Federico Viticci
Editor-in-chief
Mastodon: @viticci@macstories.netEmail: viticci@macstories.net
Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, and Dialog, a show where creativity meets technology.
He can also be found on his two other podcasts on Relay FM – Connected and Remaster.
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In This Issue
In this issue: Jonathan recommends the (Not Boring) Camera app, John has a theory on why this year’s WWDC was so much better than last year’s, 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 Week on MacStories Podcasts
THIS WEEK ON MACSTORIES' PODCASTS
A recap of MacStories podcast episodes from the past week.
This week on MacStories podcasts:
AppStories
This week, Federico and John catch listeners up on their whirlwind WWDC week, which was chaotic in the best possible way.
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Automating Theater Mode on watchOS at Night
TIPS
Tips and tricks to master your apps and be more productive.
Automating Theater Mode on watchOS at Night
My girlfriend recently mentioned that she was bothered by my Apple Watch Ultra’s display turning on at night whenever I was tossing and turning in bed. I’ve had the Sleep focus enabled on all my devices for a while, but the red night face on my Apple Watch was still being displayed whenever movement was detected. I knew I could enable Theater Mode on the Watch to ensure that would no longer happen, but I couldn’t trust myself to activate it manually each night. As always, automation came to the rescue thanks to Apple’s Watch actions in the Shortcuts app.
Creating this automation was very simple. In Shortcuts on my iPhone, I created a personal automation that is triggered whenever Bedtime mode and my Sleep focus become active, which already happens on a schedule. The only action I had to use was ‘Set Theater Mode’, which can be configured to ‘Set Theater Mode On’ when I want the display to turn off unless I press the Digital Crown. That’s all there is to it.
App Debuts
APP DEBUTS
Noteworthy new app releases and updates, handpicked by the MacStories team.
GamingBuddy
GamingBuddy added an iPad version this week. It’s a great addition to an already excellent app for managing your collection of videogames, keeping up with new releases, finding reviews, and more. On the iPad, there’s more room for artwork and all the app’s other content. Everything syncs with the iPhone version over iCloud, and you can now create custom tags for your games, too.