I’ve decided to try something else for the next installments of the Automation Academy for Club MacStories Plus and Premier members: instead of releasing excessively long (and time-consuming, for all of us) lessons that involve multiple steps, I want to write more frequently about standalone, self-contained automations that are taking advantage of advanced features of...
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Building a Link Gathering Machine
Federico
John
AppStories Episode 355 - Building a Link Gathering Machine
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This week, John surprises Federico with a link gathering machine he designed for processing and reading the web.
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John’s Link Gathering Machine
Hardware
Core Apps
- Kiwi Browser
- Matter (web only)
- Obsidian
- Moon+ Reader Pro
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Other Apps Discussed
- Chrome Extensions
- Bookmarklet
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Apple Vision Pro and Apps
AppStories Episode 354 - Apple Vision Pro and Apps
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47:33
47:33
This week, Federico and John spend time with the visionOS simulator and consider the design of the Apple Vision Pro system apps and what to expect from third-party developers.
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Announcements
- Expanding the MacStories Team
- Paid AppStories+ Apple Podcasts subscriptions have been discontinued
- You can subscribe to AppStories+ directly or as part of a Club MacStories Premier membership instead.
Apple Vision Pro Apps
- A selection of stories from MacStories past Apple Vision Pro coverage:
- Apple Vision Pro: A Watershed Moment for Personal Computing
- AppStories, Episode 335 – Federico’s Experience with Apple Vision Pro
- Apple Announces visionOS App Evaluation Process, Labs, and Developer Kits
- Unity Launches PolySpatial Beta Program for visionOS Developers
- David Smith on Adapting Widgetsmith’s Weather Features to visionOS
- Developers’ Early Experiments with visionOS
- Apple Releases visionOS SDK and Developer Tools
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tvOS 17: The MacStories Review with Sigmund Judge
AppStories Episode 353 - tvOS 17: The MacStories Review with Sigmund Judge
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30:31
This week, Federico and John are joined by tvOS expert Sigmund Judge, who just finished writing his tvOS 17 review for MacStories, to understand what has changed in tvOS and where it might be heading.
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Links and Show Notes
tvOS 17 with Sigmund Judge
- tvOS 17: The MacStories Review
- Sigmund Judge
- Magic Rays of Light podcast
- Threads
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Widgets Everywhere
This week, Federico and John take a look at some of their favorite apps with interactive widgets for iOS 17, iOS 17, and macOS Sonoma.
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Links and Show Notes
Widgets Everywhere
- Widgetsmith
- Home Widget
- Hue Widgets
- TV Remote
- Marvis Pro and WidgetPod
- LivePod
- Timery
- Pocket Casts
- Widgle
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iOS and iPadOS 17 Review Stats, Plus Two New Obsidian Plugins
Earlier this week, I published my review of iOS and iPadOS 17, which you can read on MacStories and, if you’re a Club member, download as an EPUB that you can read and annotate offline. Historically, I’ve written a detailed ‘Making Of’ here on MacStories Weekly to describe my setup and workflow for the review....
iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review
AppStories Episode 351 - iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review
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This week, Federico and John dig into Federico’s review of iOS and iPadOS 17.
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Links and Show Notes
iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review
- iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review
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Apple’s 2023 Watch and iPhone Event
AppStories Episode 350 - Apple’s 2023 Watch and iPhone Event
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59:59
This week, Federico and John are joined by Alex live in the Club MacStories+ Discord community for a special episode covering their initial impressions of Apple’s Wonderlust media event, which introduced new iPhones, Apple Watches, and more.
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Apple’s Wonderlust Media Event
- Apple’s Fall Media Event Keynote
- Apple’s iPhone 15 and 15 Pro Models: The MacStories Overview
- Apple’s September 2023 Wonderlust Event: Replay Today’s Keynote and Product Videos
- Apple Announces Availability Dates for New iPhones and Apple Watches
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Bookmarking Apps Revisited
AppStories Episode 349 - Bookmarking Apps Revisited
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This week, Federico and John look at the history of bookmarking apps, their relationship to read-later apps, how their use of bookmarking apps has changed, and their favorite modern bookmarking apps.
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Bookmarking Apps
- Historical Context
- The Relationship of Bookmarking Tools and Read-Later Apps
- Everything Apps for Bookmarking
- Modern Bookmarking Apps
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