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Federico's Pick:

• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
  • Available online at:
    • Lukie Games
    • DK Oldies

John's Pick:

• The Protégé
  • IMDb Plot Summary
  • Wikipedia

MacStories Rewind

• Federico Shares a Starter Pack of Shortcuts on Apple's App Store
• AirBuddy 2.5: A Refined Experience That Adds Shortcuts Integration and Other New Features
• WordleBot 1.1, Now Fully Accessible with Native Emoji-to-Image Conversion

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Links and Show Notes

Federico's Pick:

• Gossip Girl (HBO Max)

John's Pick:

• Hawkeye (Disney+)
• More on Hawkeye
  • Hawkeye's Kate Bishop plays a pivotal role in every Marvel Universe
  • Hawkeye reinvents an Avenger and introduces a new Marvel star
  • Hawkeye (Marvel Comics, 2012-2015)

MacStories Rewind

• Apple Frames 2.1: Apple Watch Series 7 and 2021 MacBook Pro Support, New Update Flow, Plus Chinese and Czech Localization
• WordleBot: A Shortcut to Annotate Your Wordle Results with Scores
• Accessing Shortcuts for Mac with Alfred Workflows and Universal Actions
• Obsidian In-Depth: Third-Party Plugins (Part 3)
• MacStories Weekly: Issue 303

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Links and Show Notes Best Videogames of 2021

• Federico's new service for tracking games
  • Backloggd
• Federico
  • PS5
    • Games
      • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
      • Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
      • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
      • Spiderman Miles Morales (2020 game finished in 2021)
• John
  • PS5
    • Spiderman Miles Morales (2020 game finished in 2021)
    • Ratchet & Clank: Rift in Time
• Xbox
  • Federico
    • Halo Infinite
    • Forza Horizon 5
    • Death's Door
• Switch
  • Federico
    • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
    • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
    • Metroid Dread
  • John
    • [Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury](https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mario-3d-world-plus-bowsers-fury-switch/)
    • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond
• What We Want to Play Next
  • Federico
    • Elden Ring
    • Triangle Strategy
    • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition
    • The Gunk
    • Tales of Arise
    • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • John
    • Eastward
    • OlliOlli World
    • Pokémon Legends Arceus
    • Analogue Pocket

MacStories Rewind

• MacStories Selects 2021: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
• The MacStories Selects 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award
• Pixelmator Photo for iPhone: First Impressions
• Swift Playgrounds 4.0: First Look

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Best TV Shows and Movies of 2021

• TV Shows:

  • John:

    • Hawkeye
    • Loki
    • WandaVision
    • Foundation
    • The Mosquito Coast
    • Ted Lasso, Season 2
    • Mr. Mayor
    • The Head
    • The Great British Baking Show

  • Federico:

    • Foundation
    • Ted Lasso, Season 2
    • The Bold Type, Season 5

• Movies:

  • John:
    • Black Widow
    • No Time To Die
    • Free Guy
    • The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Federico:
    • No Time to Die

Rewind

• Wallpaper Tours Apple Park's Design Studio
• Pok Pok Playroom Releases Major Town Toy Expansion

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The Best Albums and Singles of 2021 Federico

Albums:

• Screen Violence by CHVRCHES
• If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey
• 30 by Adele
• An Evening with Silk Sonic by Silk Sonic
• Who Am I? by Pale Waves
• SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
• Knebworth 1996 by Oasis
• Draw Down the Moon by Foxing
• Futures: Phoenix Sessions by Jimmy Eat World
• XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time by The Maine
• Pressure Machine by The Killers

Album of the Year:

• 30 by Adele
• An Evening with Silk Sonic by Silk Sonic

Singles:

• Odd Ones Out by Pale Waves
• How Not To Drown by CHVRCHES & Robert Smith
• Good Girls by CHVRCHES
• If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You by The Wombats
• Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord) by Coheed and Cambria
• Face Towards The Sun by The Maine
• To Be Loved by Adele
• Renegade (feat. Taylor Swift) by Big Red Machine
• hornylovesickmess by girl in red
• Move by American Authors, Rob Thomas & Santana
• drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo
• Leave The Door Open by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic

Song of the Year:

• Leave The Door Open by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak & Silk Sonic
• To Be Loved by Adele

John

Albums:

• evermore by Taylor Swift
• Red by Taylor Swift
• SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
• 30 by Adele
• Hurt is Boring EP by fanclubwallet
• Screen Violence by CHVRCHES
• if I could make it go quiet by girl in red
• Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice
• Who Am I? by Pale Waves
• Infinite Quest for the Rainbow Butthole by Lucy Daydream

Album of the Year:

• SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

Singles:

• All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version) by Taylor Swift
• That Funny Feeling by Phoebe Bridgers
• Solar Power by Lorde
• Last Man on Earth Wolf Alice
• Spinning No Rome, Charli XCX, and The 1975
• Oxytocin by Billie Eilish
• Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) by Doja Cat
• deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo
• C'mon Be Cool fanclubwallet
• Good Girl by K. Flay
• Chaise Longue by Wet Leg
• CHIPS (feat. American Teeth) by Royal & the Serpent
• Serotonin by girl in red
• Blood by Lucy Daydream
• Going Down South by The Black Keyes

Songs of the Year:

• C'mon Be Cool by fanclubwallet
• Chaise Longue by Wet Leg

Rewind

MacStories and Club MacStories Highlights

• How to Batch Convert Shortcuts for Use Throughout Monterey and with Other Automation Apps
• Jason Tate's Dedicated Now Playing Mini-Computer

Links and Show Notes Rewind

• The Curious Case of Apple's Missing App Integrations for Shortcuts
• Exporting Links from Safari Reading List via Shortcuts for Mac
• Pixelmator Pro Updated with Background Removal, Subject Selection, and Select and Mask Tools
• David Smith Tests the Apple Watch Series 7's Battery Life in the Scottish Highlands
• Apple Publishes Annual Holiday Ad: Saving Simon
• MacStories Shortcuts Icons and Perspective Icons: 40% Off from Black Friday to Cyber Monday

• Club MacStories

  • This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Club MacStories, and If You're a Club Member, Get Something Back For Yourself Too
  • MacStories Weekly
    • Marvis Pro
    • A tip about how to change default apps for specific file types on macOS
    • An iPad setup and a Reminders shortcut from readers
  • MacStories Unplugged
    • This month, Federico and John explore traditional American Thanksgiving dishes after Federico updates listeners on his plans for the Turkey Dinner Candy Corn that John left in Rome on this special holiday edition of MacStories Unplugged.

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 250 – Shortcuts for Mac Deep Dive

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond on the Nintendo Switch
• John's Pick:
  • Hawkeye (2012-2015)

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Getting Started with Shortcuts for Mac and the Stream Deck

• Tweetbot 6.6 Gets Support for Creating Polls, Limiting Who Can Reply to Tweets

• Apple Announces Self Service Repair Program That Will Provide Customers With Access to Tools, Parts, and Manuals

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • A tip for simplifying Shortcuts and Alfred integration
    • Federico's Obsidian shortcuts for appending text and webpage links to a section of his Dashboard note
    • Details on how John is using the Stream Deck,
    • An interview with BetterTouchTool developer Andreas Hegenberg

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 249 – More iPhone, iPad, and Mac Tips

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:

  • Red (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift
  • An Evening with Silk Sonic by Silk Sonic
  • 30 by Adele

• John's Pick:

  • Springboard: The Secret History of the First Real Smartphone by The Verge

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Kotaku Collects the Beautiful Artwork of Apple TV+'s Foundation

• Michael Flarup Announces The iOS App Icon Book

• Apple Releases Hooked, an Apple Original Podcast with No Ties to Other Properties

• Coming Soon: The Fourth Annual MacStories Selects Awards, Featuring Expanded Readers' Choice and New Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Mac keyboard tips
    • A Mac shortcut for cleaning up your Downloads folder
    • How Federico uses GameTrack
    • Two Reminders-based shortcuts from Club members
    • Brian King's M1 MacBook Pro video editing setup
    • Lots of apps

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 248 – Our iPad mini Home Screen Setups

Unwind

• Federico's Picks:
  • Halo: Master Chief Collection on Game Pass
  • Forza: Horizon 5
• John's Pick:
  • The Ramp
    • Trailer

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This episode is sponsored by:

• Daylite – It's Monterey Ready! Daylite on MacStories

Links and Show Notes Rewind

• macOS Monterey: The MacStories Review

• Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 15.1 with SharePlay, Safari for iPad Fixes, Shortcuts Improvements, and More

• Shortcuts for Mac: 27 of Our Favorite Third-Party Integrations

• Austin Mann on the M1 MacBook Pros

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • A collection of John's favorite XL widgets
    • Federico on the gap between Apple system apps and their Shortcuts actions
    • An all-new MacStories Unplugged that take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of John's macOS Monterey review.

• AppStories macOS Monterey: The MacStories Review

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake Episode INTERmission
• John's Pick:
  • The Velvet Underground Special on Apple Music 1

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• Due – I Made the Most Annoying App. And People Loved It.
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Links and Show Notes Rewind

Music

• Apple Announces Availability of New HomePod mini Colors, AirPods, New MacBook Pros, and macOS Monterey
• Apple Introduces New Apple Music Plan, Siri Features, and HomePod Mini Colors
• Apple Announces New Third-Generation AirPods

Macs

• Apple Unveils the New 14 and 16-Inch MacBook Pros Powered by the M1 Pro and M1 Max Systems-on-a-Chip

More Event Coverage

• Apple's October 2021 Event: All The Small Things
• Apple's October 18, 2021 Keynote: By the Numbers
• Replay Apple's October 18, 2021 Keynote and Other Videos
• Replay Apple's October 18, 2021 Keynote and Other Videos

Other Stories

• Yoink Brings Background Clipboard Monitoring to iOS and iPadOS 15 via Picture in Picture Workaround
• Mapper Safari Extension Automatically Redirects Google Maps Links to Apple Maps

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Federico continues his series on his Obsidan setup with a look at how he's using templates
  • John on favorite moments from Monday's event
  • A Mac widget tip
  • Lots of new apps

AppStories

• Apple's October Music and MacBook Pro Event

Unwind

• John's Pick:
  • Foundation on TV+

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