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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

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• The M1 Mac mini and MacBook Air: A Giant Leap Forward for All Mac Users
• GoodTask 6.4 Brings Kanban-Style Board View for Reminders Lists and Smart Lists
• Text Case Adds Customizable Flows: User-Created, Multi-Step Text Transformation
• Apple Releases Betas with Face ID Plus Apple Watch iPhone Unlocking, App Tracking Transparency, and Other New Features
• Apple Releases macOS 11.3 Beta with New Safari Features, Reminders Sorting, Music Updates, and Improvements to iOS and iPadOS Apps Running on M1 Macs
• CARROT Weather 5 Introduces New Design Elements, Custom Interface Builder, and More
• Inc. Interviews David Smith About Widgetsmith’s Astonishing Success

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Downie
  • John’s updates his over-the-air TV setup with a new antenna and Channels

AppStories

• Episode 203 – Everything but the Text Editor

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Jimmy Eat World: Phoenix Sessions
• John’s Pick:
  • WandaVision on Disney+

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Apple Publishes ‘A Day in the Life of Your Data’ Case Study and Reveals That App Tracking Transparency is Coming in the Spring
• Apple Releases OS Updates with Better Music Hand Off for HomePod mini, Improvements to QR Code Scanning and Bluetooth Settings, the Unity Watch Face, and More
• Tweetbot 6 Moves to Subscription Pricing
• Apple Unveils ‘Time to Walk’ for Fitness+
• Apple Celebrates Black History Month with Features Across Its Products
• How Matt Birchler Is Using Hey Email, Almost One Year Later
• Apple Breaks Records with $111.4 Billion in Revenue for Q1 2021
• Apple Announces That Dan Riccio Is Moving to a New Role at the Company, and John Ternus Is Stepping in as Senior VP of Hardware Engineering

Club MacStories

• Club MacStories
  • MacStories Weekly
    • SnapMotion
    • Spotify shortcuts
    • Alex’s Apple Watch setup
    • An interview with Jim Metzendorf

AppStories

• Episode 202 – App Modularity

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Dynasty on Netflix
• John’s Pick:
  • Song Exploder on Netflix

This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• MindNode’s Newly-Editable Outline View Adds a Terrific New Dimension to the Mind Mapping App’s Mac Version
• Doodle Jump 2 Review: A Modern Take on a Classic
• Apple Partners with VolunteerMatch to Feature Local Volunteer Opportunities in Apple Maps
• Apple Podcasts Adds Spotlight Editorial Feature
• Apple Spotlights iPhone 12 Photography

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • A collection of clipboard manager apps
  • A shortcut for exporting links from Craft
  • A mini-review of the OWC Thunderbolt Hub
  • Federico Finds a way to add tasks to Apple’s Reminders app from his Amazon Echo

AppStories

• Episode 201 – Automating Your Home

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • drivers license by Jxdn
    • Jxdn - Wikipedia
  • Original version of drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo
• John’s Pick:
  • Mr. Mayor on NBC

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• CES Rundown: Highlights of This Year’s Most Intriguing (and Bizarre) Announcements
• Apple Announces Major Expansion of Its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative
• Puppr Review: Teach Your Dog New Tricks

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Bartender 4
  • 16 giveaways of productivity apps
  • Federico’s GoodTask quick action setup
  • Apps to expand your HomeKit experience
• MacStories Unplugged: Food, Travel, and Very Good Dogs
  • In this episode of MacStories Unplugged, Federico and John share the foods they miss from their past travels, discuss the frustrations with dining out and traveling with two very good dogs, and have some advice on stepping back from the brink before burnout takes hold.

AppStories

• Episode 200 – Workflows Revisited: Calendars, Communications, and a Surprise

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist, Season 2 on NBC
• John’s Pick:
  • The Flight Attendant on HBO Max

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• Two Months with the HomePod mini: More Than Meets the Eye
• Apple Recaps Its 2020 Services, Including the App Store’s Record-Breaking Holiday Season
• Dato Review: Calendar Events and Time Zones From Your Mac’s Menu Bar
• Scenecuts Adds Effortless Access to HomeKit Scenes in Your Mac’s Menu Bar
• Fitness Totals Review: Effortlessly Surface Fitness Data and Track Your Progress

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Strong Workout Tracker
  • 11 giveaways for health, fitness, and wellness apps
  • A personal automation for activating Do Not Disturb on an iPhone and Mac simultaneously
  • John’s 2021 Apple hardware and app wishes for 2021

AppStories

• Episode 200 Preview

Unwind

• John’s Pick:
  • Console Wars on CBS All Access

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This week on MacStories Unwind:

MacStories

• MacStories Selects 2020: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
• Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14.3 with Apple ProRAW, App Clip Codes, Fitness+ Support, and Direct App Launches from Shortcuts
• Fitness+ Review Roundup
• Apple Releases Cardio Fitness Notifications for Apple Watch
• Headland Review: Fight Your Way Through a World of Imagination
• AirPods Max Power Management Explained by Updated Apple Support Document
• Pro Photographer Austin Mann Explains ProRAW
• Developer Ben Sandofsky on ProRAW and Halide Mark II’s Implementation of the New Format

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Wonder - a simple, elegant Wikipedia browser and research tool
  • A collection of Home Screen customization tools
  • Federico on how he’s using Timery and GoodTask widgets
  • A big interview with Balint Orosz, founder and CEO of Craft

AppStories

• Episode 198 – The 2020 MacStories Selects Awards

Unwind

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Ori and the Blind Forest on Xbox
• John’s Pick:
  • evermore by Taylor Swift