The original crop of read-it-later apps that date back to the earliest days of the App Store were based on web services maintained by the developers of those apps. Apps like Instapaper and Pocket, the two biggest names in the space, have always been…
Lees meerFive years into the iPad Pro era, iPad software is finally starting to catch up to its excellent hardware. Thanks to a mix of software enhancements, business model trends, and key developer tools such as Mac Catalyst, both iPadOS and its third-party…
Lees meerMy custom perspective setup. A few weeks ago, 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, r…
Lees meerI suspect I’m not alone in saying that 2020 has been a big year for personal media consumption. The absence of normal social events has meant more time for reading, watching shows and movies, and other forms of relaxation. At the end of last year I …
Lees meerWith Yes Plz you can enjoy coffee bar-caliber quality in your own kitchen — and it’s easy when you start with great beans. The best cup of coffee you ever drink should be one you brewed yourself. Every week Yes Plz releases a new fresh batch from th…
Lees meerToday on Apple’s developer site, the company announced the release of new resources for password manager apps: Apple has created a new open source project to help developers of password managers collaborate to create strong passwords that are compat…
Lees meer0:0029:38 This week on MacStories Unwind: MacStories Apple Music Honors Black Out Tuesday with Awareness Efforts, Alternate Programming Apple’s Tim Cook Publishes Open Letter Addressing Racism in America Preorders Begin for Eve Cam the HomeKit Secur…
Lees meerWhether you have hundreds of notes and are looking for a way to sift through them, or you want a quick way to create a note or add to an existing one, Shortcuts is a terrific solution. I have about 300 notes. That’s a lot, but I know people with man…
Lees meerApple Watch owners will have the chance to earn perhaps their most attainable special Activity award yet. On Friday, June 5 the World Environment Day Challenge will call Apple Watch users to close their Stand ring for the day to earn a unique award …
Lees meerToday, Apple CEO Tim Cook published an open letter addressing racism in America. In the letter, which is currently featured on the apple.com homepage, Cook explains: Right now, there is a pain deeply etched in the soul of our nation and in the heart…
Lees meerSource: Eve Systems. The devices I previewed in January during CES continue to trickle out with the HomeKit-enabled Eve Cam becoming a little more concrete today. The $150 indoor camera isn’t out just yet, but it is available for preorder with shipm…
Lees meerThis week on AppStories, we share our wishes for watchOS and tvOS, including a fitness app, more customization and complication options, APIs for third-party TV remotes, and more.
Lees meerToday Apple Music has joined a unified effort in the music industry to raise awareness about the injustice of racism and show support for Black communities around the world. Black Out Tuesday is being observed in different ways by different organiza…
Lees meerBackblaze offers unlimited computer backup for Macs and PCs for just $6 a month with no gimmicks, add-ons, or gotchas included. For this simple, low monthly price Backblaze will backup your movies, music, photos, videos, projects, and all the other …
Lees meer0:0033:30 This week on MacStories Unwind: MacStories Introducing MacStories Perspective Icons: 20,000 Custom Perspective Icons for OmniFocus Pro Tot’s New Share Extension Keep Review: The Read-Later App I’ve Been Looking For The Inside Story of Myth…
Lees meerCraig Hockenberry, writing on The Iconfactory blog: We’re happy to announce a new version of Tot with some features frequently requested by the app’s legion of fans. The main focus of today’s release are system extensions that allow Tot to co-exist …
Lees meerToday, I’m thrilled to announce MacStories Perspective Icons, a set of 20,000 icons for custom perspectives in OmniFocus Pro. Here’s the short version of this story: our brand new Perspective Icons offer 400 unique glyphs with two distinct icon shap…
Lees meerThis week on AppStories, we discuss the time we’ve spent investigating research apps on iPadOS and the Mac and consider the features and approaches we’d like to see in an ideal research app or suite of apps.
Lees meerAfter years of happily using Safari’s Reading List and Apple News’ Saved Stories for all my read-later needs, recently I found myself facing a conundrum: there were too many articles saved in each place, and thus I needed a categorization system tha…
Lees meerLast Friday Apple debuted a special new episode of its TV+ series Mythic Quest that was produced entirely during this season of quarantine. Lacey Rose at The Hollywood Reporter interviewed the co-creators of the show, Rob McElhenney and Megan Ganz, …
Lees meerI’m not normally a fan of finance apps. They tend to be more work than I want to bother with, and are often riddled with poor design choices that make them a pain to use. Not so Spend Stack, the finance-centered list app that I first wrote about las…
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