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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Pre-event Stories
  • Club MacStories Turns 5: A Month-Long Thank You to Members Featuring Exclusive Discounts and Many More Perks
  • AirPods Firmware Updated with Spatial Audio for Pro Models and Automatic Device Switching for All AirPods
• Apple Event Coverage
  • Pixelmator Photo Adds ML Super Resolution Powered by Apple’s Neural Engine and Split-Screen Preview Slider
  • Apple Announces iOS 14, watchOS 7, and More Available September 16
  • Apple’s September 15, 2020 Keynote: By the Numbers
  • Replay Apple’s September 15, 2020 Keynote and iPad Air Video
  • Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE: The MacStories Overview
  • Apple One: The Long-Awaited Services Bundle Is Coming Soon in Three Tiers
  • The New iPad Air and 8th Generation iPad: The MacStories Overview
  • Apple Fitness+, the Newest Apple Service, Will Arrive in Late 2020 Exclusively for Apple Watch Users
  • App Clips in iOS 14: The Right App at the Right Time
  • Apple’s September 2020 Event: All The Little Things
  • Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14
• App Reviews
  • CARROT Weather Gains Flexibility with iOS 14 Widgets, Watch Complications, and Watch Face Sharing
  • Book Track 2 Review: Widgets, Sidebar for iPad, Shortcuts, and More
  • LookUp 7 Debuts Widgets on iPhone and iPad Alongside Powerful New watchOS 7 App
  • Todoist’s iOS 14 Widgets Make Managing and Creating Tasks Easier than Ever
  • MusicHarbor Unveils a New Mac-Ready iPad Design and Widgets
  • Things Introduces New Widgets and Scribble for Task Creation on iPad
  • Wikipedia’s Widgets Bring Daily Updates to Your iOS 14 Home Screen
  • Streaks 6 Brings Habit Tracking to Your Home Screen With Extensively Customizable Widgets
  • Soor Offers Beautiful, Customizable Widgets for Apple Music
• watchOS 7 Review
  • watchOS 7: The MacStories Review

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  * Giveaways
  * A sneak peek at tips from Federico’s upcoming iOS and iPadOS 14 review
  * A collection of apps with widgets
  * Thoughts on the new iPad Air
  * An interview with Aaron Pearce, the developer of HomeCam, HomeRun, and other HomeKit apps
  * Lots of app updates
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 184 – Apple’s New App Review Guidelines

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • This week’s app reviews on MacStories
• John’s Pick:
  • Super Mario All-Stars available as part of Nintendo Switch Online
    • Featuring:
      • Super Mario Bros.
      • Super Mario Bros., The Lost Levels
    • Lost Levels
    • Super Mario Bros. 2
    • Super Mario Bros. 3

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Focused Work Review: Staying on Task Amidst Growing Distractions
• Apple Announces Fall Event
• Apple Launches Oprah’s Book Club Podcast Featuring 8-Part Series on Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • A grab bag of iOS games
  • Ryan’s iOS 14 widget and Home screen setup
  • How to quick-launch files and folders on iOS and iPadOS 14
  • Reader Q&A
  • Lots of new apps
• MacStories Unplugged:
  • A Club MacStories 5th anniversary preview
  • Burned burrito follow-up
  • Teaching Ticci: The Italian beef sandwich
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 183 – The Many Ways to Use Widgets

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Super Mario 3D All-Stars
    • Trailer
• John’s Pick:
  • Made in Italy
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• The New Fitness App in iOS 14
• Note Linking in Bear Expands to Include Section Linking
• External Keyboards, iPadOS 14, and Obscuring Tab Bars
• Apple Releases iOS 13.7, Bringing COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Express to the Public

Club MacStories

• Monthly Log
  • Ryan’s fall hardware wishes
  • Stephen on considerations for a Work From Home Mac setup and how Apple could improve it
  • John reviews the Powerbeats Pro
• Unplugged:
  • Bad design leads to a burned burrito
  • Widget and sidebar app wishes plus an App Clip diversion
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 182 – Exploring Apple’s 2020 Gaming Updates

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Imploding the Mirage by The Killers
    • Pitchfork’s Review
• John’s Pick:
  • Burnout Paradise Remastered for the Nintendo Switch
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Deeper Controller Support and a Revitalized Game Center: Exploring Apple’s 2020 Gaming Updates
• Sleep Tracking in watchOS 7 and iOS 14: Elevated by a User Experience-Driven Design
• GoodNotes Launches iCloud Document Collaboration
• Apple Releases Updates to Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor with Workflow and Other Enhancements
• Apple Releases iOS 13.7 Developer Beta with COVID-19 Exposure Notifications, No Third-Party App Required

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly is on hiatus until Friday, September 11th.
• Next week, though, we’ll have an all new August issue of the Monthly Log and another episode of the Club-exclusive podcast, MacStories Unplugged
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 181 – An Interview with Vidit Bhargava

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Lucifer, Season 5 (Part 1)
  • Trailer
• John’s Pick:
  • Ted Lasso
  • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Apple and Privacy in 2020: Wide-Reaching Updates with Minimal User Intrusion
• Apple Rebrands Beats 1 as Apple Music 1, Launches New Global Radio Stations with Fresh Hosts and Shows
• Apple TV Channels Bundle Now Available Featuring CBS All Access and SHOWTIME

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Anybuffer
  • A collection of iPad apps Ryan would like to see on the Mac
  • A column on the business dilemma of bringing iPad apps to Apple Silicon Macs
  • A Club member iOS 14 Home screen
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 180 – Mac Catalyst Revisited: Apple’s Mac App Strategy Emerges

Unwind

• John’s Pick:
  • A Short Hike
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Apple Maps in 2020: Cycling and EV Routing, City Guides, and Feature Parity on All Platforms
• Portal 3 Review: More of the World through Ambient Noise
• Apple Music for Web Debuts New Beta Version with Fresh Design and ‘Listen Now’

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • A collection of music utility apps, a shortcut, and websites
  • Ryan on Apple Podcasts’ Listen Now feature
  • Plus apps, links, and more
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 179 – An Interview with David Smith

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Elora Pautrat’s Instagram account
• John’s Pick:
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King

This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• GameTrack Review: An Elegant Way to Discover, Track, and Share Videogames
• The Wallpaper App Review: Endless Wallpapers Tailored for Apple Devices
• Crouton Review: An Elegant, Modern Recipe Manager and Cooking Aid
• Phil Schiller Transitions into Reduced Role as Apple Fellow; Greg Joswiak Newly Appointed SVP of Worldwide Marketing
• Apple Reveals Substantial Update to the 27-inch iMac with Smaller Updates to the 21.5-inch iMac and iMac Pro

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • A joint story on the widgets we’d love to see this fall and beyond
  • A collection of iOS utilities from Ryan
  • A member Home screen featuring widgets and creative wallpapers
  • Plus, lots of apps and more.
• MacStories Unplugged
  • This week Federico and John explore iced coffee, America’s obsession with drive-thrus, and ghost towns, along with updates on their OS reviews, the AppStories developer interview series, and more.
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 178 – An Interview with Guilherme Rambo

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Pikalytics
• John’s Pick:
  • Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Mac Catalyst 2.0: Doubling Down on the Alignment of the Mac and iPad
• Due for Mac Modernized with New Design and Features
• Fiery Feeds Adds Full-Text Search, Saved Searches, iPad Pointer Support, and More
• Apple Q3 2020 Results - $59.7 Billion Revenue

Club MacStories

• Monthly Log
  • Federico explains how his use of MindNode has changed for his iOS and iPadOS 14 review
  • John imagines what a perfect cross-platform outlining app would look like
  • Ryan shares his favorite features from iPadOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS
• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico explores the Apple Watch automation enabled by Shortcuts in the iOS and iPadOS 14 betas
  • Ryan covers the Nighthawk Twitter client
  • John explains why he’s returning to MindNode after a failed search for an outlining app
  • A GameClub subscription giveaway
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 177 – What is Great App Design?

Unwind Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • folklore by Taylor Swift
• John’s Pick:
  • Umbrella Academy, Season 1

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• The Dog Days of Summer
  • Why Do We Call Them the ‘Dog Days’ of Summer?
  • Florence + The Machine, Dog Days Are Over
• The Developer Debrief on WWDC 2020
• Dark Noise 2 Review: Sound Mixing, New Noises, iPad Cursor Support, and More
• Game Day: Good Sudoku
• Soor 2 Review: Magic Mixes and Release Alerts Elevate the Beautiful Apple Music Client
• Apple Commits to 2030 Carbon Neutrality Across Full Business
• Podcasting on iPad Pro and Mac: A Streamlined Approach with the Sound Devices MixPre-3 II

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • iOS 14 tips from Federico
  • A Collection of John’s favorite first-gen Catalyst apps
  • Ryan on why the iPadOS update is a bigger deal than it appears
  • An interview with Spend Stack developer Jordan Morgan
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• Episode 176 – Pick 2: Castro and Grammarly

Unwind Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Placebo, MTV Unplugged
• John’s Pick:
  • Virtual Boy Works by Jeremy Parish
    • Retronauts Podcast