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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

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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

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This week, Federico and John celebrate World Emoji Day with big updates to Pixelmator Pro and Ulysses, a rundown of iOS 13.6 features, the Eve Cam, plus YouTube creator and movie Unwind picks.

MacStories

• Apple Partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Create New Coding Centers
• Pixelmator Pro 1.7 Adds Type to Path, Canvas Rotation, and More
• Apple Releases iOS 13.6 with Apple News Audio Features and Expanded Local News Coverage, Plus Digital Car Key Support
• Eve Cam: An Excellent Addition to a HomeKit Secure Video Setup
• Ulysses 20 Review: New Dashboard Featuring Advanced Grammar and Style Check, Outline, and Much More
• Apple Highlights Hardware and Apps in ‘The Whole Work-From-Home Thing’

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Favorite: GoodLinks
  • Shortcuts: Federico’s Reminders shortcuts
  • Extension Column: Ryan on Widgets
• MacStories Unplugged, a Club-exclusive podcast
  • A porcupine story leads to bigger and better animal stories and Federico’s brush with the police for trespassing on an abandoned golf course. Plus, John provides an update on his macOS Big Sur review, including the apps he’s using as he finalizes his research and outlines the review.
• Join Club MacStories

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 175 – Relay FM’s Approach to Apps with Myke Hurley

Unwind Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Pokémon Shiny Hunter aDrive
    • Top 10 Most Epic Shiny Reactions Ever!
    • aDrive’s YouTube Channel
    • aDrive on Twitch
• John’s Pick:
  • Mr. Jones