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Links and Show Notes Rewind

Apple Announces That WWDC 2021 Will Be Online-Only Again from June 7 - 11

A First Look at the Apple Developer App’s New Design and Search Functionality

HoverBar Duo: The MacStories Review

Darkroom 5.2 Improves Photo Management with New Flag and Reject Functionality

Spotify Launches New ‘Spotify Mixes’ with Personalized Playlists Based on Artists, Genres, and Decades

Apple and Others Invest $50 million into Music Distributor UnitedMasters

COVID-19 Travel Guidance for Airports Begins Appearing in Apple Maps

Google Announces New Maps Features, Including Indoor Live View, Weather and Air Pollution Layers, and Eco-Friendly Driving Directions

Siri Adds Two New English Speaking Voices and Lets Users Choose Among Them

The Case for Shortcuts on the Mac

Club MacStories

• Monthly Log
  • Federico checks in on his 3-month long Spotify experiment
  • John on changes to macOS that he'd like to see announced at WWDC this year
• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico ends his quest for the perfect read later setup with new hardware
  • John spotlights Highlights for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
  • An interview with iOS Dev Weekly's Dave Verwer
  • A Bartender 4 tip
  • Apps, Q&A and more.

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 211 – Apple at Home

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Superstore
• John's Pick:
  • Godzilla vs. Kong
    • Trailer

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Recently-Created Shortcuts Links Are Currently Broken

• 20 Years Ago, Mac OS X Set the Stage for Today’s Apple

• Reflector 4 Updated with Modern UI and M1 Mac Support

• Spotify Updating Home Hub with Recently Played Section, Deeper Podcast Integration

• The Pleasures of Conversing via Voice Text

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Federico experiments with Firefox on iOS
    • John builds PDF-based read later workflow with three-shortcuts
    • MacStories Recommends: Calendar 366

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 210 – Imagining the Perfect Read-It-Later App

Unwind

• Arcade Preview:
  • Hitchhiker is out
  • Fantasian will be a two-part game
  • Wonderbox is coming soon
• Federico's Picks:
  • Titanfall 2 on Xbox Game Pass
    • Trailer
• John's Pick:
  • John bought Okami HD
  • The Head on HBO Max
    • Trailer

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• First Impressions: Kensington’s StudioDock Aims to Turn Your iPad Pro into an Expandable Desktop Workstation

• Nova Review: Panic’s Code Editor Demonstrates Why Mac-like Design Matters

• Downtime Organizer Sofa Adds Apps, Audiobooks, Board Games, Deeplinking, Backups, and More Themes

• Apple Maps Adds COVID-19 Vaccination Sites in the US

• Apple’s Perplexing Home Strategy

• Apple Has Discontinued the Original HomePod

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Federico shares three more Taio automations
    • John on CleanShot X
    • An Interview with Sawyer Blatz, developer of Nudget

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 209 – Can Apps Still Surprise Us?

Unwind

• Arcade Preview:
  • Cozy Grove
  • HitchHiker
• Federico's Picks:
  • Federico spends John's money on the Nintendo eShop
    • Nintendo eShop publisher sales have begun — here are the best deals
  • Outriders demo on Xbox
  • weapon and that won't save us by Against The Current
• John's Pick:
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

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Rewind

Adobe Fresco: A Fun and Powerful iPad Drawing and Painting App For Pros and Novices

Sonos Announces the AirPlay 2-Compatible Roam Portable Speaker

Apple Launches Kid-Friendly Podcast Collections

Men’s Health Goes Behind-the-Scenes at Apple’s Fitness+ Studio

Apple Has Apparently Pulled the Plug on the iMac Pro

Club MacStories

MacStories Weekly

• Federico shares three Taio automations
• John on how to incorporate Twitter into your RSS reader
• IINA Mac media player

MacStories Unplugged

• Breaking dishes and other pandemic phenomena
• Apple Arcade check-in

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 208 – Reading Newsletters

Unwind

Federico's Pick:

• Final Fantasy VII Remake

John's Picks:

• Spinning by No Rome, Charli XCX, and The 1975
• Serotonin by girl in red

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Coppice: Visual Note-Taking and Research for the Mac

• Eve Systems Announces That Its New Eve Energy Smart Plug and Eve Weather HomeKit Devices Will Support Thread

• Apple Clarifies Ability to ‘Set Default’ Audio Apps in iOS 14.5

• Spotify Adding Genre and Mood Filters for Liked Songs

• Apple Launches Service for Transferring iCloud Photos and Videos to Google Photos

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Federico's Home Screens
    • Alex on MagSafe chargers
    • John with GoodTask Tips and a shortcut for extracting URLs from long Craft documents

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 207 – Shortcuts Wish List, 2021 Edition

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:

  • Electric Century by Electric Century
    • Kerrang! Interview with Mikey Way

• John's Pick:

  • Little Oblivions by Julien Baker
    • Also mentioned, boygenius EP by boygenius

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Apple Frames, Now with Support for the 2020 iPad Air

• DarkModeBuddy: Automatic Light and Dark Mode Switching Based on Ambient Light

• The Mortality of Software

• Nudget Review: Budgeting Made Simple

• Spotify Announces It Will Offer a New CD-Quality, Lossless Streaming Music Tier Later This Year

• Genius Scan 6.0: A Sophisticated iPhone and iPad Scanning App for All Kinds of Users

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Broadcasts
    • Automating external drive ejection on the Mac with the press of a HomeKit button
    • Federico explores a new read later and RSS workflow

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 206 – What Should the iPad Steal from the Mac?

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:

  • For All Mankind, Season 2

• John's Pick:

  • Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Logitech Circle View Doorbell Offers Superior Camera Hardware with the Benefits of HomeKit Secure Video

• Kitty Letter: A Silly, Challenging, and Addictive Word Game from Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal

• ‘For All Mankind’ Companion Podcast Launching Friday from Apple TV+

• Apple Updates Its Platform Security User Guide

• Emojipedia Previews the Emoji Included in the Second Beta of iOS and iPadOS 14.5

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Spotify Stations
    • A collection of diagramming and mind map apps
    • A detailed look at John's task management setup in GoodTask

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 205 – What Should the Mac Steal from the iPad?

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Luigi's Mansion 3 for the Nintendo Switch

• John's Pick:
  • Infinite Quest For The Rainbow Butthole by Lucy Daydream

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Power-User HomeKit App Home+ 5 Adds Automation Folders, Backups, and a Fresh Design

• Hands-On with the Apple Store’s Insta360 ONE X2 Camera Bundle

• Maps Adds Accident, Hazard, and Speed Check Reporting Using the iPhone, CarPlay, and Siri to the iOS 14.5 Beta

• Austin Carr and Mark Gurman on Tim Cook’s Apple

• iOS and iPadOS 14.5 Betas Let Users Pick The Default Streaming Music Service Used by Siri

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly

    • GameTrack
    • Screenshot and screen recording apps
    • An Opener app tip
    • Federico's ongoing widget experiments

  • MacStories Unplugged

    • A productivity parable
    • Boston slang
    • Regional Italian accents

• AppStories

  • Episode 204 – iPhone and iPad Accessory Extravaganza

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:

  • Super Mario World 3D + Bowser's Fury

• John's Pick:

  • FLOWERS for VASES / descansos by Hayley Williams

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• The M1 Mac mini and MacBook Air: A Giant Leap Forward for All Mac Users

• GoodTask 6.4 Brings Kanban-style Board View for Reminders Lists and Smart Lists

• Text Case Adds Customizable Flows: User-Created, Multi-Step Text Transformation

• Apple Releases Betas with Face ID Plus Apple Watch iPhone Unlocking, App Tracking Transparency, and Other New Features

• Apple Releases macOS 11.3 Beta with New Safari Features, Reminders Sorting, Music Updates, and Improvements to iOS and iPadOS Apps Running on M1 Macs

• CARROT Weather 5 Introduces New Design Elements, Custom Interface Builder, and More

• Inc. Interviews David Smith About Widgetsmith’s Astonishing Success

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Downie
    • John's updates his over-the-air TV setup with a new antenna and Channels

• AppStories

  • Episode 203 – Everything but the Text Editor

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:

  • Jimmy Eat World: Phoenix Sessions

• John's Pick:

  • WandaVision on Disney+

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Apple Publishes ‘A Day in the Life of Your Data’ Case Study and Reveals That App Tracking Transparency is Coming in the Spring
• Apple Releases OS Updates with Better Music Hand Off for HomePod mini, Improvements to QR Code Scanning and Bluetooth Settings, the Unity Watch Face, and More
• Tweetbot 6 Moves to Subscription Pricing
• Apple Unveils ‘Time to Walk’ for Fitness+
• Apple Celebrates Black History Month with Features Across Its Products
• How Matt Birchler Is Using Hey Email, Almost One Year Later
• Apple Breaks Records with $111.4 Billion in Revenue for Q1 2021
• Apple Announces That Dan Riccio Is Moving to a New Role at the Company, and John Ternus Is Stepping in as Senior VP of Hardware Engineering

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • SnapMotion
    • Spotify shortcuts
    • Alex's Apple Watch setup
    • An interview with Jim Metzendorf

• AppStories

  • Episode 202 – App Modularity

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Dynasty on Netflix
• John's Pick:
  • Song Exploder on Netflix

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