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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Apple Releases Remix Sessions, Sound Packs, and Producer Packs for GarageBand on the iPhone and iPad
• Doppler for Mac Offers an Excellent Album and Artist-Focused Listening Experience for Your Owned Music Collection
• Sofa 3.0 Adds New Ways to Manage Your Media Lists Along With a New Business Model
• Apple Q3 2021 Results - $81.4 Billion Revenue

Club MacStories

• Monthly Log
  • Federico on managing his music collection on an Intel NUC using his iPad
  • John on his note-taking philosophy and why you should delete and archive more notes
• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico recommends Roon, the client app for the music server running on the Intel NUC he wrote about in the Monthly Log
  • John shares a shortcut for converting podcast audio clips to text and saving them in Obsidian alongside the embedded audio file
  • Christopher Lawley shares his iPad Home Screens
• MacStories Unplugged
  • Panic’s Playdate
  • A conversation about 4th of July parades and real estate open houses leads to Italian private investigators and American personal injury lawyers
  • Federico invites members to play a guessing game

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 233 – Building an Apple-only Research and Writing Setup

Unwind

• Federico and John’s Joint Pick:
  • • Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Two Months with Apple’s New M1 iMac
• CARROT Weather 5.3 Adds Smart Layouts and a Fun Weather Reports Feature
• New Tokyo level of Skate City Will Debut Alongside Skateboarding Becoming an Official Olympic Sport
• Apple Music to Livestream Sold-Out Atlanta Listening Event for Kanye West’s Next Album, DONDA

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Part two of Federico’s Obsidian series covering the template he uses and some of his favorite pluginss
  • A collection of Mac screen recording apps
  • John on always-on display rumors and his experiments with using his iPhone and iPad with Auto Lock disabled

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 233 – An Interview with Gui Rambo

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time by The Maine
• John’s Pick:
  • Hacks on HBO Max
    • “Hacks” Pits Zoomer Against Boomer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Troubles with HomePod’s audioOS Beta
• Apple Quietly Releases MagSafe Battery Pack
• Emojipedia Publishes Renderings of Draft Emoji

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico kicks off a series of stories on his Obsidian setup
  • John shares his early experiments with Shortcuts for Mac

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 231 – The App Customization Trend

Apple Arcade Update

• Alto’s Odyssey: Lost City
• Angry Birds Reloaded
• Doodle God Universe

Unwind

• John’s Pick:
  • Black Widow on Disney+

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This week, Federico and John talk about the new trailer for Alto’s Odyssey: Lost City, which is coming to Apple Arcade soon, John’s review of a big update to Transloader, the Kensington StudioCaddy, plus videogame and music picks for your weekend.

MacStories

• Team Alto Releases Trailer for Alto’s Odyssey: Lost City, A Special Edition of the Original Game Coming to Apple Arcade
• Transloader 3: A Simple, Versatile Way to Remotely Manage Mac File Downloads from an iPhone or iPad
• Kensington Releases Two-Piece StudioCaddy Charging Station and Organizer for Apple Devices

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Beyond iPhone and iPad Gaming
  • Safari tab tips for macOS Monterey
  • Unabridged interviews with Majid Jabrayilov, Ish ShaBazz, Sawyer Blatz, and John Sundell
  • MacStories Unplugged

AppStories

• AppStories 230 – An Interview with Marcos Tanaka

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Metroid: Zero Mission
• John’s Pick:
  • Hurt is Boring by fanclubwallet

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Dr. Drang on How Shortcuts Fits Into Existing Mac Automation
• Photo Editing and Management App Darkroom Adds Extensive Shortcuts Support

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico re-engineers his Timery timer setup in Shortcuts
    • John covers the many ways to use Shortcuts on the Mac
    • A Remote Control & Mobile Mouse giveaway
    • Results of our WWDC 2021 straw poll

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 228 – Federico’s Research and Note-Taking Setup

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • The Bold Type
    • On Hulu in the US
• John’s Pick:
  • Long Lost by Lord Huron

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This week on Unwind, John is joined by Alex Guyot to recap the week, including John’s story about the 5th anniversary of the App Store Review Guidelines comic book, milestones reached by Apple’s Shazam service, plus Apple Podcasts channels and subscriptions, developer reactions to WWDC, and TV and movie Unwind picks.

MacStories

• Shazam Passes 1 Billion Monthly Songs Recognized for a Lifetime Total of More Than 50 Billion
• Everyday Robots Releases A Two-Part WWDC 2021 Developer Special
• Apple Podcasts Channels and Subscriptions Launch
• Five Years Ago, Apple Released a Comic Book of the App Store Review Guidelines

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico on his new iOS and iPadOS review Focus mode
  • John imagines his ideal research app
  • An interview with Apollo developer Christian Selig
  • A Pillow giveaway
  • A reader poll

AppStories

• AppStories 226 – Three Features That Set iOS 15 Apart
• AppStories 227 – 2021 Apple Design Award Winners: The AppStories Interviews

Unwind Picks

• Alex Guyot’s Pick:
  • Loki on Disney+
• John’s Pick:
  • The Courier

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This week, Federico and John preview MacStories’ and AppStories’ upcoming WWDC coverage and recap updates to Timery and HomeRun, along with news of ADA finalists, Swift Student Challenge Winners, an iPadOS design concept, and link posts about the App Store and AirTags along with two music Unwind picks for the weekend.

MacStories

• Timery Comes to the Mac and Makes Time Tracking With Toggl Easier Than Ever

• HomeRun 2 Launches as a New App with Home Screen Widgets, an In-App Grid System, and an Updated Watch Complication Editor

• Apple Tells CNET It’s Making Privacy Changes to AirTags and Has an Android App Coming Later This Year
• Apple Design Award Finalists Announced
• Apple Announces the Winners of the WWDC Swift Student Challenge
• Vidit Bhargava’s Design Concept for a Menu Bar and Multitasking on iPadOS
• Apple Captured in a Single Email Message
• Apple Tells CNET It’s Making Privacy Changes to AirTags and Has an Android App Coming Later This Year

Club MacStories

• MacStories Unplugged
  • John has an update on his cul-de-sac, we preview MacStories’ upcoming WWDC coverage, and Federico lifts the veil on Apple’s restoration of historic Palazzo Marignoli, home of the company’s latest flagship retail store.
• MacStories Weekly
  • ReadKit
  • A collection of iOS apps for Readers
  • A tip for removing Home hubs
  • Lots of App Debuts
  • A Timery giveaway

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 221 – Our tvOS 15 and watchOS 8 Wishes

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Nothing is True & Everything is Possible by Enter Shikari
• John’s Pick:
  • Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice