This week, Federico and John extend last week’s ‘Gone but Not Forgotten’ theme to third-party apps, including Dropbox text editors, Twitter apps, email clients, and more.
- Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple.
- Memberful – Monetize your passion with membership.
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Gone but Not Forgotten: The Third-Party Apps (Part 1)
- I Am Rich
- Dropbox Text Editors
- Twitter apps
- Pinbook
- Email Clients
- https://staging.macstories.net/news/loren-brichter-talks-about-pull-to-refresh-patent-and-design-process/
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[[john]] Google is adding new features to Chrome that it says will make sites run smoother and minimize the impact on your laptop’s battery. (Link) You’d be forgiven if you thought these $950 air-purifying headphones from Dyson were a vacuum cleaner for your face. (Link) Skydio has designed a robot buddy for its drones that...
[[federico]] Movie Tracker Simone Montalto, the developer of longtime MacStories favorite Book Track, has launched a new app called Movie Tracker. As the name suggests, the app is designed for keeping track of movies and TV shows you want to watch. There’s no shortage of this kind of utilities on the App Store, but there...
This week, Federico and John explore the Apple apps and features that have disappeared from its platforms in recent years.
- Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple.
- Kolide – Maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Check out their manifesto: Honest Security.
- Memberful – Monetize your passion with membership.
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Gone but Not Forgotten
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Here are the highlights from the Club MacStories Discord this week: Niléane had a great recommendation for Club members who want to use Apple’s Music app but scrobble their tracks to Last.fm in the background. akido shared two shell scripts that can be used with Shortcuts to save and retrieve bits of text. FlohGro had...
Eight years ago today, I published my first story on MacStories. As anniversaries go, the eighth isn’t usually celebrated. For me, though, 2022 has been the year I finally cleared the last item off an important checklist that’s been sitting in the back of my head since 2015. I don’t typically spend a lot of...
This week, Federico and John conclude their two-part series on their nerdy holiday projects with home automation, RSS, WiFi, and other plans.
- Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple.
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Nerdy Holiday Projects (Part 2)
- Federico’s TV Lighting Project
- John Revisits RSS
- Federico Considers a New WiFi Setup
- Mastodon
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Here are the highlights from the Club MacStories Discord this week: Daniel created a shortcut that makes it easy to take Mastodon usernames found on Twitter and follow the person from your Mastodon account. A different Daniel had a great app recommendation for mapping macros to your mouse’s buttons. Want to join the Club MacStories+...
This week, Federico and John share the nerdy holiday season projects they’ve lined up in part 1 of a two-part series.
- RevenueCat – Subscription management built for mobile apps.
- Kolide – Maintaining endpoint security shouldn’t mean compromising employee privacy. Check out their manifesto: Honest Security.
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Nerdy Holiday Projects (Part 1)
- Level Lock+ (John)
- Windows 11 (Federico)
- Live TV Setup (John)
- Read-later app bakeoff (Federico)
- Catching up on gaming (John)
- Federico’s Home Screen makeover
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