This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico revisits The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, a game originally released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004, and John enjoys an action-thriller movie starring Samuel L Jackson, Maggie Q, and Michael Keaton about a pair of globe-trotting assassins.

Federico’s Pick:

• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
  • Available online at:
    • Lukie Games
    • DK Oldies

John’s Pick:

• The Protégé
  • IMDb Plot Summary
  • Wikipedia

MacStories Rewind

• Federico Shares a Starter Pack of Shortcuts on Apple’s App Store
• AirBuddy 2.5: A Refined Experience That Adds Shortcuts Integration and Other New Features
• WordleBot 1.1, Now Fully Accessible with Native Emoji-to-Image Conversion

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico watches the HBO Max reboot of Gossip Girl while John enjoys Hawkeye on Disney+, plus a recap of the past week on MacStories.

Links and Show Notes

Federico’s Pick:

• Gossip Girl (HBO Max)

John’s Pick:

• Hawkeye (Disney+)
• More on Hawkeye
  • Hawkeye’s Kate Bishop plays a pivotal role in every Marvel Universe
  • Hawkeye reinvents an Avenger and introduces a new Marvel star
  • Hawkeye (Marvel Comics, 2012-2015)

MacStories Rewind

• Apple Frames 2.1: Apple Watch Series 7 and 2021 MacBook Pro Support, New Update Flow, Plus Chinese and Czech Localization
• WordleBot: A Shortcut to Annotate Your Wordle Results with Scores
• Accessing Shortcuts for Mac with Alfred Workflows and Universal Actions
• Obsidian In-Depth: Third-Party Plugins (Part 3)
• MacStories Weekly: Issue 303

This week on MacStories Unwind:

Best Videogames of 2021

• Federico’s new service for tracking games
  • Backloggd
• Federico
  • PS5
    • Games
      • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
      • Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
      • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
      • Spiderman Miles Morales (2020 game finished in 2021)
• John
  • PS5
    • Spiderman Miles Morales (2020 game)
    • Ratchet & Clank: Rift in Time
• Xbox
  • Federico
    • Halo Infinite
    • Forza Horizon 5
    • Death’s Door
• Switch
  • Federico
    • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
    • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
    • Metroid Dread
  • John
    • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
    • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
• What We Want to Play Next
  • Federico
    • Elden Ring
    • Triangle Strategy
    • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition
    • The Gunk
    • Tales of Arise
    • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • John
    • Eastward
    • OlliOlli World
    • Pokémon Legends Arceus
    • Analogue Pocket

MacStories Rewind

• MacStories Selects 2021: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
• The MacStories Selects 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award
  
• Pixelmator Photo for iPhone: First Impressions
• Swift Playgrounds 4.0: First Look

This week on MacStories Unwind:

Best TV Shows and Movies of 2021

• TV Shows:
  • John:
    • Hawkeye
    • Loki
    • WandaVision
    • Foundation
    • The Mosquito Coast
    • Ted Lasso, Season 2
    • Mr. Mayor
    • The Head
    • The Great British Baking Show
  • Federico:
    • Foundation
    • Ted Lasso, Season 2
    • The Bold Type, Season 5
• Movies:
  • John:
    • Black Widow
    • No Time To Die
    • Free Guy
    • The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Federico:
    • No Time to Die

Rewind

• Wallpaper Tours Apple Park’s Design Studio
• Pok Pok Playroom Releases Major Town Toy Expansion

This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• The Curious Case of Apple’s Missing App Integrations for Shortcuts
• Exporting Links from Safari Reading List via Shortcuts for Mac
• Pixelmator Pro Updated with Background Removal, Subject Selection, and Select and Mask Tools
• David Smith Tests the Apple Watch Series 7’s Battery Life in the Scottish Highlands
• Apple Publishes Annual Holiday Ad: Saving Simon
• MacStories Shortcuts Icons and Perspective Icons: 40% Off from Black Friday to Cyber Monday

Club MacStories

• This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Club MacStories, and If You’re a Club Member, Get Something Back For Yourself Too
• MacStories Weekly
  • Marvis Pro
  • A tip about how to change default apps for specific file types on macOS
  • An iPad setup and a Reminders shortcut from readers
• MacStories Unplugged
  • This month, Federico and John explore traditional American Thanksgiving dishes after Federico updates listeners on his plans for the Turkey Dinner Candy Corn that John left in Rome on this special holiday edition of MacStories Unplugged.

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 250 – Shortcuts for Mac Deep Dive

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond on the Nintendo Switch
• John’s Pick:
  • Hawkeye (2012-2015)

This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Getting Started with Shortcuts for Mac and the Stream Deck
• Tweetbot 6.6 Gets Support for Creating Polls, Limiting Who Can Reply to Tweets
• Apple Announces Self Service Repair Program That Will Provide Customers With Access to Tools, Parts, and Manuals

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • A tip for simplifying Shortcuts and Alfred integration
  • Federico’s Obsidian shortcuts for appending text and webpage links to a section of his Dashboard note
  • Details on how John is using the Stream Deck,
  • An interview with BetterTouchTool developer Andreas Hegenberg

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 249 – More iPhone, iPad, and Mac Tips

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • 30 by Adele
  • An Evening with Silk Sonic by Silk Sonic
  • Red (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift
• John’s Pick:
  • Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone by The Verge

This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Kotaku Collects the Beautiful Artwork of Apple TV+’s Foundation
• Michael Flarup Announces The iOS App Icon Book
• Apple Releases Hooked, an Apple Original Podcast with No Ties to Other Properties
• Coming Soon: The Fourth Annual MacStories Selects Awards, Featuring Expanded Readers’ Choice and New Lifetime Achievement Awards

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Mac keyboard tips
  • A Mac shortcut for cleaning up your Downloads folder
  • How Federico uses GameTrack
  • Two Reminders-based shortcuts from Club members
  • Brian King’s M1 MacBook Pro video editing setup
  • Lots of apps

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 248 – Our iPad mini Home Screen Setups

Unwind

• Federico’s Picks:
  • Halo: Master Chief Collection on Game Pass
  • Forza: Horizon 5
• John’s Pick:
  • The Ramp
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• macOS Monterey: The MacStories Review

• Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 15.1 with SharePlay, Safari for iPad Fixes, Shortcuts Improvements, and More

• Shortcuts for Mac: 27 of Our Favorite Third-Party Integrations

• Austin Mann on the M1 MacBook Pros

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • A collection of John’s favorite XL widgets
  • Federico on the gap between Apple system apps and their Shortcuts actions
  • An all-new MacStories Unplugged that take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of John’s macOS Monterey review.

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 246 – macOS Monterey: The MacStories Review

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake Episode INTERmission
• John’s Pick:
  • The Velvet Underground Special on Apple Music 1