Pick Two: Castro and Grammarly 
This week Federico and John bring back an AppStories classic: Pick 2, an in-depth look at two apps. In this installment, Federico explains why he has been revisiting Castro for listening to podcasts, and John covers the evolution of Grammarly into a terrific grammar and spell-checking app for writers.
Viewing Reminders on the Home Screen with Compact UI As I demonstrated in Issue 231 of MacStories Weekly a couple weeks ago, one of the highlights of Shortcuts in iOS and iPadOS 14 is the ability to interact with actions directly from the Home screen or Search without losing the context of what you’re doing. For today’s shortcut, I’ll be taking a look...
Relay FM’s Approach to Apps with Myke Hurley
This week John is joined by Relay FM co-founder Myke Hurley to talk about the apps he uses to stay in touch with the hosts of the network’s shows and manage sponsorship sales, show research, episode production, and more.
For the past two weeks, I’ve been using the developer beta of iPadOS 14 on my 2018 12.9” iPad Pro – my main computer and production machine. Although I feel like it’s too early for me to offer a definitive assessment of iPadOS 14, I figured it’d be interesting to share some initial thoughts on the evolution of the iPad platform now that iPadOS 14 is available as a public beta as well. These are just some of the key takeaways and “core themes” I’ve been mulling over since WWDC; I plan to dig deeper into every aspect of iPadOS 14 in my annual iOS and iPadOS review in the fall.
Conversations with 2020 Apple Design Award Winners
This week Federico and John interview the creators of three 2020 Apple Design Award winning apps and games: Majd Taby of Darkroom, Sam Rosenthal of Where Cards Fall, and Jenova Chen of Sky: Children of the Light.
Creating OmniFocus Tasks from the Home Screen and Search with Shortcuts in iOS and iPadOS 14 For this week’s installment of the Shortcuts Corner (which, as I explained last week, will focus on Shortcuts for iOS and iPadOS 14 this summer), I thought it’d be fun to explore how compact UI and widgets are going to radically change the experience of running shortcuts from the Home screen and Search. In...
Upcoming System App Updates for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Shortcuts in iOS 14: Reminders Rich Links and Subtasks Before I dig into the details of this week’s shortcuts, which are built for iOS 14, let me share a PSA upfront: unlike previous years, this year I don’t plan on waiting until September to start sharing shortcuts designed for the new version of the Shortcuts app with Club members. In the past, I...
WWDC 2020: The Mac, Big Sur, and Shortcuts 
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