A collection of HomeKit apps, how to turn an advanced Twitter search into an RSS feed with Inoreader, an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, a Sofa giveaway, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....
Perks
Sofa This week for Club MacStories members we have a giveaway of Sofa, which was one of this week’s AppStories sponsors. Sofa is a fantastic downtime manager from developer Shawn Hickman that we’ve covered many times before here in Weekly and on MacStories. For today’s giveaway, we’ve got 30 one-year subscriptions for Sofa’s Personal Yearly...
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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John conclude their series on the integration of artificial intelligence in apps. This week on MacStories Unwind, Apple TV+’s Shrinking and Metroid Prime Remastered....
HomeKit, PSVR 2, and HDMI Upscalers
[[unplugged_artwork]] This month, John has started a couple of HomeKit projects and playing with NVIDIA GeForce Ultimate and Federico is looking forward to the PSVR 2, which somehow leads to an exploration of HDMI upscalers and a joint shopping session. John’s HomeKit Projects Ecobee Smart Security The Honeywell T9 smart thermostat Videogame...
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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John discuss apps and artificial intelligence. This week on MacStories Unwind, Bullet Train and Hi-Fi Rush....
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In This Issue
MassReplaceIt, Federico takes a pair of Sonos Roam speakers for a spin and automates playback with Shortcuts, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....