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Alex has been writing for MacStories since 2013. As a MacStories editor he covers Apple and related technology on the site and for Club MacStories. Alex also keeps the site running smoothly and works on new technology as MacStories’ senior software engineer.
Episode 15 — November 22, 2022
Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
Exploring topics beyond our day-to-day coverage.
Apple hasn’t spoken much at all about Sidecar since its initial release in 2019. For those who may have understandably forgotten what it even is: Sidecar is the name of the feature that allows iPads to act as external displays for Macs. It works both wired and wirelessly, and has lived most of its existence with fairly little attention or fanfare.
I’d love to change that though, because Sidecar is one of my favorite Apple software features of all time.
Exploring topics beyond our day-to-day coverage.
Apple hasn’t spoken much at all about Sidecar since its initial release in 2019. For those who may have understandably forgotten what it even is: Sidecar is the name of the feature that allows iPads to act as external displays for Macs. It works both wired and wirelessly, and has lived most of its existence with fairly little attention or fanfare.
I’d love to change that though, because Sidecar is one of my favorite Apple software features of all time.
Episode 14 — September 8, 2022
Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
If you listened to last week’s Club MacStories+ Town Hall podcast, then you heard the gang dogpile on me for my questionable life choice of connecting an Apple Studio Display to a gaming PC. Naturally, I must now take to the Monthly Log to explain myself and defend my honor.
Before we begin, let’s get the obvious out of the way: the Apple Studio Display is not a gaming monitor. It is not good at the things that gaming monitors are supposed to be good at. Its frame rate is too low, its resolution is unnecessarily high, and it only connects via Thunderbolt. If you are in the market specifically for a gaming monitor, do not buy an Apple Studio Display.
Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
