The MacStories Shortcuts Icons have been updated with 50 new icons, Living Earth, a roundup of four great Arcade games, aninterview with Kriss Smolka of Funn Media,lots of Q&A, plus Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
Previously, On MacStories
Shortcuts Corner: Quick Contacts, RSS Feeds, Inspecting Lenses for iPhone 11 Photos, and Turning Reminders to Notes Despite Some Rough Edges, Twitter’s Mac Catalyst App Provides an iPad-like Experience That’s Better Than the Company’s Web App The Important Role Design Plays in Building a Mac Catalyst App Roku Devices Gaining Apple TV App Today New...
Interesting Links
Nomad has announced a new product called the Base Station Pro, which promises to allow three devices to be charged wirelessly when placed on it in nearly any orientation, similar to Apple’s abandoned AirPower product. (Link) Elago, the company that has made classic Mac-themed Apple Watch accessories, is back with a case for the AirPods...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John interview PCalc and Dice developer James Thomson and then take a behind-the-scenes look at Federico’s story Eternal City, Modern Photography: The iPhone 11 Pro in Rome....
Interview: Kriss Smolka
Twitter: @ksmolka. Founder of Funn Media, the maker of WaterMinder, HabitMinder, Calory, and other apps. You’ve brought both HabitMinder and Calory to the Mac with Mac Catalyst. Why did you choose to use Mac Catalyst instead of AppKit? When Apple announced Mac Catalyst at WWDC19, we were excited to try it out as soon as...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John examine Catalyst, what’s working, what’s broken, and the first wave of apps released by third-party developers....
Interesting Links
Tim Johnsen, writing at Instagram’s Engineering blog, has posted a fascinating (and highly technical) deep dive into how the company implemented dark mode in iOS 13. (Link) The New York Times profiles Nir Eyal, whose book Hooked helped frame the methods used to create addictive apps and services. He has a new book out that...
In This Issue
OmniOutliner, a shortcut for converting reminders to notes, John onaddressing the needs of collectors and browsers of digital media, an interview with LookUp designer andSquircle Apps co-founder Vidit Bhargava, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....
Previously, On MacStories
Shortcuts Corner: Apple Frames for iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, App Store Updates Page, Logging Completed Reminders, and Time Zones 14-Year-Old Developer Created Game for Apple Arcade’s Launch macOS Catalina: The MacStories Review The Future of Apple Music Hands-On with Spotify’s Siri Integration and Apple TV App Catalyst’s Rough Edges Risk Alienating Developers and Users...