In this issue: This week, Jonathan recommends a Mac notch utility called Alcove, John shares his first impressions of the latest Mac apps and plugins he’s testing, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
In this issue: This week, Jonathan recommends new social link aggregator Sill, Federico has a tip for batch renaming files on the iPad with FileBrowser, John shares how he used ChatGPT to solve an image encoding mystery, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
This month, Devon shares a series of tips for using the new countdown app Pinning, and John has fallen in love with nano-texture displays.
In this issue: This week, John recommends GamePal, Jonathan updates his Letterboxd shortcut, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
In this issue: This week, Jonathan recommends Weather Up, John has a tip on using the Logitech MX Creative Console and Stream Deck with CoverSutra, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
In this issue: It’s time to submit nominations for this year’s MacStories Selects Awards, John on what MagSafe and USB-C have meant to the iPhone, Jonathan uses Python to move TV tracking from TV Time to Sequel, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
In this issue: John digs into Obsidian Web Clipper, Jonathan shares about staying positive in the face of tech anxiety, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
This month, Federico explains why he has returned to using Play to save YouTube videos for watching later and John makes the case for the Mac mini being Apple’s most versatile Mac of all.
In this issue: This week, Federico turns Type to Siri into a text-based launchpad for his favorite commands, John reviews the GameSir G8+ controller that works with the iPad mini, Jonathan dives into iOS clipboard manager OneTap, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts.
Editor’s Note: The Macintosh Desktop Experience column, exclusively for Club MacStories+ and Premier members, is now Mac Hacks. Why? Well, the old name was too long and amorphous. Mac Hacks feels more “MacStories.“
The simplest way to explain Tailscale is that it’s a modern mesh VPN that allows you to create a secure, peer-to-peer network of Internet-connected devices that you can access effortlessly from anywhere for free. That boils Tailscale down pretty well, but it’s still a lot to unpack and doesn’t answer the question, “Yeah, but what does it do?”
I’m a big fan of Tailscale, but it has two big problems that can make it confusing. The first issue is also one of Tailscale’s greatest strengths: its flexibility. The service has several built-in features that are useful as standalone tools, which is a good place to start. However, the ability to connect a disparate collection of devices without regard for their operating systems opens up a vastly larger universe of possibilities that’s only limited by your imagination. That makes it incredibly powerful – but a lot to wrap your head around, too.
