A collection of small but interestingchanges coming in macOS 11.0 Big Sur, an OmniFocus shortcut for creating tasks from the Home screen and search, a look at what Apple might be planning for gaming, a reader poll about the WWDC 2020 announcements,plusWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming...
Straw Poll
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Previously, On MacStories
Josh Ginter’s First Impressions Review of HEY Apple Debuts Web Portal for Apple Card Management Connected Trio Host Interview with Members of Apple’s iPad Team Michael Flarup on Big Sur’s New Design Apple Adds Look Around for Seattle, Washington in Maps Apple News Loses The New York Times Apple’s Kevin Lynch on watchOS 7’s Sleep...
Interesting Links
Apple has created a new four-month program called Path to Apple Card to help customers improve their credit scores so they qualify for the card. (Link) With many people staying home during the global pandemic, Amazon Prime has introduced Watch Party, a new feature that allows subscribers to the video streaming service to watch movies...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, special follow-up coverage of the Apple Design Awards. Today on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover the Apple Design Awards, new details about the Apple Watch, Big Sur’s redesign, additions to Apple Maps’ Look Around feature, The New York Times’ departure from Apple News, plus AppStories, Club MacStories, and...
In This Issue
This month, John wonders whether Sidecar is a grand touchscreen Mac experiment, Stephen considers the design changes coming to the Mac with Big Sur, and Ryan shares some of the apps he’s switching to while testing iOS and iPadOS 14....
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Interesting Links
Google is changing the default length of time it saves data collected about you to 18 months for newly-created accounts, although it can be shortened to as little as three months if you prefer. (Link) Less than a year ago, Tyler Blevins aka Ninja moved to Microsoft’s Mixer videogame streaming service, kicking off a bidding...
MacStories Unplugged
After a long week with too little sleep, John explains the Illinois cicada invasion, Federico gets ready to write his iOS and iPadOS 14 review, we preview some of our summer plans for MacStories and the Club, and we explain why we hope that WWDC will return to being an in-person event next year....