MacStories iA Writer 5.3 Adds Multiwindow Support, Dark Mode, Content Block ImprovementsMacStories - Federico ViticciiA Writer, my favorite text editor for iPhone and iPad (which I’ve previously covered in detail here and here), has received a major update to version 5.3 this week, adding support for key iOS and iPadOS
MacStories Todoist Foundations: Key Refinements Modernize the Popular Task ManagerMacStories - Ryan ChristoffelToday Todoist has launched a major update across all platforms under the branding Todoist Foundations. That name implies a complete ground-up revision to the app, and while that’s accurate in terms of
MacStoriesApple Remote Control for Mac: Turn Your Mac into a Home Media Center [Sponsor]MacStories - MacStories TeamRemote Control for Mac is a powerful app for the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch that works with a helper app on your Mac to free you from your desk, so you can enjoy your Mac anywhere on your network. you’re
MacStories MacStories Shortcuts Icons Receives Free Update with 50 New GlyphsMacStories - Federico ViticciI’m happy to announce that MacStories Shortcuts Icons, our custom icon set for adding shortcuts to the Home screen, has received an update today that adds 50 new glyphs. The update is available now for
MacStoriesApple Arcade Arcade Highlights: Card of DarknessMacStories - Ryan ChristoffelDo you like fantasy-themed games? How about Zach Gage’s work – Flipflop Solitaire, Really Bad Chess, Typeshift, SpellTower, etc.? Would a mobile game brought to life by the art of Adventure Time creator
MacStoriesiPhone 11 Eternal City, Modern Photography: The iPhone 11 Pro in RomeMacStories - Federico ViticciIn many ways, the iPhone 11 Pro’s camera system feels like the culmination of over a decade’s worth of judicious, relentless improvements. Not only is the device’s camera the best and smartest Apple has
MacStoriesApps Mac Catalyst Isn’t Only for Bringing iPad Apps to the Mac for the First TimeMacStories - John VoorheesSo far, the most common path to releasing a Mac Catalyst app on the Mac App Store has been to adapt and release an existing iPadOS app as a first-time Mac app. However, that’s not the only route to the
MacStoriesApps MakePass: Create Your Own Apple Wallet Passes on the MacMacStories - John VoorheesI often find myself reaching for my iPhone or iPad to do something that can’t be done at all or as quickly on my Mac. If I’m already working at my desk in front of my Mac, though, that requires a context
MacStoriesHeadphones New Beats Solo Pro Headphones Featuring Apple’s H1 Chip Are Available for Pre-OrderMacStories - John VoorheesApple subsidiary Beats has announced a new version of the Beats Solo Pro noise cancelling headphones, which can be pre-ordered now and will begin shipping at the end of the month. The new headphones, retail
MacStoriesIPadOS Agenda: Date-Focused Note Taking [Sponsor]MacStories - John VoorheesAgenda is the award-winning note-taking app for iOS, iPadOS, and the Mac with a focus on dates. Our lives are full of notes and dates, and it only makes sense to bring order to the chaos by integrating
MacStoriesAppsDespite Some Rough Edges, Twitter’s Mac Catalyst App Provides an iPad-like Experience That’s Better Than theMacStories - John VoorheesTwitter is back on the Mac with an all-new Catalyst app. Twitter abandoned its Mac app early last year with a late Friday tweet: Given the lack of support for the app leading up to that point, Twitter’s
MacStoriesApps Shortcuts Corner: Quick Contacts, RSS Feeds, Inspecting Lenses for iPhone 11 Photos, and Turning Reminders to NotesMacStories - Federico ViticciThe Shortcuts Corner is a regular section of our MacStories Weekly newsletter, exclusive to Club MacStories members, where I share advanced shortcuts and respond to readers’ requests for automation. In
MacStoriesEmoji More than 200 New Emoji Coming Soon Are Now Available in iOS and iPadOS 13.2 Beta 2MacStories - John VoorheesIt’s October, which means Apple’s latest crop of emoji is right around the corner. As usual, Jeremy Burge at Emojipedia has all of the details. As previewed earlier this year, Apple will release its version
MacStoriesApps RSS Client Lire Arrives on Mac App Store with One of the Best Early Catalyst ImplementationsMacStories - John VoorheesIn June I wrote about my hopes for Catalyst, the technology that allows iPadOS developers to bring their iPad apps to the Mac. At the time, I said that RSS clients were one of the categories of apps I
MacStoriesSleep NapBot: Simple Sleep Tracking Powered by CoreMLMacStories - Ryan ChristoffelSleep tracking is an area of health that Apple hasn’t yet formally moved into, but all signs point to that changing soon. iOS 13 saw the company build more advanced wellness tracking features into the
MacStoriesApps iOS and iPadOS 13 App Roundup: Multiwindow, Dark Mode, Shortcuts, and MoreMacStories - MacStories TeamiOS and iPadOS 13 have been in users’ hands for several weeks now, and with the abundance of new capabilities those releases brought has come a wealth of third-party app updates. System dark mode has adopted
MacStoriesSpotify Hands-On with Spotify’s Siri Integration and Apple TV AppMacStories - John VoorheesSpotify has updated its iOS and iPadOS app with Siri and Low Data Mode support, in addition to launching an all-new Apple TV app. I’ve spent some time with the update and overall it works as advertised,
MacStoriesApple macOS Catalina: The MacStories ReviewMacStories - John VoorheesIronically, Apple chose to name this year’s update to macOS after an island. Since the iPhone and iOS took off, macOS has sometimes felt like an island isolated from the rest of the company’s OSes, but
MacStoriesApps TickTick: Your Lightweight All-In-One Task Manager [Sponsor]MacStories - MacStories TeamTickTick is an all-in-one task management tool with a focus on simplicity. The app is available for more than ten platforms, including iOS, Mac, and Apple Watch. Time is at the heart of TickTick. The includes
MacStoriesApps Shortcuts Corner: Apple Frames for iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, App Store Updates Page, Logging Completed Reminders, and Time ZonesMacStories - Federico ViticciThe Shortcuts Corner is a regular section of our MacStories Weekly newsletter, exclusive to Club MacStories members, where I share advanced shortcuts and respond to readers’ requests for automation. In
MacStoriesApps Tripsy Review: The Ultimate Trip Planner for iPhone and iPadMacStories - Ryan ChristoffelSummer may be over, but there’s never really an offseason for planning future vacations or business trips. We all have our own methods of trip planning – where we store important documents, how to set
MacStoriesApps GoodNotes Adds Superior Multiwindowing, Dark Mode, and OCR ScanningMacStories - John VoorheesWhen Apple introduces a fundamental change to how apps interact with iOS (and now iPadOS), it’s always fascinating to see the different ways those changes are adopted by third-party developers. Although
MacStoriesApps Apple to Open Siri Up to Third-Party Messaging and Phone AppsMacStories - John VoorheesBloomberg reports that Apple will open up Siri to third-party messaging apps with a software update later this year. Third-party phone apps will be added later. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman: When
MacStoriesApps A Comprehensive Guide to All 120+ Settings URLs Supported by iOS and iPadOS 13.1MacStories - Federico ViticciA few weeks ago, I came across a post on Reddit claiming that Apple had restored the ability to launch specific sections of the Settings app via Shortcuts in iOS and iPadOS 13.1. I was inspired by that
MacStoriesiCloud Pixelmator Photo Adds Direct iCloud Photo Library Access, Batch Editing, and New Export FeaturesMacStories - John VoorheesPixelmator Photo for the iPad has been released with a trio of new features that greatly increase the power of the app. With the update, you can now now edit images in your iCloud Photo Library non-destructively
MacStoriesApps Hands-On with iWork’s Multiwindow, External Drive, Full-Document Screenshot, Third-Party Font, and Dark Mode SupportMacStories - John VoorheesApple has added several iOS and iPadOS 13 features to its full iWork suite. I’ve spent some time playing with Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, and they are an excellent showcase of some of the highlights iOS
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MacStoriesMobile Photography Halide 1.14 Adds New Lens Switching Interface and GuidesMacStories - John VoorheesHalide 1.14 is out with a new lens switching UI to accommodate the three-camera system of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max. As soon as the update was out, I went for a walk to give it a try. Halide has introduced
MacStoriesApple Pencil Agenda Gains Drawing and Handwriting Features, Plus Document Scanning and Dark Mode EnhancementsMacStories - Ryan ChristoffelOnce upon a time, in the early days of iOS’ life, note-taking apps on the iPhone and iPad were, strictly speaking, for text-based notes. The original Notes app, pre-iOS 9 makeover, was designed for text
MacStoriesApps Ulysses Adopts Multiwindow, iOS 13 Design Updates, and Modern ShortcutsMacStories - Ryan ChristoffelEarlier this year Ulysses debuted the best implementation I had seen of single-app split view on iPad, enabling working in two documents at once or editing a document while simultaneously seeing its export
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