The DTC team is back with another hour of top tech talk but what exactly has got everyone so annoyed this week? After installing the beta version of the latest Mac OS, Steven seems to be suffering from the beta blues and is desperately trying to roll-back his Mac. But why is it we can't wait to put these beta versions on our devices even though we know that the software isn't ready yet? To maintain balance, Shaun is angry at Microsoft this week following his recent experience with Quick Assist. It appears that the latest version is only available through the Windows Store. But more than that, it seems that Windows 10 users will not be able to use the Quick Assist keyboard shortcut to launch the new version of this very useful app in the future, Windows 11 users will be allowed to but not Windows 10 users. Shaun is banging his head against the wall at the whole situation... Next, Marc tells us his thoughts on the post WWDC Talk Show hosted by John Gruber. It was a very relaxed discussion and could it

When I’m researching, speed is essential. Whether I’m planning a family trip or preparing to write a story like this one, the first step is research, which starts with collecting information. This stage is almost always a speed run for me, no matter the context. That’s because the goal is collecting. Reading, thinking, organizing, and

In the first seed of the iOS 16 developer beta, the Shortcuts app has received 51 new actions that support interacting with Apple’s first-party apps and help take advantage of system features. The actions provided work with Notes, Voice Memos, Mail, Safari, Shortcuts, Clock, Parked Cars, Image Backgrounds, Personal Hotspot, Files, PDFs, and Reminders, plus […]

Early today The Iconfactory released their latest app, a simple web server utility called WorldWideWeb. Solidly developer-focused in scope, the app serves files from a local directory to an automatically generated URL, making these files available to any device on your local network. While there are sure to be more inventive use cases for such

The Mac and Web have a long history together. From the very beginning, Mac OS X included the ability to run an Apache web server by clicking a Start button: About a decade ago, things started to change. Since then it’s gotten harder and harder to start a simple web server for testing HTML, CSS, […]

Apple’s BNPL service is at odds with the brand’s image.

At its keynote held earlier today online and, for a limited audience of developers and media, in Cupertino, Apple unveiled the next major versions of iOS and iPadOS: iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. Both OSes will be released for free this fall, with developer betas available today and a public beta to follow next month.

With iOS 15 reaching its last beta cycle and the anticipation of iOS 16 on the horizon, here's why you should spend some free time this summer setting up Shortcuts.

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Mastodon is now available on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Read about some of the design decisions we made for these apps!

The sharing button is simple, but you can make things more seamless and less time-consuming by choosing what happens when you tap it.

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I am incredibly excited to announce the relaunch of my Shortcuts Library in its expanded form, including over 600 custom shortcuts! What’s new The Shortcuts Library is updated from last year’s release, in which I consolidated my original larger library into 50+ shortcuts that each covered large areas of what’s possible with Shortcuts. With the […]

Signs of Apple's all-new Apple Music app have been spotted in the first beta version of iOS 15.5, potentially hinting that it could launch in the...

Do you find yourself taking tons of accidental screenshots on iPhone X or your Apple Watch? Of course there’s a shortcut for that!

I’ve used a lot of different podcast apps over the years, but the one I return to most often and have used the most is Overcast by Marco Arment. The app’s customizability, Smart Speed and Voice Boost audio enhancement technologies, and Shortcuts support are unrivaled among podcast players. I also appreciate that when episodes of

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Queueing makes it easy to listen to multiple albums and tracks in your collection without interruption. Tap shuffle if you want some variety, and tap loop if you don’t want the music to end. You ca…

The average life cycle of an app typically consists of two phases: the app’s early days often bring a host of significant updates as it strives toward feature maturity; however, once that level of maturity is achieved, the updates become more iterative and unsurprising, largely aimed at keeping pace with new OS technologies. LookUp 6

Apple’s latest iPhone software update also offers new emojis, some enhanced AirTag antistalking warnings and more.

Check out these app updates to help you stay productive on iOS.

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Well, that was exciting, wasn’t it? Here are my quick-hit reactions to Apple’s March 8 event, at which the company updated the iPhone SE and iPad Air, rolled out a brand-new Mac and ext…

This is likely to be the last big update to iOS 15, and it looks like it’ll be a good one.

Apple is expected to announce iOS 16 at WWDC in June. Ahead of that announcement, here are some iOS 16 features we hope to see.

We’ve been keeping an eye on Tapbots’ rapid development pace for Tweetbot on iPhone and iPad over the past few months (we gave Tweetbot 6 a MacStories Selects award in December), and I continue to be impressed by how Tweetbot is growing and adding new features thanks to its new business model and Twitter’s new