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Building a Downtime Home Screen Featuring Louie Mantia’s Retro Gaming Icons
Louie Mantia has been making beautiful icons for many years, both as one of the owners of icon design studio Parakeet and as ...
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Raycast Overhauls Its Notes Feature
Raycast has always been more than an app launcher. From the start, it has included a multitude of other handy utilities, including Floating Notes. I’ve used Floating Notes now and then to park a bit ...
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Dave Lee Reveals the Old-School Technology and Flaws Behind the tinyPod
Announced back in May, the tinyPod is a plastic case that turns your strapless Apple Watch into an iPod-like phone. The company claims the case can make a cellular Apple Watch your “phone away from ...
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Michael MJD Revisits the Short-Lived HP TouchPad and Its Precursor Multitasking UI
On YouTube, the fantastic Michael MJD—known for exploring the history of tech devices and software—recently revisited the 2011 HP TouchPad. This short-lived tablet is quite fascinating. It originally ...
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Mac Hacks: Everyday Tailscale Uses for People Who Aren’t Network Administrators
During our Club MacStories Fall Membership Drive, I published my Mac Hacks column, an exclusive perk of Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Mac Hacks is about exploring new ways of using the Mac and ...
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CoverSutra Adds a Standalone Apple Music Client to Your Mac’s Menu Bar
CoverSutra by Sophiestication is a name that may sound familiar if you’re as ancient as Federico, who last reviewed the app on MacStories in January 2010. At the time, the app was a fully-featured ...
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Pixelmator Pro: Professional Image Editing Tools Anyone Can Use [Sponsor]
Pixelmator Pro proves that powerful Mac image editors don’t need to be complex. The app is designed for ultimate ease of use. It’s the ‘image editor for the rest of us’ who want a native Mac app ...