Beta OS Impressions Continued 
This week, Federico and John dig into the latest public beta and share their thoughts on changes to Safari on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Books on the Mac, Quick Note, Focus, and Live Text.
On AppStories+, John sees a movie, Federico experiments with the latest Obsidian plugins, and John explains how he’s using the Loupedeck Live with Obsidian.
Roon As I detailed earlier this week on Connected and the July issue of the Monthly Log, I’ve recently rethought my home setup for listening to my personal music collection. I originally took my first steps into the audiophile world in 2018 with a Sony Walkman portable music player (the WM1A) and Sony’s MDR-Z1R closed-back headphones,...
Managing a Windows PC from iPad As I explained in last week’s episode of Connected, I’ve been rethinking my approach to my personal music collection lately; in addition to new hardware to listen to music, that also involved changing how my music library is accessed, where it’s stored, and how it’s made available to other devices on my home network. After...
Building an Apple-Only Research and Writing Setup
This week, Federico and John consider whether changes coming to Apple’s OSes make a system app-only research and writing workflow possible and discuss where there’s room for improvement.
On AppStories+, Federico and John talk about Calliope, the web app that underlies AppStories+ and Club MacStories, and John shares his thoughts on the Kobo Elipsa as an eBook reader and note-taking device.
An Interview with Guilherme Rambo
This week, Federico and John continue the Summer OS Preview Series with special guest Gui Rambo for a chat about SharePlay, Shortcuts for Mac, Gui’s app AirBuddy, SwiftUI, and more.
On AppStories+, Federico shares some good news about his Wii U and quest to play early Metroid titles and John experiences the the brilliance of Amazon returns at Whole Foods stores.
My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings Earlier this week, after a long beta period I’ve participated in for the past few months, the official Obsidian app for iPhone and iPad launched on the App Store. I’ve covered Obsidian and my approach to writing my annual iOS review in it on both AppStories and Connected; because I’m busy with that massive project...
The App Customization Trend
This week, Federico and John discuss the emerging trend of app customization, which along with app modularity, lets users control how apps work and look.
On AppStories+, Federico provides an update about the progress on his review, and John wonders why the Mac share sheet has been so badly neglected by Apple.
An Interview with Marcos Tanaka
This week, Federico and John continue the MacStories Summer OS Preview Series by interviewing Marcos Tanaka, the creator of MusicHarbor and MusicSmart about the latest changes to Apple’s music-related frameworks, his apps, and more.
On AppStories+, Federico and John go behind the scenes about their OS preview stories, discuss Shortcuts for Mac, and Federico is searching for his Wii U.
Five iOS 15 Features You’ve Probably Missed As I wrote earlier this week on MacStories, iOS 15 is the kind of major system update that’s more reminiscent of iOS 10 and 12 than, say, iOS 13 and 14. The reason is obvious enough: this update feels like a grab bag of new, yet smaller features – it’s missing the big marquee...
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