{.app-collection} [[ryan]] GoodNotes If you’re a handwritten notes kind of person, you need to give GoodNotes a try. The app provides a variety of tools for customizing the iPad into whatever you need it to be: if you want to write notes by hand, there are custom backgrounds perfect for that; drawing a sketch is...

Question: I use Bear for quick capture of ideas, and Ulysses for longer writing. I was trying to send a note from Bear to Ulysses via the share sheet on iOS, but I can’t get Ulysses to turn up as an option. Any other ideas for the simplest way to do this? Same question for...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] ETA ETA is an excellent fit for the Apple Watch, with a simple interface that provides timely information for when you’re busy running from place to place. You can configure several specific locations you travel to often, then with a glance at your wrist you’ll be able to see, no matter where you’re...

[[ryan]] Spotify Spotify’s iOS app was updated earlier this week with a new feature not mentioned in the App Store release notes: an iMessage app. Similar to Apple Music’s built-in iMessage app, Spotify lets you share some of your favorite songs with friends straight from Messages. Anyone you send a song to can play a...

Question: I’m working on the iOS 11 beta and took a bunch of photos. I saved them to an iCloud Drive folder because Dropbox wasn’t an option from the Photos app, but I want to move them to Dropbox so I can access them from a Windows PC. When I select all and click the...

{.app-collection} [[ryan]] Free iTunes Movie Upgrades to 4K I don’t own a 4K/HDR TV, and likely won’t for several years, but I was pleasantly surprised by one announcement in particular related to the Apple TV 4K: existing iTunes HD purchases will be upgraded, for free, to 4K HDR versions. Coming into the keynote, The Wall...

Question: I have PDF receipts that I want to convert to an image and insert into Ulysses. Is this possible with a workflow? What would be the easiest way? (Graham Berks, @fatlazycat) [[ryan]] A workflow can definitely accomplish this task. In building a solution, I started with the PDF to PNG workflow I shared a...

[[ryan]] Volumes 1 - 3 of iOS Apps with Great Dark Themes are available in the Club MacStories Archive in the following issues of MacStories Weekly: Issue 28 Issue 30 Issue 79 HealthView HealthView is a beautiful app in its light theme, with bold fonts and bright colors creating a pleasing fitness dashboard. The good...

[[ryan]] All across the U.S. schools are beginning the fall semester, and many high school and college students have started receiving assignments that require heavy research work. If you’re one of those students and you have an iPad, or especially an iPad Pro, LiquidText is the must-have app for conducting that research. LiquidText, at its...