Question: I’ve been an Apple Music subscriber since the beginning but, given the kerfuffle about track metadata and tracks and album art being overwritten, I haven’t yet had the nerve to turn on iCloud Music Library. My primary concern is my Prince library. I’ve been a Prince fan since around 1986 and I’ve collected a...
Workflow and the Trello API, Part 1
[[federico]] Over the past few months, I’ve mentioned in various places that Trello has become the backbone of editorial management for Club MacStories, and that we’ve been using Workflow to integrate our favorite apps with the Trello API. In addition to Club MacStories, we’ve also used Trello for assigning MacStories articles, and the service has...
Welcome to AppStories
Federico
John
Federico and John introduce AppStories, talk about apps that made a difference in their lives, and highlight apps that have caught their attention recently.
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Links and Show Notes
In the first segment of this week’s episode, Federico and John remember four iOS apps that had an impact on their lives and changed their perspective on the App Store. Some of these apps predate MacStories and pioneered several conventions of modern app design.
Federico and Twitterrific
- Twitterrific by The Iconfactory
- Macworld Video: iPhone Twitter apps
- First look: Twitterrific 2 for iPhone
- Twitterrific’s Tough Love
- Redesigning Twitterrific
John and Instapaper
- Instapaper by Marco Arment (original creator)
- Instapaper: Now available offline
- Review: Instapaper for iPhone
- Tilt Scrolling in Instapaper Pro
- Pocket (App Store link)
Federico and Editorial
- Editorial by Ole Zorn
- Automating iOS: How Pythonista Changed My Workflow
- MacStories Pythonista Articles
- Reinventing iOS Automation: Editorial Review
- MacStories Editorial Articles
John and Tweetie
- Tweetie by Loren Brichter
- A Conversation With Loren Brichter
- An Interview with Tweetie Developer Loren Brichter
- Loren Brichter Talks About Pull-To-Refresh Patent and Design Process
- Lesson 19, iPhone Application Programming (Stanford, Spring 2009)
New apps we’ve been trying
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Member Requests
Question: Is there a way to automatically add new tracks to an Apple Music playlist from a Spotify playlist? My friends keep a shared playlist on Spotify that is great, but I have my family plan on Apple Music. I would love an automated way to add the new tracks from this playlist to a...
Automating Ulysses 2.8
[[federico]] Last week, the developers at Ulysses released version 2.8 of the popular text editor, which, among various improvements, brought a unification of the x-callback-URL API across the Mac and iOS. As a heavy user of the app (I’ve been writing almost everything in Ulysses for a year now), I immediately got to work and...
Q&A
Question: Is it possible to use Launch Center Pro or Workflow to open two apps in Split View with one tap? (Andre) [[federico]] Unfortunately, Andre, it is not possible for an app on iOS to launch two apps in Split View simultaneously. There is no API for developers to launch multiple apps in multitasking. Question:...
Find a Free Evening
[[federico]] I was inspired by a question sent by member Steven, who asked us for a way to easily find a free evening in his calendar to go out with friends after work: Question: I often find myself trying to schedule post-work events with friends and colleagues. The first inevitable step is to send over...
Q&A
Question: My mother last year received an iPad Pro 12.9”, Smart Cover, and Apple Pencil to use as she loves drawing and I thought it would be a fantastic option for her to utilize as a PC alternative. I have been running into problems where she still does not fully grasp working through iOS, and...
Member Requests
Question: After some recent health issues, I’ve added my blood pressure to the health data I’m collecting. I bought a home blood pressure monitor which hooks into the Health app and I would like to now export a two-week period of blood pressure readings to either a Markdown file or a plain text file to...