I had the privilege of being a guest on this week's episode of AppStories. My thanks to Federico and John for having me. It was a really fun discussion that included how and why I track different things in my life, my evolving approach to journaling, and my day-to-day use of the … | Continue reading
Aside from my visionOS 2 review, I haven't written anything about the Apple Vision Pro in the year that I've had it. That's despite the fact that I really do love the thing and use it to do my professional and creative work nearly every day. I went into some of my reasons for bei … | Continue reading
With another year nearly in the books, it's time for my annual look back at what I made. This will be my third creative year-in-review, and now, it's complemented by the creativity log I've been keeping in the Collections app. Numbers aren't everything – or even the most importan … | Continue reading
On the past couple episodes of Connected, Federico Viticci has spoken about a change he's noticed since switching from the iPhone 16 Pro Max to the iPhone 16 Plus: he's taking significantly fewer pictures than before. Although he thought giving up the telephoto camera lens wouldn … | Continue reading
In the November edition of the Club MacStories Monthly Log, I got a chance to write about an app that’s been on my list to cover for many months: Pinning. On the surface, it’s a straightforward countdown app, but Pinning has so many integrations and features built in that it’s ha … | Continue reading
Below is the transcript of a conversation that took place in at home yesterday. My wife noticed that I was on my laptop early in the morning, which is unusual for me. So she made a decision she’d soon regret: asking me what I was up to. Katherine: What are you doing? Me: Signing … | Continue reading
A couple of months ago, Jonathan Ruiz released a new app called Ticci Tabs that I’ve really been enjoying. Why did it take me so long to write about it? Great question. Let’s just say I was waiting to publish this in honor of the first birthday of Jonathan’s other app Bridges, sh … | Continue reading
Today, I’m releasing version 2.1 of Watch History Journal, my shortcut for adding the shows and films you watch to your favorite journaling app in the style of Apple’s journaling suggestions. Here’s the full list of new features: Improved Journal app integration on iPhone. Watch … | Continue reading
Jason Snell, writing at MacWorld regarding iMessage Tapbacks: They’re fun! But they also generate, by default, an additional notification and a haptic tap every time a new one is made. And that means that the average post in a group text thread will now generate three, four, five … | Continue reading
The iPad mini is Apple’s most infrequently updated tablet. Still, there used to be a pattern to the upgrades it received when its time finally came: take the features of the most recent iPad Air and put them in a smaller package. That’s been Apple’s approach to the mini for years … | Continue reading
Everyone honors their loved ones differently once they’re gone. I’ve never been one to visit a graveside or light a candle on any particular day, but this day is one I have to recognize somehow. Perhaps this is it. Two years ago, my wife and I found out that our first pregnancy h … | Continue reading
Tim Chaten was kind enough to have me back on Vision Pros this week to talk about my visionOS 2 review and our overall thoughts on the update. I enjoy nerding out with Tim about visionOS regularly, and this time, we recorded it for all to hear! | Continue reading
Joining the MacStories team – first as a podcast host and then as an editor – has been one of the highlights of my year. I love the amazing team I get to work with, and I’m really proud of the work we do for the site and the Club every day. Today is extra special, though, because … | Continue reading
Ever since I started using RSS to read articles from my favorites sites, Reeder has been my go-to app for catching up on my feeds. A brand new version is out today, and it takes the app in a whole new direction. From my review on MacStories: The best word to describe the new Reed … | Continue reading
I’ve been known to have some pretty big feelings about headphones. But after years of failed attempts, I finally found the right set for me: Beats Solo 4. I even got a chance to review them in the latest Club MacStories Monthly Log. It’s a happy ending to a long story, so I invit … | Continue reading
Over the past week, I've had the privilege of guesting on a couple of my favorite podcasts. On MacStories Unwind last Friday, I chatted with John Voorhees about media-tracking apps and a few shows that we recommend people check out. Any time I get to talk about Sequel and Mr. Rob … | Continue reading
David Sparks, aka MacSparky: Writing is more than just a means to convey information; it’s a way to connect on a deeply personal level. Whether celebrating a milestone with loved ones or sharing insights in this newsletter, these moments are opportunities to express our unique pe … | Continue reading
When I wrote about Collections last month, I also shared a few shortcuts for adding items to a database. Those shortcuts were a bit lengthy because they required me to add two actions for each value I wanted to update. There wasn’t any way to update multiple values at once. It wa … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I picked up a Smart Folio for my 13" iPad Pro at an incredible discount. It was more an impulse purchase than anything else, but I also thought it would be a good opportunity to try something new. Since I bought the 13" iPad Pro, it's lived in the Magic Keyboard … | Continue reading
My creativity log is already turning out to be a great investment. I checked it the other day and found out that June 2024 was my most creatively productive month ever. Here’s a breakdown of what I made last month: 13 blog posts 4 Magic Rays of Light episodes 4 MacStories article … | Continue reading
In today’s issue of MacStories Weekly, I kicked off a two-part series on Collections, a database app I’ve been trying and found to be extremely useful. I’ve used it to build four databases so far, two of which – a collection of MacStories articles that I’ve edited and a log of my … | Continue reading
With WWDC week winding down, I’ve had some time to take in all of Apple’s announcements and check out small details people are discovering in the OS betas. These are the new features that speak most to me: iOS: Customizing Control Center is going to be so much fun. I’ve spent a l … | Continue reading
I had the privilege of helping cover Apple’s WWDC announcements this week alongside the rest of the MacStories team. We’ve got overviews of all the major platform updates plus Apple Intelligence, so I encourage you to check those out. These are the pieces I wrote: Apple Intellige … | Continue reading
Planning my days with Structured is one of the most impactful habits I practice. With its unique combination of Calendar events, Reminders to-dos, and custom tasks on a daily timeline, the app helps me stay on top of what I need to do and, more importantly, go into each day confi … | Continue reading
Nearly a year ago, I lined out my plan for how Apple could improve the iPad lineup to make it more sensible. With the much-anticipated iPad Pro and iPad Air updates now out the way, I figured I should check in and see if my ideas panned out. Rebrand the iPad 9 as iPad SE. On firs … | Continue reading
In my post announcing Watch History Journal 2, I mentioned that the shortcut relies on new Shortcuts actions from Sequel, the media-tracking app from Romain Lefebvre. What I didn’t get to include was the fact that these actions come as part of a really nice update to the app, ver … | Continue reading