This week on AppStories, Federico and John return with a classic Pick 2 episode focused on the Mac.
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A Classic Mac Pick 2
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[[federico]] File Widgets I love this app idea: as the name suggests, File Widgets brings the functionality of the Files widget from iOS and iPadOS to macOS, where Finder doesn’t offer a similar widget to quickly see recent files from a folder. To use the app, you pick which folders you want to monitor in...
This week, Federico and John explore whether we’re experiencing the beginning of the end of apps and consider what might replace them.
- Genius Scan – A scanner in your pocket.
- Jam – Developer friendly bug reports in 1 click.
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Are We Entering a Post-App World?
- Trends that may point to a post-app world:
- Super Apps
- Artificial Intelligence
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This week, Federico and John explain what’s going on with the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Apple that claims the iPhone-maker is monopolizing the smartphone market.
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The US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Complaint Against Apple
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[[john]] Spatialify I was playing around with Spatialify, an iOS spatial video app, before the Vision Pro even shipped. Back then, I used it to play spatial video on the XREAL Air glasses. What brought me back this week is the fact that the app can now shoot spatial video at a higher resolution than...
This week, Federico and John take a hard look at Shortcuts to discuss what needs fixing and the new features they hope to see Apple announce at WWDC this year.
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- Jam: Developer friendly bug reports in 1 click.
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Ruminate
Shortcuts Wishlist
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This week, Federico and John take a look at their latest app downloads on a variety of Apple devices.
- TelemetryDeck – privacy-first app analytics and usage data that’s not evil. Get 3 month free for any paid plan with checkout code APPSTORIES (new customers only)
- Jam – Developer friendly bug reports in 1 click.
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Why’d You Download That?
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[[john]] Deckset Deckset, an app for creating presentations from Markdown files, has been around for a long time. This week, after a decade as a Mac-only app, Deckset debuted on the iPhone and iPad. The benefit of a text-based presentation app is it allows you to build a slide deck from an outline, which, for...
This week, Federico and John examine Apple’s Sports and Journal apps and visionOS for clues to what their designs may mean for the next major revisions of Apple’s OSes.
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Examining Apple App and OS Design Trends
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