My Tom Bihn Synapse 25 backpack. It’s time to get packed for WWDC, and like most years, my carry-on bag will be stuffed with everything I need to cover the event for MacStories. This year, I’ve focused on streamlining my podcast recording setup after some problems that slowed me … | Continue reading

Controller for HomeKit is an alternative way of controlling and setting up your HomeKit accessories, scenes, and automations from your iPhone. While the app has been around for some time, this month it received a major upgrade with a new feature that turns the app into a fun and … | Continue reading

WWDC begins next week, and it’s one of the best times of the year for Club MacStories members. To celebrate, we’re offering 20% off all annual Club MacStories plans from today though Friday, June 14, so as many people as possible can get in on the special things we do during Appl … | Continue reading

Comfort Zone is a weekly podcast about trying new things. Every Thursday, co-hosts Matt Birchler, Niléane Dorffer, and Christopher Lawley challenge themselves and each other to try something new in their tech lives whether it’s hardware, an app, a workflow, an automation, or some … | Continue reading

If you haven’t tried Sequel to track your media queues, you’re missing out and have some catching up to do. There’s a reason we gave Sequel 2.0 the MacStories Selects Best App Update award last year. The app, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro, is one of … | Continue reading

NPC and Comfort Zone join the MacStories family of podcasts. I’m incredibly excited to introduce two brand new shows joining the MacStories family of podcasts today: Next Portable Console (or NPC), hosted by me, Brendon Bigley, and John Voorhees, and Comfort Zone, hosted by Niléa … | Continue reading

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John take the wraps off the official MacStories Unwind 2024 Apple Music Playlist, tease upcoming projects, and recommend a recent Apple TV+ show and a cozy videogame. This episode is sponsored by: Kolide – It ensures that if a device i … | Continue reading

I’ve been playing around with Kino, a video camera app by Lux, on and off for the past day. That’s not long enough to do a full review, so instead, I got up this morning and headed out for a walk with Kino in tow to see what the default experience is like. The short […] | Continue reading

As WWDC approaches, Apple has announced the finalists in the running for its annual Apple Design Awards. The awards ceremony revealing the winners will be held during WWDC. This year, there are seven categories, and each category has six finalists. That’s one more than last year, … | Continue reading

This week on AppStories, we continue our annual wishlists with a look at macOS and visionOS. Sponsored by: Raycast – A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher. Fast, ergonomic and reliable. Notion – Start turning ideas into action. Try it free … | Continue reading

This week on MacStories Unwind, I update listeners on my new 11” iPad Pro and Federico lights a fire, plus YouTube, app, and TV recommendations. Show Notes The 11” iPad Pro Blowing fuses in power supplies Picks John’s Pick: Retro Game Corps Videos mentioned: I’m Starting to Love … | Continue reading

This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon highlight the return of Trying, recap the first season of Sugar, and revisit their 2023 WWDC hopes to see what came true and what remains on the wishlist. Show Notes Opening Chat Sigmund’s Modded Magic Keyboard Highlight Trying … | Continue reading

I’m not usually nostalgic about apps. I appreciate classic designs from the past, but I find ‘new’ more exciting. However, for every rule, there’s an exception, and for me, it’s Mario Guzmán’s beautiful, pixel-perfect reimagining of classic Apple music apps. Guzmán’s latest app i … | Continue reading

Today, Apple rolled out support for Paris’ Navigo transit passes in the Wallet app, just in time for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Travelers are now able to acquire a Navigo pass directly from Apple’s Wallet app and load it with transit tickets. Not only tha … | Continue reading

Just over a year ago, I wrote about the poor performance of TestFlight, the app that App Store developers rely on for beta testing their own apps. Today, thanks to a couple rounds of Feedback submissions, TestFlight is working better than before, but it’s not fixed. With WWDC aro … | Continue reading

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico proposes an iPad Pro experiment and he and I both recommend Steam Early Access games, one of which is also on iOS. This episode is sponsored by: Kolide – It ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust … | Continue reading

Source: Ubisoft. Today, Ubisoft announced that the next major release in the Assasin’s Creed franchise, Shadows, will be released on November 15th on its Ubisoft+ service, PlayStation 5, Xbox X|S, Amazon Luna, and Apple silicon Macs via the Mac App Store. According to Ubisoft: As … | Continue reading

Source: Apple. Thursday is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and to mark the occasion, Apple has previewed several new accessibility features coming to its OSes later this year. Although this accessibility preview has become an annual affair, this year’s preview is more packed … | Continue reading

This week on Ruminate, snack follow up, a WeblogPoMo progress update, the 100 best albums, and AI on iOS. Links and Show Notes Snacks Herr’s Carolina Reaper Flavoured Cheese Curls - 1oz (28.4g) - American Fizz The rack of KitKats WeblogPoMo #WeblogPoMo Why I spell my name with tw … | Continue reading

Source: Apple. Late yesterday, iPad Air and Pro reviews were published, and I spent the evening reading and watching many of them, so I thought I’d share some highlights. At Six Colors, Jason Snell, who has used and reviewed iPads for years, brings an excellent perspective to App … | Continue reading

Last month, AltStore was finally made available on iOS for everyone living in the European Union. Not only does the first alternative app marketplace on iOS ship with the great Delta videogame emulator, but it also lets you install Clip, a clipboard manager unlike any other on th … | Continue reading

Now, don’t get offended, but – you aren’t as good at clocking deepfakes as you think you are. And it’s not just you–nobody’s that good at it. Not your mom, or your boss, or anyone in your IT department. To make matters worse, you probably think you can spot a fake. After all, you … | Continue reading

On Tuesday, Apple introduced its new iPad Pros with a video called Crush! that was meant to convey how much the device can do. The trouble was the way the video delivered the message, depicting musical instruments, books, a record player, paints, a TV, and many other creative too … | Continue reading

Apple Music has launched Shazam Radio Spins, a new set of top chart playlists built by identifying music played by over 40,000 radio stations in over 200 countries and regions. The centerpiece of the new charts is the global Top 200 Radio Chart, which is updated daily. Shazam has … | Continue reading