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Last Week, on Club MacStories: Sending Web-Based Alerts with Shortcuts, Apple’s Laptops, Obsidian Bookmarks, and Automation April

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 362

Monthly Log, March 2023

This month:

Automation April Exclusives

We’ve teamed up with the developers of some of our favorite apps for exclusive Club MacStories giveaways during Automation April.

This week, we’ve got two:

In the Club MacStories+ and Premier Discord:

For all Club members in MacStories Weekly this Friday:

To get in on the giveaways, you can join Club MacStories at plus.club.

Coming Soon

On April 20, 2023, at 11 am Eastern US time, which happens to be on the anniversary of MacStories’ founding, we’ll be holding another live AV Club audio event in the Club MacStories+ Discord Town Hall. This month, we’re listening to two debut albums:

  • Parachutes by Coldplay
  • Definitely Maybe by Oasis

We’d love to have you join us live, but we’ll also record the festivities for release later in the Town Hall podcast feed.

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Founded in 2015, Club MacStories has delivered exclusive content every week for nearly a decade.

What started with weekly and monthly email newsletters has blossomed into a family of memberships designed every MacStories fan.

Learn more here and from our Club FAQs.

Club MacStories: Weekly and monthly newsletters via email and the web that are brimming with apps, tips, automation workflows, longform writing, early access to the MacStories Unwind podcast, periodic giveaways, and more;

Club MacStories+: Everything that Club MacStories offers, plus an active Discord community, advanced search and custom RSS features for exploring the Club’s entire back catalog, bonus columns, and dozens of app discounts;

Club Premier: All of the above and AppStories+, an extended version of our flagship podcast that’s delivered early, ad-free, and in high-bitrate audio.