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Unite 4: Turn Websites into Apps on Your Mac [Sponsor]

Are you tired of juggling multiple browser tabs while working on your Mac? Unite 4 for macOS revolutionizes your browsing experience by allowing you to transform any website into a tailor-made app for your Mac. Leveraging a lightweight, WebKit-powered browser as a backend, Unite 4 enables you to effortlessly create isolated, customizable apps from any site.

Unite 4 offers a multitude of features and customization options, making it a fantastic alternative to resource-intensive Electron apps or lackluster Mac Catalyst implementations. The apps you create are simple to set up, fast, isolated from your other browsing activity, and only limited by your imagination.

  • Creating dedicated apps for your favorite streaming services like Netflix and Disney+
  • Conserving your laptop’s battery by using Unite for Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp with full notification support
  • Utilizing AI tools such as ChatGPT and MidJourney alongside your other macOS apps
  • Streaming music through services like Apple Music or Spotify
  • Tuning into podcasts with Overcast
  • Organizing your notes in a dedicated Roam Research app
  • Never losing your Figma design work amidst a sea of Safari tabs
  • Restricting apps like Facebook from tracking you across sites
  • Browsing your Instagram feed
  • Monitoring your finances with Robinhood

This week only, MacStories readers can enjoy a 20% discount on Unite 4 by visiting bzgapps.com/macstories or using the promo code ‘MacStories’ at checkout.

Unite offers a 14-day free trial and is also available as part of a Setapp subscription.

Download Unite 4 today and transform your favorite websites into your favorite apps.

Our thanks to Unite 4 for sponsoring MacStories this week.








Streaks: The to-Do List That Helps You Form Good Habits [Sponsor]

Streaks is one of the best-known habit-tracking apps on the App Store. In addition to linking to the Health app to help improve your health and wellbeing, you can use it for anything! Work, hobbies, exercise, timers, and more - it’s extremely customizable.

We’ve just released Streaks 9 with some great new features:

  • Screen Time tasks that automatically monitor your device usage
  • An all-new Apple Watch app, now written in SwiftUI
  • You can now record daily notes with your tasks
  • New great-looking neon themes

Streaks has now been in the App Store for 8 years - if you haven’t tried it before, or it’s been a while since you used it, we hope you can check it out!

Our thanks to Streaks for sponsoring MacStories this week.