It’s been a while since I last shared my iPad Home Screen, and with WWDC starting in two days, it felt like a good opportunity to capture this moment in time and see what my iPad looks like before the AI takes over. I’m kidding, obviously. (At least, I think I’m kidding.) What I think...
Automation Academy: How I Reimagined Apple Music Discovery and Recommendations with Marvis Pro’s Custom Sections
If you’re anything like me, you probably like Apple Music a whole lot more than Spotify, but you’re in a perennial state of jealousy regarding one advantage Spotify has over Apple Music: discovery of new music. I’ve struggled with this a lot over the years, and I’ve come to accept the reality that I just...
Read moreJosh King Built the iPhone Game Controller No One Wants to Make→
I love this story that I first saw mentioned on Brendon’s blog a few weeks ago about a Redditor who designed the iPhone game controller of my (our?) dreams.
Picture this: it’s a PSP Go/Xperia Play-styled, slide-out controller that attaches via MagSafe to any iPhone, has Bluetooth, a USB-C port for charging, and therefore works with any modern iOS game or emulator regardless of whether the iPhone is mounted on it or not. The controller has a built-in kickstand that supports landscape and portrait gaming (the latter is essential for DS emulation in Delta) and is much more portable than other snap-on solutions available for iOS devices.
The best part: the creator of this controller, called the M-Con, has announced plans to make this a real product that you can buy in the future. You can watch the announcement video below:
As Jonathan’s story in last Saturday’s issue of MacStories Weekly showed, the dream for many of us right now is a compact, MagSafe-enabled game controller for iPhone that doesn’t use USB-C and allows the iPhone to be rotated. No official product that is not a 3D-printed adapter or DIY hack that does all that exists right now.
I wish Josh all the best in this adventure, and I hope to be able to purchase an M-Con game controller in the near future.
Our 2024 watchOS and tvOS WWDC Wishes, Plus Two New Podcasts
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AppStories Episode 386 - Our 2024 watchOS and tvOS WWDC Wishes, Plus Two New Podcasts
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This week, Federico and John introduce Comfort Zone and NPC: Next Portable Console, two new MacStories podcasts and share their wishes for watchOS and tvOS updates.
Introducing the Latest MacStories Podcasts: Next Portable Console and Comfort Zone
I’m incredibly excited to introduce two brand new shows joining the MacStories family of podcasts today: Next Portable Console (or NPC), hosted by me, Brendon Bigley, and John Voorhees, and Comfort Zone, hosted by Niléane Dorffer, Chris Lawley, and Matt Birchler. You can find both shows, along with links to subscribe, on MacStories’ Podcasts hub.
Before I hand it over to Brendon and Niléane to provide more context around NPC and Comfort Zone, allow me to say a few words since this launch marks an important milestone in MacStories’ growth for the next 15 years of the website.
A MacStories Team Interview of Federico
Devon Has using the MacPad affected your wish for an iPad larger than 13”? Yes, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. This experiment has made realize that, personally, I’d struggle to carry around an iPad with a keyboard accessory larger than 13”. The MacPad is bulky enough as it is, and I can’t...
Optimizing Moonlight PC Streaming for the iPad Pro
A couple of weeks ago on MacStories, I wrote about how I turned the iPad Pro into a portable gaming display for my PC using Moonlight, an app that lets me stream games from Windows to iPadOS over my local network. Over the past week, I’ve further optimized my setup and discovered several details about...
Our 2024 macOS and visionOS WWDC Wishes
I Turned the New 13” iPad Pro Into a MacPad and Portable Gaming Display
As I hinted in my story on the issues of iPadOS last week, I upgraded from an 11” iPad Pro to a 13” iPad Pro (1 TB, Wi-Fi-only model). While I was very happy with the 11” form factor, I decided to return to the larger model for two reasons:
- I wanted to have maximum thinness with the ultimate iPad Pro model Apple makes.
- I sacrificed the physical comfort of the 11” iPad Pro to get a larger display for my MacPad as well as portable gaming.
Today, I will explain how I was able to immediately turn the brand-new 13” iPad Pro into a convertible MacPad using a combination of accessories and some new techniques I’ve been exploring. I’ll also share my experience with using the iPad’s glorious Tandem OLED display in a variety of gaming setups ranging from streaming to emulators.
Let’s dive in.