple needs to do for the OS to live up to the the iPad’s new hardware. Next week onMagic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon discuss Apple’s evolving theatrical film strategy, highlight the debut of The Big Cigar, and recap Palm Royale....
In This Issue
Federico shares a shortcut for combining images of different sizes, Jonathan tries the Nothing Ear (2) earbuds, John explains what it will take for next week’s Apple event to get him excited, an interview with AltStore’s Riley Testut, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap...
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Next week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by Riley Testut to dig into the backstory of AltStore PAL and his Delta game emulator. Next week onMagic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon break down all of the announcements from Apple’s Let Loose event, grade their event predictions, and highlight this week’s release...
Interview: Riley Testut
Mastodon: @[email protected]. Developer of AltStore and Delta. We’ve seen a lot of confusion among people about Delta and AltStore PAL. Could you explain why Delta is available in AltStore in the EU and not Apple’s App Store? You can thank the Core Technology Fee for that one. The CTF applies to both downloads in AltStore...
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In This Issue
This month, Federico explains how he digitized his collection of GameCube and Wii discs with the help of a capture card, Orion, a Wii, and the Homebrew Channel, and John makes the case for Gentler Streak, a fitness app that doesn’t make you feel bad if you’re not setting personal records every day....
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