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April 30, 2024

Monthly Log: April 2024

This month, Federico explains how he digitized his collection of GameCube and Wii discs with the help of a capture card, Orion, a Wii, and the Homebrew Channel, and John makes the case for Gentler Streak, a fitness app that doesn’t make you feel bad if you’re not setting personal records every day.

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April 27, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 415

In this issue: Federico shares a shortcut for merging Things tasks into checklists, Jonathan performs iPod surgery, John explains how his note-taking system is structured, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Magic Rays of Light.

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April 20, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 414

In this issue: John explains how Delta deep links can be used with GameTrack, Shortcuts, and other apps, Federico shares a shortcut that he’s using along with Things and Actions to create Obsidian template documents, Jonathan would like Apple to do more with CarPlay, Niléane shows how to use Prism Launcher to get the best performance from Minecraft on Apple silicon Macs, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Magic Rays of Light.

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April 13, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 413

In this issue: John recommends a handful of iOS games he’s been playing, Federico shares three Mac tips he’s adopted with his MacPad, Jonathan explains how he’s been using Federico’s Contextual Apps Plugin System for Shortcuts, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Magic Rays of Light.

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April 6, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 412

In this issue: Federico has a tip on getting the name of the frontmost Mac app using Shortcuts and shares ActiveTask, which creates a Things task that deep-links to an Obsidian document, Jonathan has created an Action Button-like automation for the Mac, John imagines the Apple game controller of his dreams, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Magic Rays of Light.

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March 30, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 411

In this issue: Federico shares a shortcut to assign a new system wallpaper from Files or Finder, Jonathan is an SF Symbols super fan, and John has a theory about why the DOJ is obsessed with super apps, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Magic Rays of Light.

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March 23, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 410

In this issue: John shares Home Screen widgets he’s been trying, Federico has created an interactive ‘playground’ tool for getting started with the Frames shortcut API, Niléane is using a Linux server for Time Machine backups, Jonathan explains how he’s using Shortcuts and Omnivore as a listen-later workflow, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories.

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March 16, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 409

In this issue: Federico shares his Shortcuts-based CAPS automation system for the iPhone’s Action button, John has Dropover tips, Jonathan’s system for moving tasks from Notion to Reminders, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories.

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March 9, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 408

In this issue: Two BetterTouchTool tips from Niléane for managing windows, Federico shares a shortcut for making multiple shortcut buttons at once in visionOS, John on the damage AI is doing to the web, Jonathan tries a single-day task manager called Today App, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episodes of AppStories and Magic Rays of Light.

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