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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Apple Announces Online Media Event for April 20, 2021
• Spotify Announces Car Thing: Dedicated Audio Streaming Hardware for Drivers
• Apple Expands Fitness+ Offerings with New Classes Designed for Pregnancy and Older Adults, New Trainers, and Time to Walk with Jane Fonda
• Quinn Nelson’s Approach to Home Automation

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico unveils MusicLink a shortcut that creates links to multiple music services and John shows how to link GoodTask and Craft using a shortcut
  • John recommends CardioBot
  • An interview with iOS developer and Sofa creator Shawn Hickman
  • Apps, and more.

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 213 – Music Part 2: Music Discovery, Playback, and Utility Apps

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • By the Lips EP by Glimmers
    • Apple Music
    • Spotify
• John’s Pick:
  • The Great British Baking Show
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Albums 4.0: A Must-Have App for Music Lovers
• HomePaper: A Handy Utility for Creating Beautiful Home App Wallpapers
• Kara Swisher Interviews Apple CEO Cook for Sway
• Apple Arcade Expands More Originals and iOS Classics
• Why Today Feels like a Quiet Turning Point for Video Games
• Apple Court Filing Details ‘Project Liberty,’ Epic’s Plan to Free Itself of App Store Commissions
• Apple Announces Find My Network and Three Initial Accessory Maker Partners

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico shares a ‘smart append’ shortcut for plain text files
  • John shares some favorite movie tracker apps plus a shortcut for creating a ‘Watch Later’ playlist of videos using Downie

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 212 – Music Part 1: How We Listen

Apple Arcade Update

• The Last Campfire
• Fantasian

Unwind

• Federico and John’s Joint Pick:
  • Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Apple Announces That WWDC 2021 Will Be Online-Only Again from June 7 - 11
• A First Look at the Apple Developer App’s New Design and Search Functionality
• HoverBar Duo: The MacStories Review
• Darkroom 5.2 Improves Photo Management with New Flag and Reject Functionality
• Spotify Launches New ‘Spotify Mixes’ with Personalized Playlists Based on Artists, Genres, and Decades
• Apple and Others Invest $50 million into Music Distributor UnitedMasters
• COVID-19 Travel Guidance for Airports Begins Appearing in Apple Maps
• Google Announces New Maps Features, Including Indoor Live View, Weather and Air Pollution Layers, and Eco-Friendly Driving Directions
• Siri Adds Two New English Speaking Voices and Lets Users Choose Among Them
• The Case for Shortcuts on the Mac

Club MacStories

• Monthly Log
  • Federico checks in on his 3-month long Spotify experiment
  • John on changes to macOS that he’d like to see announced at WWDC this year
• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico ends his quest for the perfect read later setup with new hardware
  • John spotlights Highlights for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
  • An interview with iOS Dev Weekly’s Dave Verwer
  • A Bartender 4 tip
  • Apps, Q&A and more.

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 211 – Apple at Home

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Superstore
• John’s Pick:
  • Godzilla vs. Kong
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Recently-Created Shortcuts Links Are Currently Broken
• 20 Years Ago, Mac OS X Set the Stage for Today’s Apple
• Spotify Updating Home Hub with Recently Played Section, Deeper Podcast Integration
• The Pleasures of Conversing via Voice Text
• Reflector 4 Updated with Modern UI and M1 Mac Support

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico experiments with Firefox on iOS
  • John builds PDF-based read later workflow with three-shortcuts
  • MacStories Recommends: Calendar 366 

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 210 – Imagining the Perfect Read-It-Later App

Unwind

• Arcade Preview:
  • Hitchhiker is out
  • Fantasian will be a two-part game
  • Wonderbox is coming soon
• Federico’s Picks:
  • Titanfall 2 on Xbox Game Pass
    • Trailer
• John’s Pick:
  • John bought Okami HD
  • The Head on HBO Max
    • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• First Impressions: Kensington’s StudioDock Aims to Turn Your iPad Pro into an Expandable Desktop Workstation
• Nova Review: Panic’s Code Editor Demonstrates Why Mac-like Design Matters
• Downtime Organizer Sofa Adds Apps, Audiobooks, Board Games, Deeplinking, Backups, and More Themes
• Apple Maps Adds COVID-19 Vaccination Sites in the US
• Apple’s Perplexing Home Strategy
• Apple Has Discontinued the Original HomePod

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  * Federico shares three more Taio automations
  * John on CleanShot X
  * An Interview with Sawyer Blatz, developer of Nudget

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 209 – Can Apps Still Surprise Us?

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Federico spends John’s money on the Nintendo eShop
    • Nintendo eShop publisher sales have begun — here are the best deals
  • Outriders demo on Xbox
  • weapon and that won’t save us by Against The Current
• John’s Pick:
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Sonos Announces the AirPlay 2-Compatible Roam Portable Speaker
• Adobe Fresco: A Fun and Powerful iPad Drawing and Painting App For Pros and Novices
• Apple Launches Kid-Friendly Podcast Collections
• Men’s Health Goes Behind-the-Scenes at Apple’s Fitness+ Studio
• Apple Has Apparently Pulled the Plug on the iMac Pro

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico shares three Taio automations
  • John on how to incorporate Twitter into your RSS reader
  • IINA Mac media player
• MacStories Unplugged
  • Breaking dishes and other pandemic phenomena
  • Apple Arcade check-in

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 208 – Reading Newsletters

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
• John’s Picks:
  • Spinning by No Rome, Charli XCX, and The 1975
  • Serotonin by girl in red

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Coppice: Visual Note-Taking and Research for the Mac
• Eve Systems Announces That Its New Eve Energy Smart Plug and Eve Weather HomeKit Devices Will Support Thread
• Apple Clarifies Ability to ‘Set Default’ Audio Apps in iOS 14.5
• Spotify Adding Genre and Mood Filters for Liked Songs
• Apple Launches Service for Transferring iCloud Photos and Videos to Google Photos

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico’s Home Screens
  • Alex on MagSafe chargers
  • John with GoodTask Tips and a shortcut for extracting URLs from long Craft documents

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 207 – Shortcuts Wish List, 2021 Edition

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Electric Century by Electric Century
    • Kerrang! Interview with Mikey Way
• John’s Pick:
  • Little Oblivions by Julien Baker
    • Also mentioned, boygenius EP by boygenius

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Overcast Revamps Apple Watch App and Shortcuts Actions
• Apple Frames, Now with Support for the 2020 iPad Air
• DarkModeBuddy: Automatic Light and Dark Mode Switching Based on Ambient Light
• The Mortality of Software
• Nudget Review: Budgeting Made Simple
• Spotify Announces It Will Offer a New CD-Quality, Lossless Streaming Music Tier Later This Year
• Genius Scan 6.0: A Sophisticated iPhone and iPad Scanning App for All Kinds of Users

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  * Broadcasts
  * Automating external drive ejection on the Mac with the press of a HomeKit button
  * Federico explores a new read later and RSS workflow

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 206 – What Should the iPad Steal from the Mac?

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • For All Mankind, Season 2
• John’s Pick:
  • Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Power-User HomeKit App Home+ 5 Adds Automation Folders, Backups, and a Fresh Design
• Hands-On with the Apple Store’s Insta360 ONE X2 Camera Bundle
• Maps Adds Accident, Hazard, and Speed Check Reporting Using the iPhone, CarPlay, and Siri to the iOS 14.5 Beta
• Austin Carr and Mark Gurman on Tim Cook’s Apple
• iOS and iPadOS 14.5 Betas Let Users Pick The Default Streaming Music Service Used by Siri

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • GameTrack
    • Screenshot and screen recording apps
    • An Opener app tip
    • Federico’s ongoing widget experiments
• MacStories Unplugged
  • A productivity parable
  • Boston slang
  • Regional Italian accents

AppStories

• Episode 204 – iPhone and iPad Accessory Extravaganza

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Super Mario World 3D + Bowser’s Fury
• John’s Pick:
  • FLOWERS for VASES / descansos by Hayley Williams