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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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March 2, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 407

In this issue: John shares how he tracks time zones in the Mac’s menu bar and his Markdown research archive workflow, Jonathan has a shortcut that works with Simple Scan that incorporates a naming system and integration with Files, 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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February 24, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 406

In this issue: John shares a collection of apps for readers, Federico has a tip on hiding macOS windows instead of minimizing them and a shortcut that converts Things notes into a Markdown file, Jonathan shares some favorite Mac utilities, 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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February 23, 2024

Automation Academy: My Collection of Advanced Shortcuts for Things

My Things shortcuts.

A few months ago, I decided to switch to Things as my default task manager. As I shared multiple times on AppStories and MacStories Weekly, I’m really happy with my decision: not only does the design of the Things app create a more relaxed environment for me to manage my responsibilities, but Cultured Code’s embrace of Shortcuts automation has allowed me to create dozens of custom enhancements for Things.

This is the reason why I fell in love with Things: the app’s “simple” design and structure leaves room for power users to make their own functionalities by taking advantage of the app’s integration with Shortcuts. Things doesn’t have a feature you need? Just make it yourself by choosing from the large catalog of Shortcuts actions available in the app.

I previously shared an initial set of shortcuts I created for Things; I also created ThingsBox, an advanced shortcut to intelligently save tasks to the Things inbox. Since those articles, I’ve built several more shortcuts and created personal automations to script certain behaviors of Things on a daily basis. So, exclusively for Club Plus and Premier members, today I’m sharing my full collection of Things shortcuts, which have vastly improved how I manage my tasks on the iPad Pro and capture them on the iPhone.

Let’s take a look.

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February 17, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 405

In this issue: Federico shares Shortcuts techniques to find projects and headings in Things, John explains how he uses two tools for proofreading, Niléane has a new 11-inch iPad Pro setup, Jonathan shares shortcuts for setting your Slack status, 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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February 10, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 404

In this issue: Federico reports on issues he’s had in his early testing of Shortcuts on the Apple Vision Pro, Jonathan explores Apple’s photo editing AI research, Club members share their Vision Pro experiences, John wonders what if the iPad had the kind of Mac integration the Vision Pro does, 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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February 3, 2024

MacStories Weekly: Issue 403

In this issue: Federico on the settings he always enables first when setting up an iOS device, Jonathan has a workaround for syncing tabs between Arc for Mac and Arc Search for iPhone, and John on why studying tech outside the Apple bubble is important, 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 MacStories podcasts.

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