On Wednesday, we released a Club-exclusive eBook version of Federico’s iOS and iPadOS 14 review, a second eBook of the eight summer OS preview series stories written by MacStories team members over the summer, a third eBook that collects 40 tips drawn from Federico’s annual review, and a set of beautiful widget-friendly iPhone Home Screen...
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Interesting Links
The Verge profiles Ricky Desktop, a musician who has found viral success creating beats for TikTok users. (Link) The Hodinkee Radio podcast has an interview with Apple’s vice president of human interface design Alan Dye as well as John Gruber and Om Malick covering the Apple Watch Series 6 and watchOS 7. (Link) As reported...
Behind the Scenes of the iOS and iPadOS 14 Review’s 3D Graphics and Animation by Brian King
Brian: Every time we see an iPhone or iPad in an illustration, any given UI element on that device is an image inside a display inside an image in the window of your own display. Sometimes, those pictures of displays are sitting next to other pictures of displays. With so much attention in iOS 14...
MacStories Unplugged
[[unplugged_artwork]] Keep an eye out for a special behind-the-scenes episode of MacStories Unplugged that will be out later today, in which Federico and John look back over the past four months and discuss Federico’s iOS and iPadOS 14 review, including what worked, what didn’t, how Federico’s workflow changed, and what might be in store for...
Ulysses: The Ultimate Writing App for Mac, iPad, and iPhone [Sponsor]
Ulysses is an extraordinary text editor for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone with an unparalleled set of advanced features and a beautiful design that received an Apple Design Award. What sets Ulysses apart from the pack is a carefully balanced set of advanced tools that writers appreciate in a refined, elegant, distraction-free UI that makes writing a pleasure.
No matter whether you’re writing at home, the office, or on-the-go, Ulysses is always there to help. The app includes fast and reliable sync, so you’ve always got what you need with you.
With the latest update, Ulysses has added grammar and style checking for over 20 languages, offering suggested changes for all sorts of issues. There’s also a special dashboard in the sidebar that includes statistics, keywords, footnotes, and an outline of the headings in your writing that provides a bird’s-eye view of your work and a way to navigate your document.
Ulysses’ Library sidebar brings order to your writing too, allowing you to organize it into groups that can be nested. The app also features powerful search and filtering options, keyword support, and in-line images that can be stored locally or remotely on a server.
Ulysses lets you set character, word, and other types of writing goals that can be attached to a single document or entire group. Goals can be combined with deadlines too, which is a fantastic way to form good writing habits.
When you’re finished writing, Ulysses has lots of export and publishing options too. Your work can be exported as plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, rich text, DOCX, ePub, HTML, and PDF and published using WordPress, Medium, or Ghost. To learn more about Ulysses, visit ulysses.app.
Ulysses is a free download and try before deciding whether to subscribe for $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Students can subscribe for six months at a time for $10.99. MacStories readers can take advantage of a special extended three-month free trial for a limited time. It’s a terrific way to discover the app’s full capabilities, so be sure to check out Ulysses’ new features right away.
Our thanks to Ulysses for sponsoring MacStories this week.
Interesting Links
Birdwatch, reports The Verge, is the name of a project under the works at Twitter that could enable users to help moderate misleading tweets. (Link) Dr. Drang explains how he’s working around a limitation of Apple’s iCloud Keychain system by generating new random passwords using Python and Shortcuts. (Link) 9to5Mac reports on the creative work...
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