Sadly, today is my last day as a regular contributor to MacStories after nearly 6 years. Over those years, I have completed my university education and am about to head off an overseas holiday before I start full-time work. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Federico for taking a chance on me all...
Workflows and Shortcuts Starter Pack, Vol. 1
{.app-collection} [[graham]] Workflow Naturally, any collection of workflow apps must include the Workflow app, which as you are probably aware, is a much loved favorite among the MacStories team. I’ll leave it at that (we already talk about it every week), but if you are new to the app, here are some useful resources to...
Calculators for Every Task
{.app-collection} [[graham]] There is no shortage of calculator apps on the App Store, and they range in functionality from the simple, to the advanced, to the specialized. Today’s collection aims to highlight a few of the very best calculator apps which sit along this spectrum. PCalc An excellent all-purpose, powerful and customizable calculator. Your iPhone...
Apple TV: One Year Later
[[graham]] Yesterday, October 30th, was the first anniversary of the 4th generation Apple TV. It’s kind of surprising and a little hard to believe that I’ve been using this product for a year already. I’ve never been happier with my TV watching setup, and the 4th generation Apple TV has been a key component of...
Q&A
Question: What app do you use or recommend to scan old photos on iOS? (Bart Vermeiren, @bart2525) [[federico]] If you don’t want to use a traditional scanner app that outputs scans to JPEG (I recommend Scanbot and Scanner Pro), you might want to consider a dedicated utility built specifically to scan old photographs. Unfade, made...
Q&A
[[federico]] In last week’s issue of MacStories Weekly, I replied to a question about interactive iMessage bubbles and whether apps could generate them outside of Messages. I wrote that developers couldn’t generate custom bubbles in their regular apps, but I was wrong. Apps that provide an iMessage component can also send interactive messages (the custom...
Q&A
Question: I’ve noticed a limitation in several apps that have a Messages extension, and I’m curious to know if this is a limitation caused by Apple’s APIs or developers. In apps I’ve tried, you can’t share the same rich information directly from the app that you can from Messages. For example, if I want to...
Turning App Store Links into Markdown Documents
[[federico]] In every issue of MacStories Weekly, we highlight a few iOS and Mac apps that have recently launched or that received an update worth mentioning. We do this because, while we can’t cover every single new app or app update with an-depth review on MacStories, we think there’s value in pointing our members to...
Member Requests
Question: I was wondering if there was a way using Workflow to download and store the entirety of Wikipedia on my iPhone for offline viewing and an app I could then use to search the database downloaded. I am aware of a few apps that enable you to download Wikipedia to an iOS device but...