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
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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
WWDC 2020: iOS and iPadOS 14 First Impressions, Favorite Small Details, and App Clips
AppStories Episode 171 - WWDC 2020: iOS and iPadOS 14 First Impressions, Favorite Small Details, and App Clips
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In today’s special daily WWDC 2020 episode, Federico and John report on their first two days using the iOS and iPadOS 14 betas, obsess about some of their favorite small details, and examine App Clips.
WWDC 2020: Widgets Come to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac
AppStories Episode 170 - WWDC 2020: Widgets Come to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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In today’s special daily WWDC 2020 episode, Federico and John look at widgets, the dynamic, but not interactive, extensions available in iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps that provide new ways to deliver quick, glanceable updates to users.
WWDC 2020: Keynote Overview and Reactions
AppStories Episode 169 - WWDC 2020: Keynote Overview and Reactions
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In today’s first WWDC 2020 episode, Federico and John cover the highlights of Apple’s keynote, including widgets, the App Library, App Clips, and design changes in iOS 14, system-wide sidebars and Apple Pencil updates in iPadOS 14, sleep tracking and the Fitness app in watchOS 7, and macOS Big Sur’s big redesign, Safari, and the transition to Apple Silicon.
Using MacStories Perspective Icons with Other Apps
A few weeks ago we released MacStories Perspective Icons, a set of 20,000 icons for custom perspectives in OmniFocus Pro. As I’ve previously detailed, I’ve been using these icons myself for my own OmniFocus setup, which is heavily based on perspectives as personalized views that allow me to visualize my task manager via different...
Our iOS WWDC Wishes
This week Federico and John cover the latest news about WWDC and conclude their WWDC wishes series with a look at iOS, including Messages, Files, Shortcuts, the share sheet, the App Store, and more.