Stephen struggles with vowels and Federico dreams about buying a Mac mini while Myke ponders the future of the Apple Pencil.
On last week’s episode of Connected, we discussed our potential use cases for a new Mac mini and why the Apple Pencil could make sense as an iPhone accessory. You can listen here.
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As I mentioned on MacStories a few weeks ago, I’ve been experimenting with Reminders as my task manager for the iOS 12 review this summer, using GoodTask as a more powerful front-end in lieu of Apple’s Reminders app. Besides fully customizable view settings, quick actions, and smart lists, one of GoodTask’s most powerful Reminders...
Federico returns from vacation to discuss the share sheet extensions that he and John use on their iOS devices.
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Federico is back from vacation with a list of demands and opinions. Stephen posted a whole bunch of screenshots, and Myke is trying some new things with Twitter.
I’m back on Connected this week and we had fun discussing the future of the Mac mini and whether or not AirPower is ever coming out. You can listen here.
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As I write this after coming back from a relaxing vacation on Elba island, I’m spending the last few days of August at my parents’ beach house, recording podcasts and finalizing edits for my iOS 12 review (as it turns out, having a fiber connection at the beach is incredible). As I mentioned on...
John is joined by Merlin Mann to discuss managing family tech use and the upcoming iOS 12 Screen Time family features.
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John is joined by Alex Cox in an attempt to fix his messy iPhone screens.
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John is joined by Stephen Hackett to compare and discuss their Mac menu bar apps.
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Question: I’ve been searching for a way to use my Apple Pencil for text input system-wide on my iPad, but as far as I can tell, there aren’t any high-quality options for a handwriting-recognition keyboard on iOS. Google Translate has an excellent handwriting mode that does what I want, but it’s limited to that particular...
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