Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 359

Arc by The Browser Company.

• Federico is experimenting with Readwise Reader as his RSS client and explains what’s worked well and where the weak points are
• I explain why it’s okay to use just a few features of a complex app, cobbling together a workflow from several apps that works best for you
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

The Macintosh Desktop Experience: My 2023 Mac-Centric Office Setup

In the latest installment of my Club MacStories+ and Club Premier column, I share my new office setup

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 358

Ascend

• MacStories Recommends: Ascend
• Running the Apple Frames shortcut from the Command Line and enabling its new Passthrough Mode
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

The Monthly Log: February 2023

• I explain how I use Focus modes and personal automations primarily to customize my Home and Lock Screens and watch faces by times of day
• Federico shows how he’s been using WhatsApp’s new self-messaging feature as a cross-platform scratchpad.

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MacStories Weekly: Issue 357

• Federico takes a lighter approach to Focus Modes and his Apple Watch Ultra
• I share my iPhone Home Screen for the first time in years
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Club MacStories+ AV Club Town Hall

• This month’s AV Club Town Hall in the Club MacStories+ Discord community featured the movie Glass Onion, directed by Rian Johnson.
• Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members can listen to the event in the Town Hall podcast feed.

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 356

A Twitter advanced search converted to an RSS feed.

• Apps to make controlling HomeKit devices easier
• A Sofa giveaway
• Using Twitter advanced search with Inoreader to create RSS feeds of specific users
• A shortcut for adding temperature sensor data to your Mac’s menu bar
• A brand-new episode of our Club podcast, MacStories Unplugged featuring HomeKit, the PSVR 2, HDMI upscalers, and more.
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Up Next

Tomorrow at 11:30 am Eastern US time, we’ll be hosting a live audio Town Hall in the Club MacStories+ Discord community to discuss the movie, Glass Onion. If you can’t join us live, you can catch up later with the podcast version of the event.

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 355

• I reviewed MassReplaceIt, a text replacement utility for Mac
• Federico combines two Sonos Roam speakers, MusicHarbor, and Spotify, using Shortcuts and Soro
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 354

The Sonos Move.

• Sequel, the media tracking app for iOS, joined our Club MacStories+ Beta Beat Discord channel
• I reviewed the Sonos Move, the sort of speaker that Apple should have made
• Federico shared the cross-platform apps and services he’s using for work
• Plus:
  • A packed collection of App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Monthly Log: January 2023

• Federico explained how he’s been using Pocket Casts and SwiftKey Keyboard
• I take a ‘no hype allowed’ look at artificial intelligence tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Whisper

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 353

• Federico shares a shortcut that converts a multi-page PDF into a single JPEG
• More Things shortcuts that take advantage of the app’s new shortcuts actions
• An all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged with Federico’s latest app experiments and my days behind the mic as a radio DJ
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 352

Episode 98 of AppStories transcribed by Whisper.

• Two Whisper AI audio-to-speech conversion shortcuts
• Scrobbling Apple Music to Last.fm from Windows
• The benefits of controlled chaos
• A beautiful, minimalistic reader setup
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more