Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Niléane brings a spicy browser extension, Chris works through some iPad feelings, and Matt made the gang decide what app they consider “undefeated”. MacStories Unwind This w…
Lees meerAutomation on the Mac is powerful because you have so many choices when building a workflow. Now, with large language models, you can do even more, which is the approach Federico took in his latest Automation Academy lesson for Club MacStories Plus …
Lees meerAltStore PAL, the alternative app store for iPhone users in the EU, celebrated its first anniversary today with a whopper of an update. AltStore PAL 2.2 now includes AltStore Classic as one of its catalog of apps. That’s right, a store within a stor…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I survey our favorite calendar apps, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each. NPC: Next Portable Console This week on NPC, the trio analyzes ho…
Lees meerApple has been using differential privacy for nearly ten years to collect its users data in a way that isn’t traceable back to an individual. As Apple explains in a recent post on its Machine Learning Research site: This approach works by randomly p…
Lees meerApril 24th marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of the Apple Watch. To mark the day, Apple has announced Global Close Your Rings Day, encouraging Apple Watch users to meet their daily fitness goals. If you have an Apple Watch and close your …
Lees meerSpring is the perfect time for a deep clean—including your Mac! Mac Washing Machine X9, from Intego, the leader in macOS security, helps you declutter, optimize, and speed up your system with ease. Clean Up Your Mac Over time, junk files like caches…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Chris has an external drive faster than you’ve ever seen, Matt has a new email app he swears isn’t his new favorite cult, and the whole gang does their best to redesign iOS …
Lees meerYesterday, Wayne Ma, reporting for The Information, published an outstanding story detailing the internal turmoil at Apple that led to the delay of the highly anticipated Siri AI features last month. From the article: In November 2022, OpenAI releas…
Lees meerIt’s not often that I come across something that slides so effortlessly into my everyday workflow as the MOFT Invisible Stand has. It doesn’t use batteries, it takes up negligible space, and it’s so light that I never question throwing it in my bag …
Lees meerYesterday, Vidit Bhargava, developer of the award-winning dictionary app LookUp, wrote on his blog about the way he hand-makes each piece of artwork that accompanies the app’s Word of the Day. While revealing that he has employed this practice every…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I share some of our favorite utility apps, including Amphetamine, Text Lens, Gifski, Folder Peek, Mic Drop, Keka, and Marked. This episode is sponsored…
Lees meerApple has released a new companion app called Apple Immersive Video Utility for Vision Pro owners that allows them to organize and manage immersive content with the help of a Mac. The utility, which is available for the Mac and Vision Pro, allows us…
Lees meerRogue Amoeba, makers of powerful audio tools for your Mac, are back to sponsor MacStories. From professional podcasters to home users, their lineup of products can assist you with all your audio needs. Making recordings with Audio Hijack is a cinch,…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt has built an Obsidian plugin with a fun name, Niléane is keeping the scrobbling dream alive, and everyone tries to find a great new Raycast extension. MacStories Unwind…
Lees meerI’ve been thinking about this video by Theo Browne for the past few days, especially in the aftermath of my story about working on the iPad and realizing its best apps are actually web apps. I think Theo did a great job contextualizing the history o…
Lees meerThe Apple Vision Pro is a device that begs to be shared with others. Sure, mirroring your view to a TV or iPhone via AirPlay is a decent way to give people a glimpse into the experience, but so much about visionOS – the windows floating in real-worl…
Lees meerVideo Processor. I’ve been experimenting with different automations and command line utilities to handle audio and video transcripts lately. In particular, I’ve been working with Simon Willison’s LLM command line utility as a way to interact with cl…
Lees meerDEVONthink is a difficult app to review because its flexibility means it can serve a wide variety of purposes. I’ve been using it for the past few weeks as an archive and research companion that houses thousands of plain text files, but the app is c…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I take listeners on a tour of the wide variety of automations they’ve been working on so far this year, including shortcuts, Claude projects, and Zapie…
Lees meerSource: Twenty Thousand Hertz. The Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast’s latest episode celebrates the 40th anniversary of Apple’s accessibility efforts. Through a series of interviews with Apple’s Sarah Herrlinger, Ron Huang, Deidre Caldbeck, and Erick T…
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