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...
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Connected, Episode 206: A High Appreciation for Winning→
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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Photos Shortcuts for the iOS 12 Review
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...
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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...
Filtering Reminders Containing URLs
Among Shortcuts’ several system integrations, its native support for Reminders means we can programmatically create new tasks without opening the app as well as retrieve data for items already stored in the Reminders database. This is one of the unique advantages of using Reminders over other todo apps on iOS: it allows us to...