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477 — August 1, 2025

Interesting Links

INTERESTING LINKS

Great reads and links from around the web.

Adding an object to an image in Photoshop is nothing new, but the app’s new Harmonize functionality does a much better job of matching lighting, shadows, and colors, making it harder than ever to judge what is real and what isn’t in a photo. (Link)

App developers are slowly beginning to support Elgato’s Stream Deck API on the iPad. I’ve been watching this for a while, and although the company’s own support document has an empty list of compatible apps, there are some, including Detail, Cascable, and now, Camo Studio. (Link)

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477 — August 1, 2025

Game Like It's 2008

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Game Like It's 2008

This week in the post-show segment of AppStories+ for subscribers and Club Premier members, Brendon Bigley and I compiled a list of the games that defined the iPhone as a mobile gaming platform. It was a lot of fun and led me down the path of revisiting some of my favorite games from the early days of the App Store.

It’s remarkable how many titles that shaped gaming on the iPhone were released the very first year of the App Store in 2008. So today, I wanted to share four of the most culturally and technically important games of 2008, three of which you can still play today and one of which sadly is gone.

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477 — August 1, 2025

App Debuts

APP DEBUTS

Noteworthy new app releases and updates, handpicked by the MacStories team.

Uncorked

It must be said that I don’t drink wine too often, certainly not enough to log the bottles I drink. Nevertheless, if I did, I could see myself getting a lot of use out of Uncorked. This new wine tracking app has a lovely, clean design and allows you to log the wines you drink alongside your thoughts on them. However, that’s not the only purpose of Uncorked, as it includes journal-like features and encourages you to save photos from the moment you uncorked that $200 bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, making it about more than just the wine.

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Monthly Log — July 31, 2025

Five Nice Things

Five Nice Things

I try new gadgets and gear all the time, some of which I never get around to writing about. So today, I thought I’d share five things I’ve been using that I haven’t written or talked about much yet. I may end up covering some of these things in greater depth on MacStories at some point, but for now, here’s a look at five things I love.

Nomad Leather Mag Wallet with Find My Tracking

I used an Apple Wallet for several years. I liked it and even got used to the three-card limit, but it fell off too easily, and the notifications it triggered when it detached from my iPhone weren’t that helpful. That’s why I recently picked up Nomad’s latest wallet with Find My.

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476 — July 25, 2025

Interesting Links

INTERESTING LINKS

Great reads and links from around the web.

John Mills, one of the people behind Watch Duty whom Federico and I interviewed for AppStories during WWDC, was profiled in Wired by Boone Ashworth. With wildfires and extreme weather affecting more people every year, an app like Watch Duty becomes a crucial lifeline for people in the path of natural disasters. Mills even wore the same fun hat to our interview that’s pictured in this story. (Link)

Ash Parrish chronicles the sad decline of artistic indie apps on videogame subscription services like Apple Archade and Netflix for The Verge. (Link)

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476 — July 25, 2025

App Debuts

APP DEBUTS

Noteworthy new app releases and updates, handpicked by the MacStories team.

Feedbin

I’ve been using Feedbin to sync my RSS feeds for a couple of years now, and I love it. The service is reliable, handles email newsletters, and has a few unique features like its dedicated starred RSS feed that I’ve used for a bunch of automations. I don’t use Feedbin’s RSS reader, but I was happy to see this week that it gained a Safari extension for adding new feeds to your collection and adding pages to Feedbin, one of the service’s other unique features. With it, you can save any article you find on social media or elsewhere to Feedbin for reading or processing later in your RSS reader. I wish it was possible to star those articles, too, but simply being able to add them as unread items for later is a win in my book.

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476 — July 25, 2025

Revisiting Camera Apps

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Revisiting Camera Apps

When I worked in downtown Chicago and was figuring out what my next thing would be, I spent a lot of time wandering around the West Loop taking photos. The iPhone’s camera wasn’t nearly as good in those days, but the constraints forced me to experiment.

I tried a lot of different camera and editing apps back then, too. However, that slowed down when I started working from home and with the stay-at-home constraints of COVID.

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475 — July 18, 2025

App Debuts

APP DEBUTS

Noteworthy new app releases and updates, handpicked by the MacStories team.

NameQuick

NameQuick is a new app for the Mac that leverages AI to rename files. It’s a simple concept but something that AI is very good at. Hook up your own API key or use the model offered by NameQuick, and the app will suggest new file names based on the contents of the file. The only limitation is the range of file types that the AI model you choose can work with. You can use natural language to instruct the app on how to rename your files and set up templates for recurring renaming schemes, too. You can even set the app up to monitor a folder and rename files for you automatically. NameQuick is $19.99 if you provide your own model or $5.00/month for 500 credits if you use the model used by the app. There are also other monthly plans available if you need more credits.

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