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In This Issue
Federico explains how to move windows with a three-finger gesture on the Mac and shares a shortcut for prepending text to a section of an Obsidian note, John writes about the benefits of utility shortcuts, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles,...
Club MacStories+ AV Club Town Hall, Parachutes by Coldplay and Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the monthly and other special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
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AppStories Episode - Club MacStories+ AV Club Town Hall, Parachutes by Coldplay and Definitely Maybe by Oasis
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Federico, John, and Jonathan cover two debut albums: Parachutes by Coldplay, which was picked by Club members in our Club MacStories+ Discord community, and Definitely Maybe by Oasis, in honor of MacStories’ 14th anniversary.
Automation April 2023: Shortcuts Workshop, Part 2
Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the monthly and other special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
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AppStories Episode - Automation April 2023: Shortcuts Workshop, Part 2
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Today, Federico and John are joined by Rosemary Orchard, co-host of Automators and iOS Today, to their approaches to building new shortcuts, when to build utility functions called from other shortcuts, their recent shortcuts experiments and projects, and more.
MenuBar Stats: Advanced System Monitoring [Sponsor]
MenuBar Stats is a suite of 9 menu bar modules for monitoring your Mac developed over the course of 10 years of listening carefully to customer feedback. The app tracks your Mac’s:
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- CPU
- Disk
- GPU
- Memory
- Network
- And, with a helper app, your Mac’s temperature and fan speed
The app, which is highly customizable, provides essential details, with even more extensive information just a click away. Modules can be combined into a single window, displayed as individual windows, and anchored to always be visible. The stats monitored are available as a collection of more than 10 widgets and accessible through MenuBar Stats’ Shortcuts actions. The app has been extensively tested on and tuned for Apple’s latest M1 and M2-based Macs and includes a tool to clean your Mac’s memory too.
MenuBar Stats goes beyond monitoring and reporting with the ability to set up notifications to alert you of the details that matter most to you and even run shortcuts from them. Whether that’s when your battery reaches a certain level or when there’s a process that is monopolizing your CPU, MenBar Stats can alert you, so you’ll know the moment your Mac needs your attention.
Acting on those notifications couldn’t be simpler. MenuBar Stats can take you to a long list of Mac system utilities from your menu bar or using global keyboard shortcuts that you define. There’s also backup and restore functionality, so you can recreate your carefully-crafted setup anywhere.
It’s easy to see why MenuBar Stats has an average rating of 4.5 stars worldwide. Download MenuBar Stats today to see for yourself why so many people rely on it to monitor their Macs.
Our thanks to MenuBar Stats for sponsoring MacStories this week.
A New Club Deal and Automation April Update
As we approach the mid-point of Automation April, we have some news to share and a recap of this week’s activities. First, we have a new Club-wide discount to announce from our friends at Alerty, a push notification service. Alerty’s incredibly easy-to-use web API allows you to generate rich push notifications to any of your...
Up Next On MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John discuss third-party apps with excellent Shortcuts integration. This week on MacStories Unwind, the Logitech Lift mouse, Tchia, and John Wick 4....
Perk
GoodLinks To celebrate Automation April this week, we have a giveaway of GoodLinks. GoodLinks, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, is perfect for saving and organizing links and includes excellent Shortcuts support. For today’s giveaway, we’ve got 20 codes for a free copy of GoodLinks. To sign up for a chance to...
In This Issue
A new Club-wide discount, the Automation April Shortcuts Contest has been extended, John recommends Button Creator and shares a collection of Mac apps to expand your Shortcuts use, Federico has a tip on reading Markdown files with Shortcuts, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap...