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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Apple Announces Child Safety Features Coming This Fall
• Fast Capture with Quick Note for iPad and Mac: The MacStories Overview
• Apple Releases New Mac Keyboards and Pointing Devices

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Part 3 of Federico's Obsidian Setup Series covering his Dashboard note and the plugins and shortcuts he uses to manage it
  • An interview with Shahid Ahmad about the Playdate
  • John on when it's best to not automate something

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 234 – Beta OS Impressions Continued

Unwind

• Alex's Pick:
  • Outer Banks
• John's Pick:
  • Panic Podcast, The Story of Playdate

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

Apple Releases Remix Sessions, Sound Packs, and Producer Packs for GarageBand on the iPhone and iPad

Doppler for Mac Offers an Excellent Album and Artist-Focused Listening Experience for Your Owned Music Collection

Sofa 3.0 Adds New Ways to Manage Your Media Lists Along With a New Business Model

Apple Q3 2021 Results - $81.4 Billion Revenue

Club MacStories

• Monthly Log

  • Federico on managing his music collection on an Intel NUC using his iPad
  • John on his note-taking philosophy and why you should delete and archive more notes

• MacStories Weekly

  • Federico recommends Roon, the client app for the music server running on the Intel NUC he wrote about in the Monthly Log
  • John shares a shortcut for converting podcast audio clips to text and saving them in Obsidian alongside the embedded audio file
  • Christopher Lawley shares his iPad Home Screens

• MacStories Unplugged

  • Panic's Playdate
  • A conversation about 4th of July parades and real estate open houses leads to Italian private investigators and American personal injury lawyers
  • Federico invites members to play a guessing game

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 233 – Building an Apple-Only Research and Writing Setup

Unwind

• Federico and John's Joint Pick:
  • Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish

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• Two Months with Apple's New M1 iMac

• CARROT Weather 5.3 Adds Smart Layouts and a Fun Weather Reports Feature

• New Tokyo level of Skate City Will Debut Alongside Skateboarding Becoming an Official Olympic Sport

• Apple Music to Livestream Sold-Out Atlanta Listening Event for Kanye West's Next Album, DONDA

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Part two of Federico's Obsidian series covering the template he uses and some of his favorite plugins
    • A collection of Mac screen recording apps
    • John on always-on display rumors and his experiments with using his iPhone and iPad with Auto Lock disabled

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 233 – An Interview with Gui Rambo

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time by The Maine
• John's Pick:
  • Hacks on HBO Max
    • "Hacks" Pits Zoomer Against Boomer

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

Troubles with HomePod's audioOS Beta

Apple Quietly Releases MagSafe Battery Pack

Emojipedia Publishes Renderings of Draft Emoji

Club MacStories

MacStories Weekly

• Federico kicks off a series of stories on his Obsidian setup
• John shares his early experiments with Shortcuts for Mac

AppStories

• AppStories, Episode 231 – The App Customization Trend

Apple Arcade Update

• Alto's Odyssey: Lost City
• Angry Birds Reloaded
• Doodle God Universe

Unwind

• John's Pick:
  • Black Widow on Disney+

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• Team Alto Releases Trailer for Alto's Odyssey: Lost City, A Special Edition of the Original Game Coming to Apple Arcade

• Transloader 3: A Simple, Versatile Way to Remotely Manage Mac File Downloads from an iPhone or iPad

• Kensington Releases Two-Piece StudioCaddy Charging Station and Organizer for Apple Devices

• Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly

  • Beyond iPhone and iPad Gaming
  • Safari tab tips for macOS Monterey
  • Unabridged interviews with Majid Jabrayilov, Ish ShaBazz, Sawyer Blatz, and John Sundell
  • MacStories Unplugged

• AppStories

  • AppStories 230 – An Interview with Marcos Tanaka

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Metroid: Zero Mission
• John's Pick:
  • Hurt is Boring by fanclubwallet

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• Concepts – Sketch, Note, Draw
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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• MacStories Developer Debrief: WWDC 2021

• Three Weeks with iOS and iPadOS 15: Foundational Updates

• Apple Opens First Public Betas for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS

• macOS Monterey First Impressions: The Start of a New Era

• Pixelmator Pro 2.1 Adds ML Crop, Quick Fill Color, and Text Tool Updates

• Apple Watch International Collection Introduced, Featuring 22 Sports Loop Bands and Coordinated Watch Faces

• Latest iOS and iPadOS 15 Betas Allow Apps to Request Access to More RAM

• Club MacStories

  • Monthly Log
    • Safari Tab Groups
    • Flexible Work Environments
  • MacStories Weekly
    • Command Browser
    • Five things you may have missed in the iOS and iPadOS 15 betas
    • Unabridged versions of three developer interviews from our developer debrief feature story

• AppStories

  • AppStories 229 – Shortcuts Preview

Unwind

• John's Pick:
  • The Dry

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Dr. Drang on How Shortcuts Fits Into Existing Mac Automation

• Photo Editing and Management App Darkroom Adds Extensive Shortcuts Support

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Federico re-engineers his Timery timer setup in Shortcuts
    • John covers the many ways to use Shortcuts on the Mac
    • A Remote Control & Mobile Mouse giveaway
    • Results of our WWDC 2021 straw poll

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 228 – Federico's Research and Note-Taking Setup

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • The Bold Type
    • On Hulu in the US
• John's Pick:
  • Long Lost by Lord Huron

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• MacStadium – The Developer Cloud for Mac
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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Five Years Ago, Apple Released a Comic Book of the App Store Review Guidelines

• Shazam Passes 1 Billion Monthly Songs Recognized for a Lifetime Total of More Than 50 Billion

• Apple Podcasts Channels and Subscriptions Launch

• Everyday Robots Releases A Two-Part WWDC 2021 Developer Special

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Weekly
    • Federico on his new iOS and iPadOS review Focus mode
    • John imagines his ideal research app
    • An interview with Apollo developer Christian Selig
    • A Pillow giveaway
    • A reader poll

• AppStories

  • AppStories 226 – Three Features That Set iOS 15 Apart
  • AppStories 227 – 2021 Apple Design Award Winners: The AppStories Interviews

Unwind

• Alex Guyot's Pick:

  • Loki on Disney+

• John's Pick:

  • The Courier

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• Daylite – The CRM with Apple Fans in Mind.
• Raycast – Goodbye Spotlight. Hello Raycast.

Links and Show Notes Rewind

• iOS and iPadOS 15: The MacStories Overview
• macOS Monterey: The MacStories Overview
• Shortcuts for Mac: The Future Is Now
• watchOS 8: The MacStories Overview
• Apple Begins Streaming Spatial Audio and Lossless Tracks on Apple Music
• Eddy Cue On Why Spatial Audio Is a Game-Changer
• Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Record Label Pages
• 2021 Apple Design Awards Given to Twelve Developers

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Coming Saturday, a WWDC themed issue for Club members.

AppStories

• AppStories 222 – WWDC 2021: Keynote Overview and Reactions
• AppStories 223 – WWDC 2021: Shortcuts for the Mac, iPad Keyboard Navigation, and Developer Tools
• AppStories 224 – WWDC 2021: Shortcuts' Folder and File Actions, Quick Note, and Safari
• AppStories 225 – WWDC 2021: Safari Web Extensions and Live Text

Unwind

Federico's Pick:

• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

John's Pick:

• Solar Power by Lorde

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Links and Show Notes Rewind

• Timery Comes to the Mac and Makes Time Tracking With Toggl Easier Than Ever

• HomeRun 2 Launches as a New App with Home Screen Widgets, an In-App Grid System, and an Updated Watch Complication Editor

• Apple Tells CNET It's Making Privacy Changes to AirTags and Has an Android App Coming Later This Year

• Apple Design Award Finalists Announced

• Apple Announces the Winners of the WWDC Swift Student Challenge

• Vidit Bhargava's Design Concept for a Menu Bar and Multitasking on iPadOS

• Apple Captured in a Single Email Message

• Apple Tells CNET It's Making Privacy Changes to AirTags and Has an Android App Coming Later This Year

• Club MacStories

  • MacStories Unplugged
    • John has an update on his cul-de-sac, we preview MacStories' upcoming WWDC coverage, and Federico lifts the veil on Apple's restoration of historic Palazzo Marignoli, home of the company's latest flagship retail store.
  • MacStories Weekly
    • ReadKit
    • A collection of iOS apps for Readers
    • A tip for removing Home hubs
    • Lots of App Debuts
    • A Timery giveaway

• AppStories

  • AppStories, Episode 221 – Our tvOS 15 and watchOS 8 Wishes

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:

  • Nothing is True & Everything is Possible by Enter Shikari

• John's Pick:

  • Blue Weekend by Wolf Alice

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