Stories Apple Provides More Detail About Its Emergency SOS Service Coming Later this Month Apple Music Announces Its 2022 Artist of the Year Apple Frames 3.0: Completely Rewritten, Support for iPhone 14 Pro and Dynamic Island, New Devices, Multiple Display Resolutions, and More Last Week, on Club MacStories: MusicBox, a Screenshot Shortcut, the Underlying Problem...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John pick two apps they’ve been using recently and go in depth on them. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico loves God of War Ragnarök, and John recommends Isle of Arrows....
In This Issue
A trio of iOS and iPadOS games, an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, 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....
Interesting Links
Sean Hollister, writing for the Verge, on why algorithmically driven used car company Carvana has lost 98% of its stock value. (Link) Philips Hue is adding a $160 string of smart LED lights to its lineup. (Link) Ars Technica reviewed LG’s 27” OLED computer monitor this week and was impressed. (Link) 9to5Mac reported that Apple...
Re-Enabling Focus Modes with Shortcuts, An Obsidian Book Dashboard, and Habit Tracking Apps
Here are the highlights from the Club MacStories Discord this week: Over in the Automation Academy channel, I explained how you can create a Shortcuts automation to re-enable a previously set Focus mode by saving its name to a text file. Mark showed off how he put together a book dashboard in Obsidian using Shortcuts...
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In This Issue
MusicBox, a shortcut for taking iPad screenshots, 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....
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John revisit episode 200 of AppStories for an update on the communications and calendar apps they’re using, plus a detour into music services and discovery. This week on MacStories Unwind, thoughts on the Apple TV 4K and Midnights by Taylor Swift....
Previously, On MacStories
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