AppStories, Episode 274 – Our watchOS and tvOS Wishes

This week on AppStories, John and Alex tackle their watchOS 9 wishes and then Federico and John are joined by Myke Hurley to consider what they’d like to see added to tvOS 16. Sponsored by: Sourcegraph: Universal Code Search. Move fast, even in big codebases. Try it now. Instabug: Empower mobile teams to monitor,...

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Bike: An Elegant Outliner For Mac-Focused Workflows

Bike is a brand new Mac-only outlining app from Hog Bay Software that executes the fundamentals of outlining flawlessly. The outline creation and editing workflows are polished, and the keyboard-focused navigation makes moving around a large outline effortless. The app’s feature set is limited by design. That focus is part of what makes Bike such a...

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Apple Marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day by Announcing Upcoming Accessibility Features

Thursday is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. To mark the occasion, Apple has announced a long list of accessibility features coming to its products later this year and shared other ways it is celebrating the day through its apps and services. Apple’s press release sums up the features coming to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch as follows:...

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Last Week, on Club MacStories: HomeKit Advice, Behind-the-Scenes of Automation April, and a Reader Home Screen

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next: MacStories Weekly: Issue 320 I share six lessons I’ve learned from testing HomeKit devices for over six years Alex explains how Calliope, our backend technology stack, was used for Automation...

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Backblaze: Astonishingly Easy And Unlimited Cloud Backup [Sponsor]

Backblaze offers unlimited computer backup for Macs and PCs for just $7 a month. Backblaze will backup your music, photos, videos, drawings, projects, and all the other data you have, so it’s safe and secure. If you need to restore a file, that’s simple too. You can restore files from anywhere by downloading them directly from the web or Backblaze’s...

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Apple News Audio, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and Nanuleu

0:0021:10 This week on MacStories Unwind, John recommends Apple News Audio stories and Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Alex Guyot makes a special guest appearance to suggest a classic iOS game, Nanuleu. Sponsored by: SaneBox – Organize Your Inbox (and Never Waste Time on Email Again)...

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Introducing the 2022 Automation April Shortcuts Contest Winners

John: One of the hardest things about a new project is keeping it under wraps until it’s ready. That was true of Automation April in general, but it was especially true of the Shortcuts Contest. As soon as we’d decided on the outline of what the contest would be, we knew it was something that had the potential to be special by bringing together the...

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Apple Discontinues the iPod touch

Apple has announced that it is discontinuing the iPod touch. As the last iPod in Apple’s lineup, the end of the iPod touch marks the end of an era for Apple. The iPod, which debuted in 2001, played a significant role in Apple’s comeback as a company. The iPod touch was introduced in 2007, the same year as the iPhone, as a sort of phone-less iPhone...

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AppStories, Episode 273 – Our iOS 16 Wishes

This week on AppStories, we kick off our annual ‘OS wishes’ series with a look at our wishes for iOS 16, including everything from system-level features to the iPhone’s built-in apps. Sponsored by: Sourcegraph: Universal Code Search. Move fast, even in big codebases. Try it now. Instabug: Empower mobile teams to...

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Adobe Announces Major Updates to Fresco and Photoshop for iPad

Source: Adobe. Today, Adobe announced substantial updates to Fresco, its drawing and painting app for the iPhone and iPad, and its image editor, Photoshop for iPad. I haven’t had a chance to spend much time with these updates yet, but based on Adobe’s announcement, the changes promise to be among the most significant releases yet. Source: Adobe. Fresco...

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