Twitter: @nildeala. French trans activist and tech enthusiast. This is my tiny personal desk at home. My partner and I used to share a huge desk in another room. Sharing space proved to be too big of a challenge, though, so I recently purchased this smaller one. I now have my own little desk space...
In This Issue
This month, Alex tells the story of why he’s gone to the trouble of finding a way of connecting an Apple Studio Display to his gaming PC and John explains why he thinks the changes to Focus Modes coming this fall point to bigger changes down the road....
Kosmik: For All Mindkind [Sponsor]
Kosmik is a dashboard for your creativity. Built for designers, researchers, and writers, Kosmik’s infinite canvas for the iPad and Mac lets you bring together notes, your writing, images, websites, PDFs, and more on a single canvas called a Universe, so you can stop switching between apps and focus on what you’re creating.
Everything in a Kosmik Universe is a card, and cards from one canvas can be incorporated into another, making the first canvas app with the sort of transclusion found in note-taking apps like Roam Research and Obsidian. It’s a powerful yet simple architecture that reduces friction, so you can focus on your work.
The flexibility of Kosmik’s canvas means you can take notes, browse the web, collect PDFs, images and other resources, and write all in one place. That encourages spatial thinking, making new connections and links between materials, and reduces distractions all at once in a single easy-to-use interface.
Kosmik is a completely native, peer-to-peer solution that respects your privacy. The app syncs your data between devices with no central server. Everything is encrypted end-to-end too.
You can publish your Kosmik canvases and cards to the web for sharing with colleagues, and even more collaboration features are coming later this year. Kosmik is available on the web now, too, making it accessible in more places and to more users than ever before.
If you’re looking for a new way to organize your thoughts, writing, and, really, anything else, sign up for Kosmik today. MacStories readers can enjoy a free year of access just by following this link. From ideation to production, Kosmik lets you think better and more freely to uncover insights and have some fun too!
Kosmik is available to download on the App Store and also offers great resources for new users like its Substack newsletter and Discord community.
Our thanks to Kosmik for sponsoring MacStories this week.
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John roll up their sleeves to fix Apple’s Music app. This week on MacStories Unwind, John, who is joined by Alex Guyot, recommends a pair of relaxing sim games while Alex revisits a classic TV show....
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Club Perk
New Club MacStories Wallpapers You may have spied a few screenshots of these beautiful new Club MacStories wallpapers in John’s recent story about the Home app updates coming this fall. These gorgeous new gradient wallpapers that Silvia designed for Club members feature colors from the Club MacStories logos that look fantastic on both Lock Screens...
In This Issue
We introduce an all-new set of Club MacStories exclusive wallpapers, John recommends Footpath and shares a personal automation to optimize your use of the Apple Watch’s Calendar complication, we’ve got a Where To? giveaway, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and...
Club MacStories+ Town Halls: Celebrating the First Anniversary of Club MacStories+
Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the 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.
To mark one year since the launch of the Club MacStories expansion, Federico, John, and Alex were joined by Relay FM’s Myke Hurley and Stephen Hackett to look back at the past year, hear what Relay FM is doing to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this year, and share the technology that has had the biggest impact on their lives in the past year.
In This Issue
Federico shares how he created an Obsidian launcher using Quick Note, John explains why the lack of new macOS system level Shortcuts actions is concerning, a 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...