This week, Federico and John consider the hardware and software features that the Mac should steal from the iPad.
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- What’s New
- Features We’d Like the Mac to Steal from the iPad
- Closed lid music playback and other Music features
- Mobile data
- iCloud Time Machine
- Hot-swapping external drives
- Automation
- TestFlight
- MagSafe
- Touch input
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[[federico]] For the past weeks, I’ve been busy writing documentation for upcoming MacStories projects and managing the launch of different Club-related services we plan to roll out in 2021. For this reason, I had to devote less time to writing and building shortcuts and more to administrative tasks. As a distraction from these responsibilities, however,...
This week, Federico and John discuss the iPhone and iPad accessories they use most and explain a couple of recent failed accessory experiments.
- Microsoft Lists – A Microsoft 365 app that helps you track information and organize work.
- iMazing – Back Up and Transfer iPhone Photos Like a Pro!
Links and Show Notes
- What’s New
- Accessories
- MagSafe
- Keyboards, Headphones, and Music
- Battery Packs and Hubs
- Failed Accessory Experiments
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This week, Federico and John cover everything about their writing workflows except the text editor, including research apps, their scratchpad setups, PDF annotation, mind mapping, dictionaries, and shortcuts, along with a segment on text-based podcast editing and transcripts.
- Fitbod – The fitness app for personalized exercise plans. Get 25% off your membership.
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- What’s New
- Everything but the Text Editor
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[[federico]] Later this week in the January issue of the Monthly Log, I’m going to cover some of the unappreciated features of Spotify, which I’ve been using as my primary music streaming service for nearly two months now. Today, I want to cover one area where Spotify falls short compared to Apple Music: its non-existent...
This week, Federico and John discuss the many aspects of app modularity, including where it started, how it’s supported by Apple, what developers are doing to push modularity forward, and trends to watch for in 2021.
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- What’s New
- John is automating his Craft workflows
- Federico is moving notes from Apple Notes to Craft
- Federico is working on Spotify shortcuts using Shortcutify
- App Modularity
- Related topic: Do-everything versus single-purpose apps, which we’ve discussed on AppStories before:
- Looking to the past of app modularity to understand where it’s going
- Other apps discussed
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[[federico]] As I explained on AppStories earlier this week, we recently went through a reorganization phase in our household that resulted in embracing the Alexa ecosystem once again and getting rid of our three HomePods (which are temporarily sitting in storage, but it’s my intention to sell at least two of them). We now have...
This week, Federico and John share their HomeKit device setups, how they control them, the automations they use, and provide advice on approaching home automation projects.
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This week, Federico and John conclude their miniseries on workflows with a look at what they’re using to manage calendar events and team communications. Plus, Federico springs a big app surprise on John and listeners.
- Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple.
- Fitbod – The fitness app for personalized exercise plans. Get 25% off your membership.
- HelloFresh – Click this link and use code appstories10 for 10 free meals, including free shipping!
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- What’s New
- Follow Up
- Calendar Apps
- Team Communications
- Federico’s Surprise
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