This week, Federico and John explore why there are so many good task managers, but none is a perfect fit with the way they work.
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I struggle to set up my iPhone’s Home Screens more than on any other device because I use it for literally everything. The result is a hodgepodge of personal work apps and widgets that I sometimes struggle to organize and fit onto a reasonable number of screens. The first principle I follow when setting up...
This week, John is joined by Relay FM’s Stephen Hackett for a recap and thoughts on Apple’s Scary Fast event, which was recorded live in the Club MacStories+ Discord.
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[[John]] Watching what Federico’s been up to with Things automation spurred me to give the app another try. I love Things and was using it before I switched to Reminders for the summer review season, but aspects of the app have always bothered me. I don’t like how Things handles recurring tasks that you complete...
This week, Federico and John cover the web apps they use and why they’re sometimes preferable to native apps.
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There’s a lot going on with the Club this week and coming up soon, so I thought I’d share a brief recap: On Monday we announced our fall Club MacStories Membership Event featuring daily content across all Club tiers, plus 20% off annual Club memberships for new, returning, and upgrading members, using the code CLUB2023...
I head into every October with a mess on my hands. The late summer, early fall review season inevitably leads to letting good computing habits go. It’s never a pretty sight, but I’ve found ways to minimize the chaos and make October cleanup easier, which I thought I’d share today. First and more important than...
The Mac’s place in users’ computing lives has changed a lot since Steve Jobs returned to Apple and reimagined the Mac as a digital hub. Those days were marked by comparatively weak mobile phones, MP3 players, camcorders, and pocket digital cameras that benefitted from being paired with the Mac and Apple’s iLife suite. The computing...
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One of the perks of a Club MacStories+ and Club Premier membership are special columns published periodically by Federico and John. In today’s Automation Academy, which debuted a refreshed format, Federico explains how he leveraged the tight integration of Reminders and Siri with Things by Cultured Code to improve the experience of saving tasks to Things on the go.
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One of the features I missed from Reminders was its deep integration with Siri and background sync privileges. Whether you’re using Siri on the iPhone or Apple Watch, you can quickly dictate a new task with natural language and rest assured you’ll find it a few seconds later on any other device signed into your iCloud account. For instance, I can’t tell you how many times I added a reminder (with dates and times) using Siri while driving via my Apple Watch and immediately found it on my iPad once I got home. You just don’t have to worry about sync if you’re using iCloud and Reminders, which is one of the most important advantages of the app.
Among other techniques, the post explains how to use ‘Repeat for Each’ blocks with magic variables and an always-on Mac running Lingon X, which is available for 20% off on the Club MacStories Discount page, to create a rock-solid way of creating new tasks from an Apple Watch or other device using Siri.
Automation Academy is one of the many perks of a Club MacStories+ and Club Premier membership and an excellent way to learn advanced Shortcuts techniques that are explained in the context of solutions to everyday problems.
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