{.no-bio} In last week’s issue of MacStories Weekly, I explained how I reorganized my second iPhone Home screen with a focus on utilities and shortcuts, making room for a third Home screen where I could stash app betas, folders, games, and more. This week, I decided it was time to sit down with my iPad...
Digital Spring Cleaning
Federico
John
AppStories Episode 158 - Digital Spring Cleaning
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This week, Federico and John discuss their approaches to digital spring cleaning.
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Links and Show Notes
- Raindrop.io
- Tot
- ACNH Travel Guide
- Federico’s second Home screen story
- Toolbox Pro
- Introducing MusicBot: The All-in-One Apple Music Assistant, Powered by Shortcuts
- Twitch
- Discord
- Pokemon Home
- Broadcasts
- TV Forecast
- MusicHarbor
- Overcast
- Camera+ 2
- NetNewsWire
- Reeder
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Home Screen: Federico Viticci
{.no-bio} For the past week or so, I’ve been going through every single app installed on my iPhone and doing some necessary spring-cleaning of my Home screens. What better time to take care of this, after all, than during a quarantine with lots of free time and a relatively slow Apple news period? I find...
Research Tools
This week, Federico and John recap MacStories’ iPad at 10 coverage and then compare notes on the research apps they use and approaches they take when working on a big project.
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- Diarly – Modern Digital Diary. Enter here by April 10, 2020 for a chance to win one of fifteen copies of Diarly.
- Linode – Cloud Hosting and Linux Servers. Get a $20 credit.
Links and Show Notes
- Stories Mentioned
- Apps
- Past Episodes Mentioned
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Backing Up Files to Favorite Folders on External USB Drives with Scriptable
[[federico]] Earlier today, I published an iPad article on MacStories I’ve been working on for a long time: a comprehensive look at how I use the iPad Pro as a modular computer, serving the roles of tablet, laptop, and desktop workstation. In the story, besides discussing iPadOS 13.4’s new native pointer, I also highlight the...
iPad at 10: The History and Emerging Modularity of Apple’s Tablet
AppStories Episode 156 - iPad at 10: The History and Emerging Modularity of Apple’s Tablet
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This week, Federico and John kick off MacStories’ celebration of the 10th anniversary of the iPad’s launch with an episode that reflects on the device’s history, its place in Apple’s product lineup, and the iPad as a modular computing device.
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- Concepts – Where Ideas Take Shape
- Direct Mail – Create and send great-looking email newsletters with Direct Mail, an easy-to-use email marketing app designed exclusively for the Mac.
Links and Show Notes
- The iPad at 10: A New Product Category Defined by Apps
- The iPad at 10: Emerging from the Shadow of the iPhone
- Coming soon on MacStories.net
- Federico’s past iPad stories
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Stuck at Home
This week, Federico and John talk about how the global COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way they relax, work, and approach their days.
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Links and Show Notes
- Diversions
- Brain.fm
- Nightcap playlist
- MusicHarbor
- Editing FLAC Metadata with Meta for Mac
- Hi-Res FLAC music from HDtracks
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- YouTube Channels for Competitive Pokemon
- Arcade Highlights: Roundguard
- Crossy Road Castle
- Spyder
- Federico’s new read later experiments
- Exercise Apps
- Peloton is offering 90 days free
- Streaks Workout
- Work Apps
- Communications Apps
- Tasks
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Apps We’d Like to See Apple Make
AppStories Episode 154 - Apps We’d Like to See Apple Make
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This week, Federico and John discuss apps they’d like to see Apple build into iOS and iPadOS 14.
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Links and Show Notes
- Apple is working on a new iPhone app with workout videos, code-named ‘Seymour’
- iOS 14: Major accessibility features, Alipay Apple Pay, wallpaper app integration, more
- Apple Developing Fitness App for iOS 14 That Lets You Download Guided Workout Videos
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Uploading Images via FTP with Secure ShellFish and Shortcuts
[[federico]] For the past couple years, I’ve been using a personal FTP server to host a variety of files and webpages that I can’t/don’t want to publish on MacStories or our site’s CDN. These are usually non-work related photos or files that I want to share with other people. While I could use third-party sharing...