MacStories Unwind

iOS 14 App Reviews, a Home Screen Customization Shortcut, and Changing Your Default Browser and Email Apps

Episode Summary

This week, Federico and John cover a long list of app reviews published on MacStories this week featuring Home Screen widgets and new iPadOS features, plus news, the confusion of our Summer OS Preview Series on AppStories, and a couple of music Unwind picks.

Episode Notes

This episode is sponsored by:

• Tara AI – Tool for Thought on iPad
  • Read more about Tara AI on MacStories

Links and Show Notes

Rewind

MacStories' widget and iOS 14 coverage

• iOS and iPasOS 14
• Widgets

Reviews

• Apollo Brings the Best of Reddit to iOS 14’s Widgets
• Lire Brings Its Highly-Customizable RSS Reading Style to an All-New iPad Design and Widgets
• Grocery Brings Lists, Recipe Steps, and Timers to Your Home Screen and Is Right at Home on the iPad with a Three-Column Layout
• Fantastical Debuts Powerful, Versatile Widgets Alongside Scribble for iPad
• Weather Line Offers Personalization through Beautiful Themed Weather Widgets
• Drafts 22 Review: Widgets, Scribble, and More
• Widgets and a New Sidebar Design Make Anybuffer a Standout Among Clipboard Managers
• Creating Your Own Widgets: A New Category of Apps Emerges
• Soor Offers Beautiful, Customizable Widgets for Apple Music

Other Stories

• One Week After Launch, Users Already Have Several Options for Alternative Browsers and Email Clients on iOS and iPadOS 14
• Introducing WallCreator: A Shortcut to Create iPhone and iPad Wallpapers with Solid Colors and Gradients
• Apple Publishes New Webpages Explaining the Benefits of the App Store and the Company’s Developer Program
• Pages, Numbers, and Keynote Add Scribble Support, and Other Features
• Computer Personalization Is a Good Thing, and It’s Nothing New

Club MacStories

• MacStories Weekly
  • Giveaways
  • Another collection of apps with widgets
  • A special Zelda Home Screen
  • A jiggle mode tip for iOS 14
  • Ryan on Apple One
• MacStories Unplugged

AppStories

• Episode 185 – An Interview with Michael Flarup

Unwind

• Federico's Pick:
  • Tickets to My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly
• John's Pick:
  • Betty, Live at the Country Music Awards by Taylor Swift

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