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The 2021 MacStories Selects Awards


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This week, Federico and John introduce the fourth annual MacStories Selects award winners and interview the first MacStories Selects Lifetime Achievement award winner, James Thomson, the creator of PCalc.

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  • Links and Show Notes
    The 2021 MacStories Selects Awards
    • Other MacStories Selects Awards Coverage
    • MacStories Selects 2021: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
  • The MacStories Selects 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Club MacStories+ Live Town Hall, coming to the Club MacStories Discord community on Tuesday, December 14 at 12:30 PM Eastern Time
  • The MacStories Selects Award Winners
    • Best New App: Noir
    • Noir website
  • Noir on the App Store
  • MacStories article
  • Best New App Runner-Up: Mela
    • Mela website
  • Mela on the App Store: (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
  • The MacStories Review
  • Best App Update: Tweetbot 6
    • Tweetbot website
  • Tweetbot 6 on the App Store
  • MacStories article
  • Best App Update Runner-Up: Sofa 3
    • Sofa website
  • Sofa on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
  • Best New Feature: BetterTouchTool’s Shortcuts for Mac Integration
    • BetterTouchTool website
  • Recent MacStories Coverage
    • How to Batch Convert Shortcuts for Use Throughout Monterey and with Other Automation Apps
  • Shortcuts for Mac: 27 of Our Favorite Third-Party Integrations
  • Best New Feature Runner-Up: Yoink
    • Yoink website
  • Yoink on the App Store
  • MacStories article
  • Best Watch App: Streaks
    • Streaks website
  • Streaks on the App Stores
  • Best Watch App Runner-Up: Drafts
    • Drafts website
  • Drafts on the App Store
  • Best Mac App: Bartender 4
    • Bartender 4 website
  • The MacStories Review
  • Best Mac App Runner-Up: Doppler
    • Doppler website
  • The MacStories Review
  • Best Design: Mela
    • Mela website
  • Mela on the App Store: (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
  • The MacStories Review
  • Best Design Runner-Up: Craft
    • Craft’s website
  • Craft on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
  • Readers’ Choice Award: Craft
    • Craft’s website
  • Craft on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
  • App of The Year: Obsidian
    • Obsidian website
  • Obsidian mobile on the App Store
  • Club MacStories coverage:
    • My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 2: Themes, Mobile Quick Action and Toolbar, and Third-Party Plugins
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 3: My ‘Dashboard’ Note for Quick Links, Todoist Tasks, Saving Ideas, and Keeping Track of Current Projects
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 4: Templates for Weekly Posts and Custom Mobile Toolbar
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 5: Appending Text and Webpage Links to Specific Sections of My ‘Dashboard’ Note
  • AppStories Series:
    • Obsidian In Depth: The Basics (Part 1)
  • Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)
  • App of the Year Runner-Up: Craft
    • Craft’s website
  • Craft on the App Store
  • The MacStories Review
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: PCalc
    • PCalc website
  • PCalc on the App Store (iPhone/iPad and Mac)
  • A Selection of MacStories and AppStories Coverage
    • PCalc 3.9 Adds Dark Mode and the Latest Shortcuts Features, Expanding the App’s Automation Capabilities
  • PCalc 3.8 Adds Support for iOS 12’s Siri Shortcuts, Including Powerful Clipboard Commands
  • PCalc’s Delightfully Insane About Screen
  • Apple Asks PCalc Developer to Remove iOS 8 Widget
  • PCalc for Apple Watch
  • AppStories, Episode 38 – An Interview with James Thomson, Creator of PCalc and DragThing
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