Today, I thought I’d explore some of the best ways I’ve found to keep up with videogames, so you can spend less time researching games and more time playing. What makes tracking games more difficult than it should be is that the industry is fractured across multiple platforms and services. Games are available on consoles,...
Hardware Ideas Apple Should Steal
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AppStories Episode 399 - Hardware Ideas Apple Should Steal
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This week, Federico and John look at the gadget landscape to find inspiration for expanding Apple’s hardware lineup.
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- Memberful – Help Your Clients Monetize Their Passion
Links and Show Notes
App Store Fees and What’s Going on with Patreon
- Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update
- Apple relents and approves Spotify app with EU pricing
- Patreon Lays Out How It Will Deal with Apple’s Insistence That It Use App Store In-App Purchases - MacStories
Hardware Ideas for Apple
- Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
- Review: Microsoft Surface Pro (11th Edition, 2024)
- Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever
- Intel Introduces Thunderbolt 5 Connectivity Standard
- The first Thunderbolt 5 cables are here, but there’s barely anything to plug in
- The ZenScreen Fold OLED MQ17QH portable display brings unbounded on-the-go versatility
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The Mac mini: Apple’s Most Modular Computer Could Be Even More Modular
I’m excited for the rumored Mac mini redesign that Mark Gurman says will approach the size of an Apple TV. As rumors go, that’s not a lot to go on, but that’s the fun part. Until Apple unveils a new mini, we can let our imaginations run wild. On next week’s episode of AppStories, Federico...
Rethinking Podcast Apps
AppStories Episode 398 - Rethinking Podcast Apps
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This week, Federico and John rethink podcast apps, exploring why it’s such a tricking category to get right for the greatest number of users.
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- Setapp – the place to get apps. Use the code appstories20 at checkout for 20% off.
Links and Show Notes
Rethinking Podcast Players
- Apps Discussed
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What Happened to the Middle?
Not long ago, Federico and I did an AppStories episode about email apps. One of the problems we identified with the category is that there’s a gap between email apps designed for everyday consumer use and enterprise-based solutions. Power users and small teams that fit somewhere between those ends of the spectrum are stuck making...
GoodLinks 2.0: The Automation-Focused Read-Later App I’ve Always Wanted
One of my greatest frustrations with read-later apps is how hard most make it to get your data out on your terms. Few allow you to export links using Shortcuts or some other system, and even fewer offer to do the same with highlights – until now. With version 2.0, GoodLinks adds highlighting and note-taking combined with excellent Shortcuts support, giving users full access and flexibility to incorporate saved URLs, highlights, and notes into their workflows however they want.
Thanks to Obsidian’s deep catalog of plugins from third-party developers, it’s been possible to import highlights from read-later apps like Readwise Reader and Amazon’s Kindle app for some time. Those are good solutions when I’m working in Obsidian, but both I and our readers use lots of different apps. That’s why I was so glad to see GoodLinks (available for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac) get this major 2.0 revision that transforms it from a place to save links and articles to a more well-rounded research tool, thanks to highlighting and notes.
watchOS 11 Preview
This week, John is joined by Jonathan to preview watchOS 11, which is one of the most feature packed OSes being updated this fall.
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- Setapp – the place to get apps. Use the code appstories20 at checkout for 20% off.
- MusicHarbor – New Music From Your Favorite Artists and Record Labels.
Links and Show Notes
watchOS 11 Preview
- watchOS 11: The MacStories Public Beta Preview
- Topics Covered:
- Smart Stack and Live Activities
- Interactive widgets
- Topics Covered:
- Health and Fitness
- Training Load
- Other apps mentioned
- Vitals
- Pausing Goals
- Fitness app customization on iOS
- Training Load
- Watch Faces
- Suggested photos for watch face
- Translation
- Similar to iOS app in functionality
- Cycle Tracking
- Maps adds hikes in US national parks
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Hom Screen: John
{.no-bio} [[public]] I’ve been messing around with my iPhone Home Screen a lot lately and realized that I haven’t shared it in quite a while. My Home Screen is bound to change with the release of iOS 18 and third-party apps that take advantage of features like the new Control Center widgets. So consider today’s...
App Debuts
[[John]] Genius Sign Genius Sign is a companion app to Genius Scan, an app that I’ve covered before. The purpose of the utility is to sign, date, and annotate PDFs, but it’s not meant to be a PDF editor. Instead, it’s designed to simplify and speed up the process of signing documents, such as a...