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This week, Federico and John cover their first impressions of the iPad Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display, including Federico’s thoughts on where the Air fits into the iPad lineup and John’s take on what to keep in mind when customizing a Mac Studio. This episode is sponsored by: Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple Microsoft Lists – A Microsoft 365 app that helps you track information and organize work. New Relic – Monitor, debug, and improve your entire stack. Sign up now and get 100GB of data free, forever - no credit card required. Links and Show Notes Apple Event Impressions: The New iPad Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display MacStories’ Apple Event Coverage Mac Studio, M1 Ultra, and Apple Studio Display: The MacStories Overview Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ Event: All The Small Things Apple’s New iPad Air Adds the M1 Chip, Center Stage Support, and 5G Connectivity Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ Event: By the Numbers Apple Unveils the Latest Iteration of iPhone SE with an A15 Bionic Chip and 5G Replay Apple’s Peek Performance Keynote and Other Videos Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ Event – Apple Announces Availability of Green iPhones, iPhone SE, iPad Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John talk about how to get more out of Twitter while avoiding doom scrolling, through a combination of advanced Twitter features, third-party apps, and Shortcuts. This episode is sponsored by: Pillow – Sleeping better, made simple Instabug – Empower mobile teams to monitor, prioritize, and debug performance and stability issues and ship better mobile apps Wealthfront – Invest for the long term on your terms. Get your first $5,000 managed for free Links and Show Notes Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John survey the many Apple hardware rumors circulating and take a stab at predicting the new hardware we’ll see in 2022. This episode is sponsored by: RevenueCat – Subscription management built for mobile apps Instabug – Empower mobile teams to monitor, prioritize, and debug performance and stability issues and ship better mobile apps Links and Show Notes Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico explains his experiments with injecting code into shortcuts before he and John cover ten innovations from third-party apps that they would like to see Apple adopt in its system apps and OSes. This episode is sponsored by: Instabug – Ship Quality Apps with Real-Time Contextual Insights Links and Show Notes Shortcuts Code Injection Behind the Scenes of the MacStories Shortcuts Archive Parsing Shortcuts as XML or JSON and Extracting Comments From Them Creating, Modifying, and Signing Shortcuts on macOS Also mentioned: Jayson Jellycuts 10 Innovations Apple Should Adopt from Third-Party Apps Stories Mentioned: Apple Names the 2021 App of the Year Award Winners MacStories Selects 2021: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year Apps Mentioned: DAZN GoodTask LumaFusion Overcast BetterTouchTool Craft Yoink Marvis Bartender Raycast Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John revisit their 2021 Shortcuts wishes to see what came true and share a long list of additional ways they’d like to see the app evolve in 2022. This episode is sponsored by: New Relic – Monitor, debug, and improve your entire stack. Sign up now and get 100GB of data free, forever - no credit card required. Instabug – Ship Quality Apps with Real-Time Contextual Insights Links and Show Notes Shortcuts Wish List, 2022 Edition Our 2022 Shortcuts Wish List Better Safari support on the Mac Share sheet integration on the Mac Personal automations on the Mac More types of triggers Improved layout for Shortcuts for Mac’s right sidebar Keep Apple app features up to date with shortcuts actions Debugging tools Copy and paste blocks of actions Disable notification alerts when a shortcut is run from the Home Screen Global hotkeys Shortcuts widgets Multiwindow awareness The ability to run shortcuts in the background on iPhone and iPad Better cross-platform integration Also Mentioned: The Curious Case of Apple’s Missing App Integrations for Shortcuts Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John conclude their tour of new apps they are trying for the first time or revisiting. This episode is sponsored by: Wealthfront – Invest for the long term on your terms. Get your first $5,000 managed for free. Instabug – Ship quality apps with real-time contextual insights Links and Show Notes New Apps We’re Trying or Revisiting Launcher Zevala Hook GoodTask Infuse Soor for iPad WordService Parcel Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John look back at their MacStories Starter Pack coverage last week, digging into the themes and details of each of the stories they wrote and the ways you can incorporate everything into your own workflows. This episode is sponsored by: Wix – Create a website you’re proud of. Instabug – Ship Quality Apps with Real-Time Contextual Insights Links and Show Notes The MacStories Starter Pack MacStories Starter Pack: Taking Apple Music Discovery into Your Own Hands MacStories Starter Pack: The Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1300 Is Perfect for Anyone Whose Paperless Workflow Still Starts with Paper MacStories Starter Pack: Reverse-Engineering the Matter API and My ‘Save to Matter’ Shortcut MacStories Starter Pack: Customizing Your Workflows with Deep Links MacStories Starter Pack: Introducing Obsidian Shortcut Launcher, A Free Plugin to Trigger Shortcuts from Obsidian MacStories Starter Pack: Getting a Handle on Links By Treating Them Like Email MacStories Starter Pack: Frame Nintendo Switch Screenshots with SwitchFrame MacStories Starter Pack: Why I Abandoned the Search for the Perfect Email App and Am Making Do With a Hybrid Approach MacStories Starter Pack: Clean Up URLs and Remove Tracking Parameters with URL Cleaner Also mentioned: Tracker Zapper by Robb Knight Ruminate podcast Robb Knight’s website Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John share a collection of apps they are trying for the first time or revisiting, including email apps, a new Mac launcher, an Apple Music utility, a podcast player, and a read-it-later app. This episode is sponsored by: RevenueCat – Subscription management built for mobile apps. Instabug – Ship Quality Apps with Real-Time Contextual Insights Wix – Create a website you’re proud of. Links and Show Notes Apps We’re Trying and Revisiting Mimestream Triage 2 Clean Email Floating Player Raycast Overcast Matter Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

Federico and John continue their coverage of third-party Obsidian plugins and how they use them to customize the app’s functionality. More Third-Party Obsidian Plugins Discovering and Installing Obsidian Plugins Obsidian Roundup Obsidian’s Discord community and forums Obsidian42 - BRAT beta plugin installer [Plugin Changelogs plugin](https://github.com/phibr0/obsidian-plugin-changelogs Requires Hotkey Helper plugin Obsidian support documentation on community plugins More Third Party Plugins (all available as community plugins and on GitHub using the links below) Periodic Notes Quick Switcher++ Recent Files RSS Reader Simple Embeds Workbench Workspaces Plus Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This week, Federico and John embark on a tour of the third-party plugins they use to customize Obsidian. This episode is sponsored by: MindNode – MindNode: What’s on Your Mind? Wealthfront – Invest for the long term on your terms. Wix – Create a website you’re proud of. Links and Show Notes Third-Party Plugins Plugins Discussed: Admonition Advanced Mobile Toolbar Advanced URI Obsidian42 - BRAT Buttons Calendar Customizable Page Header Cycle through Panes Dictionary Export Markdown with Embeds Hotkeys for Specific Files, Hotkeys for Templates, Hotkeys++ Markdown Insert Matter MetaEdit Minimal Theme Settings Natural Language Dates Follow us on Twitter AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees