In today’s special daily WWDC 2020 episode, Federico and John look at widgets, the dynamic, but not interactive, extensions available in iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps that provide new ways to deliver quick, glanceable updates to users.
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In today’s first WWDC 2020 episode, Federico and John cover the highlights of Apple’s keynote, including widgets, the App Library, App Clips, and design changes in iOS 14, system-wide sidebars and Apple Pencil updates in iPadOS 14, sleep tracking and the Fitness app in watchOS 7, and macOS Big Sur’s big redesign, Safari, and the transition to Apple Silicon.
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[[federico]] A few weeks ago we released MacStories Perspective Icons, a set of 20,000 icons for custom perspectives in OmniFocus Pro. As I’ve previously detailed, I’ve been using these icons myself for my own OmniFocus setup, which is heavily based on perspectives as personalized views that allow me to visualize my task manager via different...
This week Federico and John cover the latest news about WWDC and conclude their WWDC wishes series with a look at iOS, including Messages, Files, Shortcuts, the share sheet, the App Store, and more.
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[[federico]] As John and I discussed in today’s episode of MacStories Unplugged for Club members, read-later apps appear to be having a resurgence at the moment, partly due to new technologies offered by Apple (such as Universal purchases and CloudKit) but also because of the lack of updates to Safari Reading List. Over the past...
This week Federico and John continue their WWDC wishes series with a look at macOS, including the bug fixes, system-level changes, and Apple app enhancements they would like to see at WWDC this year.
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This week, Federico and John share their wishes for watchOS and tvOS including a fitness app, more customization and complication options, APIs for third-party TV remotes, and more.
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[[federico]] Yesterday, we released the latest product under the MacStories Pixel brand – MacStories Perspective Icons, a set of 20,000 custom perspective icons for OmniFocus Pro. You can find more details on the product page, read the FAQ, and check out my announcement blog post here. As we mentioned at the top of this issue...
This week, Federico and John, who have been spending too many of their waking hours investigating research apps on iPadOS and the Mac, discuss the features and approaches they’d like to see in an ideal research app or suite of apps.
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