As we’ve discussed several times on MacStories Weekly in the past, downloading files is one of the areas where iOS is still lagging behind macOS. Unlike the desktop version, Safari doesn’t have a full-featured download manager on iOS, nor does the iOS UI clearly indicate what type of file is being “downloaded” when you tap...
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Question: Is it possible to automate the creation of new items in MindNode or iThoughts? (Bill Cummings) [[federico]] Yes. The excellent iThoughts comes with a powerful URL scheme to automate the creation of new maps, as well as modifying existing maps with new data. You can pass Markdown to the URL scheme and iThoughts will...
Inspect RSS Feed from Webpage
[[federico]] I was recently asked by my friend Myke if it was possible to inspect the raw contents of an RSS feed on iOS. Mac users have long been able to look at the XML structure of an RSS feed on the desktop: both Safari and Chrome can display a feed as structured XML with...
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Question: Many times a day, I need to open a specific website which is the login screen for my company’s private portal. This website contains two fields to enter my username and my password. The username is constant and does not change; the password is a constantly changing RSA password (1-minute validity) generated by the...
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[[federico]] Snipposé A new macOS utility to select an area of the screen, zoom it, and center it on screen. Potentially useful for tutorials, screencasts, and presentations. Daybook - Group Plans & Polls Daybook for iMessage helps you make plans with friends. The app lets you choose a time and place, then others can vote...
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Question: A few months ago, I had built two very similar workflows that would take a page in Safari (usually an article), clean it up, and then either let me store that as a note or email it off to someone. For some reason, they have stopped working and I can’t get them to work...
Making Of: iOS 10 Review
[[federico]] In MacStories Weekly #45, published on August 12, I provided one last update on my iOS 10 review progress and how I was finalizing the remaining sections in Scrivener before leaving for a 10-day vacation. At the time, I was 85% done with the writing itself, which consisted of dozens of Scrivener documents collected...
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[[federico]] Speedify Speedify aims to provide faster, more reliable Internet connections by combining cellular and Wi-Fi connections. Using “channel bonding”, your Internet traffic is split packet-by-packet across any available connections to get faster performance. Works in the background with every app and there are configurable usage limits. Hyphen Hyphen, the EPUB reader for people who...
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Question: I regularly have students email notes taken in class, so I can grade them. I’m trying to figure out if I can create a workflow using either IFTTT or Zapier that automatically processes new email with a particular label, converts the body of the message to a PDF, and then uploads the PDF to...