Last week, I was spending some time in the Club MacStories+ Discord server (which continues to be an incredible place to hang out and talk about Apple news, apps, videogames, and more), and I realized that I was squinting at my iPad Pro’s display to make out the very small font size Discord was using...
Widgets, iPhone Photography, and the Apple Watch Ultra with David Smith
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AppStories Episode 298 - Widgets, iPhone Photography, and the Apple Watch Ultra with David Smith
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This week, Federico and John are joined by Widgetsmith developer David Smith to talk about the history of his app, Widgetsmith, iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets, and his recent hike through the Scottish Highlands, where he tested the iPhone 14 Pro’s camera and the Apple Watch
Thoughts on UpNext and A Unique Use of Lock Screen One
Here are the highlights from the Club MacStories Discord this week: Zereta shared some thoughts on the new read-later app UpNext after using it for a while. Melanie wrote about a fascinating use case for the Lock Screen widget app powered by Shortcuts, Lock Screen One. Want to join the Club MacStories+ Discord? Upgrade to...
NoteClipper: A Web Clipper for Apple Notes
In my continued experiment with Apple Notes and its improved Shortcuts integration in iOS 16, after figuring out how to link to specific notes in the app I turned my attention to something I frequently do on my iPhone and iPad: clipping Safari webpages and other links for later. I was inspired by a Discord...
Creating Internal Links in the Notes App
Earlier this week on MacStories, I wrote about my experiments with the Apple Notes URL scheme and how I was able to leverage Shortcuts to find the unique identifiers for notes. As a result, I came up with a consistent approach for generating quick launchers for notes that you can use on the Lock Screen...
Creating Lock Screen Widgets for Specific Notes via the Apple Notes URL Scheme
A few days ago, as I was playing around with my Lock Screen on iOS 16, I wondered: would it be possible to use the hidden Apple Notes URL scheme to create widget launchers to reopen specific notes in the Notes app?
That led me down a fascinating rabbit hole filled with hidden Shortcuts tricks and discoveries I thought would be useful to document on MacStories for everyone to see.
You know, for posterity.
Lock Screen Widgets, Focus Filters, and Shared with You Apps
AppStories Episode 297 - Lock Screen Widgets, Focus Filters, and Shared with You Apps
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This week, Federico and John tour third-party apps with new iOS 16 features, including more apps with Lock Screen widgets and apps with support for Focus Filters and Shared with You.
A Faster Way to Delete Apps on iPadOS
I’ve been using this technique for such a long time that it’s obvious to me at this point, but I recently discovered that some users aren’t familiar with it, which is why I thought it’d be useful to share it here on MacStories Weekly. If you’re anything like me, you like to download a lot...