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27:02

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: Ulysses – The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad and iPhone

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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32:37

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: Raycast – Goodbye Spotlight, Hello Raycast

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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27:28

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: DEVONthink – Get Organized to Conquer the World

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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24:16

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: SaneBox – Organize Your Inbox and Never Waste Time on Email Again

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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23:13

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: MenuBar Stats – Advanced Mac System Monitoring

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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23:46

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: BetterTouchTool – Customize your Input Devices

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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29:49

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: SaneBox – Organize Your Inbox, and Never Waste Time on Email Again

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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29:10

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

Sponsored by: Re:Schedule – Meetings Made Easy

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

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23:41

AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

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