If these were normal times, I would be on my way to San Jose today or perhaps next weekend for WWDC, but these aren’t normal times by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, it feels a little strange to even mention ‘normal’ when the world increasingly seems to be headed in the opposite...
MacStories Unwind: MacStories Perspective Icons, a Big Spend Stack Update, and a New Read-It-Later App
This week on MacStories Unwind:
MacStories
- Introducing MacStories Perspective Icons: 20,000 Custom Perspective Icons for OmniFocus Pro
- Tot’s New Share Extension
- Keep Review: The Read-Later App I’ve Been Looking For
- The Inside Story of Mythic Quest’s Quarantine Episode
- Spend Stack Adds Apple Card Import, Recurring Cost Tracking, Per-List Currencies, iPad Improvements, and More
Club MacStories
- MacStories Weekly
- MacStories Perspective Icons
- Miximum
- A collection of apps for exploring the world around you
- A teaser of Federico’s upcoming story about his use of OmniFocus perspectives
- Q&A, links, apps, and more
- MacStories Unplugged
- An extra-nerdy episode all about MarginNote 3
AppStories
Unwind Picks
Explore
Two things inspired this collection. First, during lockdown I’ve been fortunate to be able to take walks in our neighborhood, but I’ve also gotten bored with the routes I walk regularly. Second, I drove to San Francisco and back from Chicago this past week to help one of my kids move into an...
App Debuts
FedericoApollo My favorite Reddit client recently received a major update that brought a fantastic new media experience for images, GIFs, and videos. Videos now play inline within Apollo’s feed with a new video player; you can save, share, and even pause GIFs; if you’re on iOS 13 or later, you can now preview media...
Q&A
Question: I use Reeder but it doesn’t have a built-in way to annotate articles. As a consequence, I have to print articles as PDFs when I want to annotate them or take notes. This is cumbersome and interferes with my reading flow. Do you have any advice for a better workflow that doesn’t require a...
AppStories, Episode 165 – Imagining the Perfect Research App→
Imagining the Perfect Research App
AppStories Episode 165 - Imagining the Perfect Research App
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This week, Federico and John, who have been spending too many of their waking hours investigating research apps on iPadOS and the Mac, discuss the features and approaches they’d like to see in an ideal research app or suite of apps.
MacStories Unwind – MacStories Shortcuts Icons Updated, a New App for Music Nerds, and a Drafts Update
This week on MacStories Unwind:
MacStories
- MacStories Shortcuts Icons Receives Second Free Update with 50 New Glyphs, Reaching 400
- MusicSmart Puts the Spotlight on Music Credits
- Drafts 20 Introduces Advanced Wiki-Style Linking
- Apple Releases iOS 13.5 with COVID-19 Exposure Notifications, Face ID Bypass for Masks, FaceTime Setting, and Apple Music Stories Sharing
- Apple Music’s Instagram sharing feature was created by an intern
- Apple to Release Tom Hanks WWII Drama on TV+
- Bloomberg story on Apple building a video back catalog
- Apple Releases New Pride Edition Watch Bands Ahead of Pride Month, New Watch Faces Coming Soon
- David Smith’s watchOS 7 Wishlist
Club MacStories
- MacStories Weekly
- NetNewsWire
- Creating file launchers with GizmoPack and Shortcuts
- Member shortcut requests answered
- A research workflow using Instapaper, IFTTT, and Shortcuts
- Safari tab controls in iPadOS
- Q&A, links, and more
AppStories
Unwind Picks
- John’s Pick:
- Federico’s Picks:
Saving Instapaper Highlights and Notes to Apple Notes with IFTTT and Shortcuts
It all started in late April with an episode of Connected, during which Federico began laying out his plans for this year’s iOS and iPadOS review. Federico described his dissatisfaction with his research process and discussed exploring new options. The conversation touched a nerve with me because I’ve felt the same way about big...