[[federico]] SongCapsule The Apple Music utility that used to be called Next (which John previously featured in January) has been recently rebranded to ‘SongCapsule’, which has brought new icons and a fresh design to the app. Since we last covered SongCapsule, the app has gained improvements to iCloud sync: now, all your ‘Magic DJs’ and...
For All Its Faults, I’ll Miss Twitter If It Vanishes
Twitter has been on my mind a lot over the past few weeks. It’s still hard to believe how quickly it’s gone from a months-long debate over whether Elon Musk would actually buy the company to a hyper-speed meltdown of the service that has been such a big part of the Apple community for so...
Interesting Links
[[john]] TechCrunch reports that ahead of a subscription price increase, Hulu Live TV added 14 new channels, including the Hallmark and Weather channels along with six new Vevo channels. (Link) Having trouble keeping up with the latest Twitter news? Twitter Is Going Great! delivers the latest Twitter news as a chronological, filterable timeline. (Link) Atari...
A Close-Up Look at Anybox and Spring
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AppStories Episode 305 - A Close-Up Look at Anybox and Spring
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This week, Federico and John dig into two excellent apps they’ve been enjoying recently: Anybox, a bookmark and file organizer, and Spring, a third-party Twitter client.
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Anybox and Spring
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Calendars, Communications, and More Revisited
AppStories Episode 304 - Calendars, Communications, and More Revisited
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This week, Federico and John pick up where they left off in episode 300 by revisiting episode 200 about calendar apps, communications, home assistants, and Federico’s first surprise of 2021.
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Calendars, Communications, and More Revisited
- AppStories, Episode 300: App Trends Revisited and Reconsidered
- Calendar apps
- Team Commuications
- Time Zones
- Music
- Marvis Pro
- Soor
- MusicBox
- MusicHarbor
- AppStories, Episode 293: Let’s Fix the Music App
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App Debuts
[[john]] MenuBot MenuBot is a clever combination of Shortcuts and a menu bar app that makes it simple to add and update bits of data in your Mac’s menu bar. The app makes use of SF Symbols to provide a single icon per shortcut, providing a style that works perfectly with other menu bar icons....
Interesting Links
[[john]] Jennifer Pattison Tuohy writing for The Verge reviews the Level Lock Plus, which includes support for Apple’s Home Keys feature. (Link) Rewind promises to make finding things on your Mac easier by recording everything you do and storing it locally, which may nonetheless raise privacy concerns among many users. (Link) Aqara, the maker low-cost...
macOS Ventura: The MacStories Review
AppStories Episode 303 - macOS Ventura: The MacStories Review
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This week, Federico and John cover Apple’s controversial App Store advertising moves before going in-depth on John’s macOS Ventura review to discuss Stage Manager, System Settings, and Shortcuts.
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macOS Ventura
- macOS Ventura: The MacStories Review
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Controlling Apple Devices with a Videogame Controller
With iOS 16.1, Apple added support for Nintendo Online’s classic wireless controllers. When someone asked me on Twitter whether the Nintendo could be used to navigate Apple’s OSes, I said that, other than tvOS, they couldn’t. However, that’s not quite right as was pointed out to me by Nat Brown. You can’t navigate app UIs...