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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Announcement: MacStories’ Expanded WWDC Coverage
• Indie Sticker Pack Debuts to Support the COVID-19 Solidity Response Fund and Equal Justice Initiative
• Apple Highlights Swift Student Challenge Winners
• Apple Updates Its Developer App and Provides New Information About WWDC
• Apple TV Channels: A Great TV Experience That's Failing
• Adobe Adds Support for Editing Lightroom Images in Photoshop for iPad Alongside Other Updates
• Fantastical 3.1 Arrives as a Valuable Aid for Work-from-Home Users
• Game Day: Sketchfighter 4000 Alpha
• Castro Debuts Extensive Siri and Shortcuts Podcast Controls
• Fontcase Simplifies Custom Font Installation on iOS and iPadOS
• Stephen Hackett on the Apple Watch's Breathe App
• Apple Card 0% Financing Option Now Available for iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and More
• Apple's App Review Board Confirms Rejection of Basecamp's Hey Email Service
• AppStories, Episode 168 – Our iOS WWDC Wishes

Unwind

• John's Pick:
  • General Magic
    • iTunes
• Federico's Pick:
  • Pokémon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor DLC

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

Apple Shares WWDC Details Including Keynote Time, Developer Forums, 1-on-1 Developer Labs, and More

How I Use Custom Perspectives in OmniFocus

GoodLinks Review: A Flexible Read-it-Later Link Manager Packed with Automation Options

Pastel Review: A Modern Color Utility for iPad and iPhone

Sofa Debuts Modern iPad App, Rich Themes Experience, and More

Adobe Photoshop Camera Brings Real-Time Filters and AI to Photo Sharing

Apple Announces iTunes U and iBooks Author Will Be Discontinued

Apple Shares Open Source Resources for Password Manager Apps

Club MacStories

• Federico shares a shortcut for browsing articles by topic and domain in Reeder and GoodLinks
• Ryan highlights apps with great implementations of features announced at WWDC 2019
• John imagines what better external display support for the iPad Pro might look like
• Plus lots of apps, Q&A, Links and more

MacStories Unplugged

• John travels west and Federico reveals his fascination with small town America before they dive into a discussion of optimism in technology writing and explore a new trend they are seeing emerge in the App Store.

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• Episode 167 – Our macOS WWDC Wishes

Unwind

Federico's Picks:

• 20th Century Boys manga series by Naoki Urasawa
  • The Perfect Edition
    • On Amazon
    • On Viz

John's Pick:

• Love Life with Anna Kendrick on HBO Max

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• MacStories
  • Stories, Reviews, and News
    • Apple Music Honors Black Out Tuesday with Awareness Efforts, Alternate Programming
    • Apple's Tim Cook Publishes Open Letter Addressing Racism in America
      • Resources for Listerners
    • Preorders Begin for Eve Cam the HomeKit Secure Video-Enabled Indoor Camera
    • Apple Watch Activity Challenge Coming June 5 for World Environment Day
    • Shortcuts Rewind: Working with Apple Notes, Part 1
• Club MacStories
  • Tempo for Runners
  • Apple TV Channels: A Great TV Experience That’s Failing by Ryan
  • Saving Multi-Page PDFs with Clickable URLs in DEVONthink and Highlights by Federico
  • Q&A, links, apps, and more
• AppStories
  • Episode 166 – Our watchOS and tvOS WWDC Wishes

Unwind

• Federico's Picks:
  • Homecoming: The Live Album by Beyoncé
    • Netflix documentary trailer
    • Album on Apple Music
  • A Muse in Her Feelings by DVSN
• John's Picks:
  • De La Soul
    • 3 Feet High and Rising
      • Pitchfork review

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• MacStories

  • Stories, Reviews, and News
    • 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 Mythic Quest's Quarantine Episode
    • Spend Stack Adds Apple Card Import, Recurring Cost Tracking, Per-List Currencies, iPad Improvements, and More

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Perspective Icons

  • Miximum

  • A collection of apps for exploring the world around you

  • A teaser of Federico's upcoming story about his use of OmniFocus perspectives

  • Q&A, links, apps, and more

  • MacStories Unplugged – An extra-nerdy episode all about MarginNote 3

• AppStories

  • Episode 165 – Imagining the Perfect Research App

Unwind

• Federico's Picks:
  • Notes on a Conditional Form by The 1975
    • Pitchfork review
  • Pitchfork interview with The 1975's Matty Healy
• John's Picks:
  • Moving Out
    • Polygon review
  • Game Maker's Toolkit Design Icons

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• MacStories
  • Stories, Reviews, and News
    • MacStories Shortcuts Icons Receives Second Free Update with 50 New Glyphs, Reaching 400
    • MusicSmart Puts the Spotlight on Music Credits
      • Metadata Is the Biggest Little Problem Plaguing the Music Industry
    • Drafts 20 Introduces Advanced Wiki-Style Linking
    • Apple Releases iOS 13.5 with COVID-19 Exposure Notifications, Face ID Bypass for Masks, FaceTime Setting, and Apple Music Stories Sharing
      • Apple Music's Instagram sharing feature was created by an intern
  • Apple to Release Tom Hanks WWII Drama on TV+
    • Bloomberg story on Apple building a video back catalog
  • Apple Releases New Pride Edition Watch Bands Ahead of Pride Month, New Watch Faces Coming Soon
  • David Smith's watchOS 7 Wishlist
• Club MacStories
  • NetNewsWire
  • Creating file launchers with GizmoPack and Shortcuts
  • Member shortcut requests answered
  • A research workflow using Instapaper, IFTTT, and Shortcuts
  • Safari tab controls in iPadOS
  • Q&A, links, and more

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 164 – Our iPadOS WWDC Wishes

Unwind

Federico's Picks:

• The Baker and the Beauty
• Death Rattle by The Prize Fighter Inferno
• Stand By Me by The Prize Fighter Inferno

John's Pick:

• Devs

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• MacStories
  • Stories, Reviews, and News
    • Noto 2.0 Review: iPad Pointer Support, Easy Note Importing, CloudKit Syncing, and More
    • iA Writer 5.5
      • Modular Computer: iPad Pro as a Tablet, Laptop, and Desktop Workstation
    • Directive: A Terrific Way to Manage Recurring Maintenance Tasks
      • AppStories, Episode 163 – The Next Generation of Apps
    • Apple Releases Substantial Update to Logic Pro X and Logic Remote
    • Book Track Adds Reading Status, Statistics, Quote Entries, and More
    • A Shortcuts Wishlist
• Club MacStories
  • MacStories Weekly
    • DaisyDisk
    • A tip from John on an easy way to create good-looking, text-searchable PDFs of webpages on iPadOS and iOS
    • Loads of Shortcuts requests answered by Federico
      • OmniChart and TimeChart using Charty
      • PDFs from URLs
      • Mail Merge
      • Safari Reader Article to PDF
      • Reminders to OmniFocus
    • Interview with Zac Cohan, developer of Soulver
    • A story about a News+ audio rumor by Ryan
  • MacStories Unplugged
    • Federico and John continue to refine their research strategies for this year's review season, John shares a PDF tip with Federico, and then they compare notes on baking pizza and bread during the lockdown.

Unwind

• John's Picks:
  • Billie Eilish and Dad on Beats 1
  • John's 2020 Mix playlist on Apple Music
• Federico's Pick:
  • Jexi on iTunes

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Rewind

• MacStories
  • Stories and Reviews
    • iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi
    • My 11-inch iPad Pro Experiment
      • Adapt Episode 24, The 11-inch iPad Pro Experiment
  • News and Link Posts
    • Apple Refreshes the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a New Keyboard, More Storage, and Updated Processors and RAM
    • Apple Announces WWDC Will Begin June 22
• Club MacStories
  • MacStories Weekly
    • Infuse
    • The MacStories Team's iPad Home Screen Widgets
    • An update on TV+
    • MacStories Interview with Rodrigo Araujo, the developer of Charty
    • Brian King's Home Screen
  • If you're not a Club MacStories member yet, we'd love to have you. You can find all the details about the Club at club.macstories.net
• AppStories
  • AppStories, Episode 161 – The Apps Federico Will Use For His Annual iOS Review
  • AppStories, Episode 162 – iPadOS and Pointer Support with Craig Federighi

Unwind

• Federico's Picks:
  • Wake Up, Sunshine by All Time Low
    • Apple Music
    • Spotify
• CybertronVGC on YouTube: Videos on competitive Pokémon play
• John's Pick:
  • Home on TV+

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Rewind

• MacStories
  • Introducing MacStories Unwind: A Weekly Podcast Review of Everything MacStories and More
  • MacStories Stories and Reviews
    • Ulysses 19 Brings iPad Cursor Support, External Folders, Material Sheets, and More
    • Due Adds Modern Shortcuts Support with New Reminder Creation Parameters
      • Federico's first Due story from 2010, Easy Reminders and Timers with Due for iPhone
    • Todoist Introduces New Upcoming View Across All Platforms
  • News and Link Posts
    • iOS and iPadOS 13.5 Betas Released with COVID-19 Exposure Notification Tools and Face ID Skipping Feature
• AppStories
  • AppStories, Episode 160 – Utility Apps Revisited
• Club MacStories
  • Club MacStories members can log into their accounts at club.macstories.net to read the stories discussed this week:
    • MacStories Weekly
      • Mac Utilities Grab Bag Vol. 2
        • Daisy Disk
        • OCRKit
        • Tabs to Links
        • AirBuddy
        • SnapMotion
      • Shortcut Essentials
        • Adding Tasks to OmniFocus' Inbox with Intelligent Cleanup Reminders by Federico
        • Amazon to Deliveries by John
      • MacStories Interview with John Brayton, the developer of Unread
    • Monthly Log for April 2020
      • Moving My Apple History Archive to DEVONthink by Stephen Hackett
      • My Magic Keyboard Story by Ryan Christoffel
        • Adapt, Episode 24: The 11-inch iPad Pro Experiment
      • It's Time for Apple to Tackle iPad Pro External Display Support by John Voorhees
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Unwind

• Federico's Pick: Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
  • Available at the link above on NBC and on Hulu
• John's Pick: Frank Turner, Live in Newcastle
  • Our Dialog interview with Frank Turner
    • I Won’t Sit Down: Songwriting with Frank Turner (Part 1)
    • I Won’t Sit Down: Songwriting with Frank Turner (Part 2)
  • Try This at Home: Adventures in Songwriting by Frank Turner

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In this trailer episode for MacStories Unwind, Federico and John introduce the show, which is a weekly review of everything MacStories and more.