In this issue: Federico has a tip on running multiple scheduled shortcuts at once, John offers advice on how to use Areas and Projects in Things, Jonathan on how he’s using shortcuts and HomeKit sensors to send reminders when a window has been left open, 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.
In this issue: Federico’s search for the perfect iPad Pro USB-C adapter ends with a twist, John has too many batteries, Jonathan is deep into StandBy, and Club member Jason shares a wonderful Home Screen setup, 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.
In this issue: The MacStories Selects Awards are just around the corner, Jonathan recommends Kompressor, John’s been using the Aqara FP2 sensor with lighting automations, 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.
In this issue: John shares some favorite lesser-known Obsidian plugins, Federico revives an old keyboard with a Mac utility, Jonathan shares a shortcut for posting from Letterboxd to Mastodon, 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.
This month, Federico and John share their current iPhone Home Screens.
In this issue: John and Federico share recent Things shortcuts they’ve built, Niléane tried the Orion browser by Kagi, Jonathan has tips for approaching home automation projects, we have a LivePod giveaway, 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.
In this issue: Federico has tips for simplifying the creation of Home app automations and saving emails in Things, John explains how he approaches cleaning up digital messes, Jonathan has a story on the AI features of the Arc browser and thoughts on the app’s development style, we have a Dato giveaway, Tim Nahumck shares his Home Screen, 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.
The Mac’s place in users’ computing lives has changed a lot since Steve Jobs returned to Apple and reimagined the Mac as a digital hub. Those days were marked by comparatively weak mobile phones, MP3 players, camcorders, and pocket digital cameras that benefitted from being paired with the Mac and Apple’s iLife suite.
The computing landscape is markedly different now. The constellation of gadgets surrounding the Mac in Jobs’ digital hub have all been replaced by the iPhone and iPad – powerful, portable computers in their own right. That’s been a seismic shift for the Mac. Today, the Mac is in a better place than it’s been in many years thanks to Apple silicon, but it’s no longer the center of attention. Instead, it sits alongside the iPhone and iPad as capable computing peers.
What hasn’t changed from the digital hub days is the critical role played by software. In 2001, iLife’s apps enabled the digital hub, but in 2023, the story is about widgets.
I’ve decided to try something else for the next installments of the Automation Academy for Club MacStories Plus and Premier members: instead of releasing excessively long (and time-consuming, for all of us) lessons that involve multiple steps, I want to write more frequently about standalone, self-contained automations that are taking advantage of advanced features of the Shortcuts app and related automation utilities. For this story, I’m going to focus on how I created a better way to import reminders in Things using Shortcuts and the Lingon X app for Mac.
In this issue: John shares a grab bag of tips, Jonathan recommends Default Folder X, and Club member FlohGro shares his Home Screen, 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.
