MacStories Unwind

This episode is sponsored by: Unite 4 – Turn Websites into Apps on Your Mac Read more about Unite 4 on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind CES Rundown: Highlights of This Year’s Most Intriguing (and Bizarre) Announcements Apple Announces Major Expansion of Its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Puppr Review: Teach Your Dog New Tricks Club MacStories MacStories Weekly Bartender 4 16 giveaways of productivity apps Federico's GoodTask quick action setup Apps to expand your HomeKit experience MacStories Unplugged: Food, Travel, and Very Good Dogs In this episode of MacStories Unplugged, Federico and John share the foods they miss from their past travels, discuss the frustrations with dining out and traveling with two very good dogs, and have some advice on stepping back from the brink before burnout takes hold. AppStories Episode 200 – Workflows Revisited: Calendars, Communications, and a Surprise Unwind Federico's Pick: Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist, Season 2 on NBC John's Pick: The Flight Attendant on HBO Max Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: SaneBox – Organize Your Inbox, and Never Waste Time on Email Again Read more about SaneBox on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind Two Months with the HomePod mini: More Than Meets the Eye Apple Recaps Its 2020 Services, Including the App Store’s Record-Breaking Holiday Season Dato Review: Calendar Events and Time Zones From Your Mac’s Menu Bar Scenecuts Adds Effortless Access to HomeKit Scenes in Your Mac's Menu Bar Fitness Totals Review: Effortlessly Surface Fitness Data and Track Your Progress Club MacStories MacStories Weekly Strong Workout Tracker 11 giveaways for health, fitness, and wellness apps A personal automation for activating Do Not Disturb on an iPhone and Mac simultaneously John's 2021 Apple hardware and app wishes for 2021 Unwind John's Pick: Console Wars on CBS All Access Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: Agenda – Date-Focused Note Taking Read more about Agenda on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind MacStories Selects 2020: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14.3 with Apple ProRAW, App Clip Codes, Fitness+ Support, and Direct App Launches from Shortcuts Fitness+ Review Roundup Apple Releases Cardio Fitness Notifications for Apple Watch Headland Review: Fight Your Way Through a World of Imagination AirPods Max Power Management Explained by Updated Apple Support Document Pro Photographer Austin Mann Explains ProRAW Developer Ben Sandofsky on ProRAW and Halide Mark II's Implementation of the New Format Club MacStories MacStories Weekly Wonder - a simple, elegant Wikipedia browser and research tool A collection of Home Screen customization tools Federico on how he's using Timery and GoodTask widgets A big interview with Balint Orosz, founder and CEO of Craft AppStories Episode 198 – The 2020 MacStories Selects Awards Unwind Federico's Pick: Ori and the Blind Forest on Xbox John's Pick: evermore by Taylor Swift Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: Halide Mark II – The Best Pro Camera For iPhone Read more about Halide on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind Apple Announces AirPods Max: Wireless Over-Ear Headphones Available Just in Time for the Holidays AirPods Max First Impressions Roundup Fitness+ Service Launching December 14th The Wall Street Journal Interviews Apple’s Jay Blahnik on Fitness+ ShortSwitch: A Shortcut to Quickly Import Screenshots and Videos from a Nintendo Switch on Your iPhone and iPad Apple Frames, Now with Support for the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max Level Touch: A HomeKit-Enabled Smart Lock That Everyone in Your Household Can Appreciate Club MacStories MacStories Weekly A collection of modern note-taking apps A shortcut for generating PDFs linked on a website, Alex takes a trip down memory lane with Phoenix MacStories Unplugged Using Craft for work AppStories Episode 197 – Workflows Revisited: Note-Taking Unwind Federico's Pick: The Last Campfire by Hello Games John's Pick: Marvel's latest Black Widow series written by Kelly Thompson and art by Elena Casagrande Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: pCloud – How Does 2TB Lifetime Cloud Storage Sound? Read more about pCloud on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind Apple Names App of the Year Winners Apple Recognizes Best Books, Audiobooks, and Podcasts of 2020 Year-End Music Insights From Apple's Replay 2020 and Top 100 Playlists, Plus MacStories' Apple Music Wrapped Shortcut Apple Announces Partnership with (RED) to Combat HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 and Highlights Its PPE Donations in Zambia Amazon Rolling Out "Type with Alexa" Feature in iOS App Downloading YouTube Videos on iPad with youtube-dl and a-Shell Peter McKinnon on Apple’s MagSafe Wallet Club MacStories MacStories Weekly A collection of focused Mac utilities Federico's custom menu bar URL scheme launcher AppStories Episode 196 – Workflows Revisited: Email Unwind Federico's Pick: Plastic Hearts by Miley Cyrus Wonder by Shawn Mendes John's Pick: folklore: the long pond studio sessions by Taylor Swift Indie Chillout Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: Permute – Quick Image, Audio, and Video Conversion Read more about Permute on MacStories Get 20% off on Permute for a limited time Links and Show Notes Rewind MacStories Shortcuts Icons and Perspective Icons: 40% Off from Black Friday to Cyber Monday macOS Big Sur: Widget Roundup Club MacStories MacStories Weekly John's Holiday Gift Guide Reading DRM-Free EPUBs in MarginNote for iPad Tips for Remote Tech Support Mac Dictation and Big Sur beta tips MacStories Unplugged: The Year in Music, 2020 Edition Federico and John share their Apple Music playlists, collecting their favorite songs of 2020, pick their albums of the year, second-guess the Grammy nominations, and each chooses five bands that define their tastes in music. AppStories Episode 195 – App Store Changes and Apple’s Evolving Relationship with Developers Unwind Federico's Picks: Hades The genius of Hades’ God Mode All You're Dreaming Of by Liam Gallagher John's Picks: folklore: the long pond studio sessions by Taylor Swift The 10-Year Hunt for the Lost McDonald's DS Game by Nick Robinson Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: Downie – Easily Download Videos From YouTube and Thousands of Different Sites Read more about Downie on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of Club MacStories Apple Reduces App Store Commissions to 15% for Small Businesses Starting Next Year Apple M1 Mac Review Roundup: Big Performance and Battery Gains Apple Launches an Embeddable Web Players for Podcasts Winners of the Second Annual Apple Music Awards Announced GitHub Reinstates youtube-dl, Commits to New Policies for Protecting Developers Sebastiaan de With Reviews the iPhone 12 Pro Max Camera Custom Shortcut Icons No Longer Open the Shortcuts App First in iOS 14.3 Beta 2 iOS 14.2, JIT, and Emulation at Full Performance Club MacStories MacStories Weekly Crossy Road Today ReScheduler shortcut updated to take advantage of ‘native’ edit reminder action Big Sur widget tips (John) What the M1 means to the native vs. web app debate AppStories Episode 194 – macOS Big Sur: The MacStories Review Unwind Federico's Pick: The Pathless Halo: The Master Chief Collection Wikipedia Halo: The Master Chief Collection is Now Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Halo Quick Resume John's Pick: Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch - History on Wikipedia Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: GoodTask – Better Widgets for Reminders and Calendars on iOS 14 Read more about GoodTask on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind BestPhotos 3 Introduces Calendar View, A New Compare Interface, and More iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 mini Review Roundup Austin Mann’s iPhone 12 Pro Max Camera Review PetaPixel Interviews Apple Executives on iPhone Camera Design Philosophy Apple Announces Availability of New M1-Based Macs and macOS Big Sur Replay Apple’s November 2020 Presentation and Other Videos Apple’s November 2020 Event: By the Numbers Apple Unveils New M1 Apple Silicon Chip for Macs The M1 MacBook Air and 13” MacBook Pro: The MacStories Overview The M1 Mac mini: The MacStories Overview MusicBot 1.1 Brings Shazam Integration, Music News and Reviews, Release Dates, Compact UI, and More Coming Soon: The 2020 Edition of the MacStories Selects Awards AirBuddy 2 Review: Fine-Grained, Customizable Control of the Wireless Headphones and Devices Connected to Your Mac iPhone and iPad Apps Are Coming to the Mac App Store Apple Add Automatic Updates in TestFlight 3.0 Craft Review: A Powerful, Native Notes and Collaboration App HomePod mini Review Roundup macOS Big Sur: The MacStories Review The Independent Interviews Federighi, Joz, and Ternus on M1 Macs Club MacStories MacStories Weekly Collection: November Event Highlights Behind the Scenes: The MacStories Big Sur Review Federico: iPad Features I'd Miss on an Apple Silicon Mac An interview with PCalc developer James Thomson MacStories Unplugged AppStories Episode 193 – iOS Apps We Want on the Mac Unwind Federico's Pick: Hyrule Warriors Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: Shake – Bug Reporting Tool for Your Mobile App Read more about Shake on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind Apple One Subscription Bundles Are Now Available Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 14.2 with New Emoji, Wallpapers, AirPlay 2 Interface, AR Face Detection, and Shazam Toggle for Control Center Switching Your Default HomePod Music Service to Pandora Apple Announces November 10, 2020 Online Media Event Club MacStories MacStories Weekly MacStories Favorite: Doodle Jump Shortcuts Requests, including a way to archive webpages as images John on what running iPhone and iPad apps on Apple silicon Mac might be like AppStories Episode 192 – How Widgets Have Changed the Way We Use Our Devices Unwind Federico's Pick: girlfriends by girlfriends John's Pick: Queen's Gambit on Netflix Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees

This episode is sponsored by: Sketch – The Design Platform Trusted by Over One Million People Read more about Sketch on MacStories Links and Show Notes Rewind Using Soor’s Widgets and Magic Mixes Managing the Internet Access of HomeKit Devices with the Linksys Velop Mesh WiFi Router System Apple Signs Jon Stewart to Expansive Deal for TV+ Series and More Clips 3.0 Brings New Video Aspect Ratios and an Upgraded iPad Experience Shortcuts Corner: Apple Frames for iPhone 12 and SE, Get Image Resolution, Encode Images to Base64, and Search Articles in Reeder Microsoft Is Rolling Out iPad Pointer Support to Its Office Suite Club MacStories MacStories Weekly MacStories Favorite: Pixelmator Pro A new Reeder shortcut Ryan debates purchasing an iPhone 12 mini or Pro MacStories Unplugged This week on Unplugged, our Club podcast, we discuss the upcoming release of Big Sur, Federico makes John nervous by poking around in Disk Utility and ejecting drives while he records, John gets fiber Internet and tests HomeKit mesh WiFi routers, and Federico unwinds post-iOS review. AppStories Episode 191 – New Apps Enabled by Apple Hardware and OS Advances Unwind Federico's Pick: Cosmos by Carl Sagan John's Pick: The Haunting of Bly Manor on Netflix Follow us on Twitter Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Instagram Federico Viticci John Voorhees