Category: Apps

‘Day One In Depth’ is a new ebook from the crew at The Sweet Setup:

This is the most detailed and extensive guide to Day One available today. Featuring in-depth reviews that cover every function and feature found within Day One, our handbook goes line-by-line showing you how to make the most of this award-winning journaling app.

If you’ve never used Day One, or want to learn more about what it can do, the $7.99 for this book is well worth it. Shawn’s done a great job at breaking down everything the journaling app can do; it’s surprisingly powerful for something that is very simple to use.

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If you work with other people, you should check this out:

Over the years we added features oriented towards teams, such as vault sharing. Thanks to these features and more, many companies are happily using 1Password today, including NASA, Basecamp, and Atlassian.

But a lot of you asked us for more: more control, easier deployment of vaults, and a simpler signup and billing process. We now have an answer for you, and best of all, it meets the privacy and security standards you expect from 1Password.

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Thanks to everyone who sent me feedback about my article on Notes.app. Here’s some stuff I wanted to share more broadly:

• Jason Burk sent me an email pointing to a blog post in which he outlines the workflow he used to move from Evernote to Notes.
• Jason and others also sent me a link to Notes Exporter, a free Mac app that can export your Notes as plain text files. I ran it this morning, and got a pile of .txt files, as promised. The app didn’t do anything with my attachments, but I didn’t expect it to. There is some weird formatting in some of my files, but it’s nothing that couldn’t be cleaned up.
• I got a lot of suggestions for Dropbox iOS text editors. I’ve tried most of them, but a few were new. If I end up back in that space at some point, I’ll have more apps to try.
• I got an email from someone wondering if the font size in Notes.app could be adjusted at the .plist level. I tried that in writing my review, and couldn’t get anything to work. If you have some magic up your sleeves in this area, get in touch.

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I’ve had an on-again, off-again thing with Evernote ¹ for years. I like having attachments associated with my notes, but dislike almost everything about the service itself. ²

That said, there’s a lot in Evernote that I don’t use. ³ I don’t have IFTTT routing any content in, and I don’t ever forward emails to the system. I occasionally use the web clipper to save webpages to Evernote, but it’s nowhere near vital to my workflow. ⁴

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It’s been no secret that we’ve been working on an iOS app for Relay, and today, it’s ready for everyone to enjoy.

Powered by Tapjet, the Relay FM app also gives you access to the latest episodes of our podcasts. Select your favorite shows, and the app will send you a push notification when those shows go live, letting you listen to the show right within the app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

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Dave Caolo on The Sweet Setup:

Wikipedia is thoroughly useable in a mobile browser. It’s quite easy to search, browse, and read this massive repository of information with mobile Safari or what-have-you. The use case for a dedicated app is in the fact that Wikipedia isn’t meant for casual reading. It’s a reference tool. To get the most out of it, you must look beyond a web browser.

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With watchOS 2, there are two good options for what to do with an Apple Watch at night.

The first is to use the Apple Watch a bed-side alarm clock. watchOS 2 includes “Nightstand mode,” which turns the watch into a tiny, adorable alarm clock when turned on its side and set on the charging puck.

As you can see from the photo, the Watch displays the time, day and date, as well as charging status. All of this is done in a nice green that’s not hard on the eyes in the middle of the night. If an alarm is set, it shows as well.

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If you need Microsoft’s Office programs but don’t want to pay a monthly subscription fee, the company now has the new version for a one-time price of $149.

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Marco Arment:

Achieving this much success with Peace just doesn’t feel good, which I didn’t anticipate, but probably should have. Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit.

Peace required that all ads be treated the same — all-or-nothing enforcement for decisions that aren’t black and white. This approach is too blunt, and Ghostery and I have both decided that it doesn’t serve our goals or beliefs well enough. If we’re going to effect positive change overall, a more nuanced, complex approach is required than what I can bring in a simple iOS app.

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Swapnil Bhartiya:

I reached out to Plex via email and Scott Olechowski, the co-founder of Plex replied, saying, “We are very excited to have a crack at bringing our users Apple TV. It’s been a long requested platform and we’re excited to work on it. We want it, our users want it…and we’re anxiously awaiting the tvOS developer beta info, so we can finally dig in.”

I further inquired if Olechowski believed that tvOS will allow Plex developers to offer the app to the platform or if there could still be any hurdles. He replied, “There is no question we will be able to offer Plex on the platform. There are multiple ways to go about it, based on the tvOS SDK we now have access to. We are now evaluating the best path for Plex and will begin work in earnest once we have evaluated the options. The ability to access great and proven iOS frameworks on the device is great for developers like us – we know the stuff is solid and will perform really well. Our goal is to enable people to enjoy Plex on the hardware platforms of their choice, and there is no doubt this will be a top platform for us.”

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IDG’s Jeremy Kirk:

Customers of the oft-criticized security and performance program MacKeeper have until Nov. 30 to file a claim for reimbursement, the result of a proposed class-action suit settlement.

Those who bought MacKeeper before July 8 are eligible, according to the settlement website where claims can be filed.

I wonder if this would cover the hours of my life spent uninstalling this junk for customers.

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Casey Newton at The Verge:

Libin will take the title of “executive chairman,” and continue to work on the product, the company says. Chris O’Neill, who previously ran business at Google Glass, is the new CEO, and will focus on building a sales team and preparing the company for eventually going public. In an email interview with Recode, O’Neill offered up some empty boilerplate: “Global user growth looks strong as do early returns on recent monetization efforts. User growth and revenue are the oxygen for any successful company so we’ll be looking to double down on this traction.”

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