Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 325

Mail’s Send Later Feature coming this fall

• I share the Safari extensions that I use on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Stephen Hackett joins us to cover the changes coming to Mail with the OS updates this fall
• Federico shares 5 lesser-known iOS 16 features that you might have missed
• A Club member shares their desk setup
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

WWDC

• Last week we held four live recordings of AppStories in the Club MacStories+ Discord community and took questions from listeners. Topics included:
  • Our first impressions of the WWDC keynote presentation
  • The new desktop-class features coming to iPadOS
  • Updates coming to Reminders
  • The M2 MacBook Air and macOS Ventura with special guest Myke Hurley
  • App Shortcuts, new Shortcuts actions, and our WWDC wishes that didn’t come true

Giveaways

• We did daily app giveaways in the Club MacStories+ Discord, plus two more giveaways in MacStories Weekly 324

MacStories Weekly: Issue 324

• I wrote about how this year’s WWDC in-person component was different from the past and what it means for the conference’s future
• In the wake of Apple’s announcement of Stage Manager for the iPad, Federico had five questions about iPadOS 16 multitasking

• Plus:

  • Two app giveaways
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

Monthly Log: May 2022

WWDC13.

• I reflected on the many benefits of in-person WWDCs and Apple’s move to a hybrid online/in-person conference
• I also covered the gear I brought with me to cover WWDC

WWDC Preview and Federico’s MacBook Pro Story Town Hall

Federico and I were joined by Lachlan Campbell to talk about:

• Our expectations for WWDC
• Federico’s story about the M1 MacBook Pro and what it means for long-time iPad Pro users

Automation Academy: Tips for Optimizing Your Shortcuts for macOS Monterey

Federico published the latest edition of Automation Academy with 8 fantastic tips for getting the most out of Shortcuts for Mac.

The Macintosh Desktop Experience: A Pre-WWDC 2022 macOS Check-In

I revisited the features introduced with macOS Monterrey to consider which have been hits and which were misses.

MacStories Weekly: Issue 323

• Federico asks 5 questions about what a ‘pro’ mode would look like on the the iPad
• I share my WWDC iPhone Home Screen
• We have a Timery for Toggl giveaway
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Up Next

We have a big WWDC week planned for Club members:

• Members of the Club MacStories+ Discord community can join us Monday through Thursday for live recordings of AppStories. In addition to covering everything announced at WWDC, we’ll be taking questions from the audience and releasing that as part of the extended AppStories+ version of the show for subscribers.
• We’ll also be doing two daily app giveaways during WWDC in Discord and two more in MacStories Weekly on Friday.

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 322

Fetching Apple Music editorial content with one of Federico’s shortcuts.

• A collection of apps with excellent iPad mini reading experiences
• Federico shares shortcuts to play a random album saved to MusicBox and read Apple Music’s editorial content about albums
• A tip on using MusicHarbor with third-party music players
• An all-new episode of our Club-only monthly podcast, MacStories Unplugged, which explores the local wildlife of Rome and Chicago
• A Club member’s desk setup
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Up Next

Later today, we’ll be sharing what we’re doing for WWDC this year at MacStories, which includes special events in the Club MacStories+ Discord and a special issue of MacStories Weekly for all Club members.

On Tuesday, May 31st, at 12:30 PM Eastern US time, we’ll be holding a live audio Town Hall in our Discord community for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members. Federico and I will be joined by a special guest to talk about our expectations for WWDC, take questions from members, and share some of our plans for WWDC week. We’ll also cover a big article Federico is publishing on MacStories this week.

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 321

• Federico shares a collection of three iOS system features that deserve their own apps
• I explain how I’m using the app Due to simplify my task management and as a sort of work habit tracker
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 320

• I share six lessons I’ve learned from testing HomeKit devices for over six years
• Alex explains how Calliope, our backend technology stack, was used for Automation April
• A Club member shares their unique Home Screen
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 319

• Federico goes all-in on a new tag and smart list-based Reminders system
• I explain how videogames could become part of a more ambitious Apple TV hardware and services product
• We’re giving away five copies of the design app Eagle
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 318

• I covered the four Apple device accessories that have been part of my computing setup the longest
• Federico shared a shortcut that turns any text selection into a Markdown file on the Mac
• A tip for working around a regex bug in Shortcuts
• A brand new episode of MacStories Unplugged about carving out focused writing time and exploring the best new audio and display tech available
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Monthly Log: April 2022

This month, we interviewed three of our Automation April Shortcuts Contest judges:

• Jason Snell, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Six Colors
• Simon Støvring, the developer of Data Jar, Scriptable, and other apps
• Christoper Lawley, a YouTube creator who covers the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and apps

Each judge shared lessons they’ve learned from the hundreds of submissions we’ve received, and shared a recent automation that made a difference to their dailly lives.

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

Automation April: Shortcuts Workshop Part 2

Last Tuesday, Federico and I were joined by Timery developer Joe Hribar for a special Automation April Shortcuts Workshop Town Hall in the Club MacStories+ Discord community to talk about magic and declared Shortcuts variables, action parameters and how Timery makes use of them, automation triggers, and our hope that Apple will allow third-party apps to act as shortcut triggers in the future.

Last week’s conversation was recorded and released in the Club Town Hall podcast feed.

MacStories Weekly: Issue 317

Triage 2

In Issue 317 of MacStories Weekly:

• I explain how I’m using Triage 2 to manage multiple email accounts
• Alex Guyot introduces a new Club MacStories+ feature that allows Club Discord links to be opened directly in the Discord app, which isn’t something that Discord supports natively
• Matthew Cassinelli explains how he uses a shortcut that incorporates scripts to bundle single-purpose shortcuts into multi-function shortcuts
• We announced three more Club-wide app giveaways
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Up Next

Later this week, we’ll have more app giveaways in our Discord community and MacStories Weekly, we’ll publish the Monthly Log newsletter, and an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, our Club-only podcast will be released.