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Snailed It Development Ltd have got another hit on their hands with the release of Capsule, the Medication Tracker for iOS and iPadOS that can really help keep you on top of the medications you need to take. It's a highly customisable app that focuses on one premise, and executing that premise well - ensuring that yourself, and your loved ones, take your medication when you should. With support for advanced scheduling, minimum dose frequencies, tags, Shortcuts and Widgets, this is a must-have application if you have a complex medication routine that needs regulating.

When Bear v2 came out in the second half of 2023, we released two shows covering the changes as it had undergone some major updates, which were extremely well received. Well the team at Bear hasn't rested on its laurels and has been providing its users with incremental feature updates since we discussed them last. In this video, Lee gives you a tour of the new additions you can enjoy in Bear.

He walks you through how to use Quick Open, open notes in Read-Only mode, enjoy new cosmetic changes, as well as his favourite feature: Callouts within notes. Bear is certainly one of the most aesthetically pleasing applications on the market today.

Bear runs on macOS 12.4 (Monterey) or newer; iOS and iPadOS 15.6 or later.

For some of us, organising a trip can be a nice way to look forward to it, while others just want to be there already. Travel Scan is the app for both of these scenarios. You can scan screenshots and PDF files of your itinerary, event tickets or anything else you might have handy, and Travel Scan captures the details and converts them into events that help you visualise your journey. The app also includes a map view that shows you previous itineraries so you can reminisce, or perhaps go on that same trip a second time!

Join Darcy as your guide on this exploration of Travel Scan and its numerous features.

Travel Scan runs on iOS and iPadOS 15.1 or later.

If you've decided to go all in on Apple Notes for your note-taking needs, it doesn't take long for it to get messy and disorganised.  Those short notes that you capture over the course of the day can build up and before you know it, you have a slew of them that make it difficult to navigate easily.In this video, Lee demonstrates how to organise your notes so that you can find what you need when you need it. You learn about folders and Smart folders, and how to use tags (and its lesser-know cousins, negative tags!).  Get ready to give your Notes collection a much-needed overhaul!Notes requires macOS 11 or newer, iOS or iPadOS 9 and later.

Sindre Sorhus is a prolific Apple developer who has 55 apps (so far) and this week, Allison Sheridan will introduce you to 3 of them.

• Dato is a menu bar app that gives you access to your calendar and reminders, even creating them right from the menu bar. You can join video calls right from Dato and tailor the app to the view you like. 

• Aiko gives you on-device transcription using Whisper AI, which means your data isn't shared anywhere, and it runs on macOS, iOS, and even visionOS.

• With the browser picker app Velja, you'll be able to control where web links open, including directly to apps like Zoom instead of taking a trip through Safari first.

In the previous show, Lee took you on a tour of Apple Music and showed you how to discover music, create playlists and make the most of Apple's streaming service.  In this tip video, he builds on this knowledge and shows some examples of how you can use Shortcuts to play music quicker by using your voice.Lee continues by demonstrating how to build shortcuts that can dynamically create new playlists every time you run them.  Finally, you learn how to get to some of the most popular Apple Music shortcuts found in the Shortcuts Gallery right on your Home Screen or Control Centre, ready for you to trigger with a tap.Apple Music requires iOS and iPadOS 13 or newer, and macOS 10.9.5 or newer.

It's been almost 10 years since Apple Music landed and we've yet to cover this popular streaming service on ScreenCastsONLINE.  As music is a pet passion of Lee's, he decided it was time to right that wrong and walk you through how to make the most of your subscription.In this video, there is a lot of time spent on the iPad as both the iPad and iPhone versions of the Music app are very similar.  On these devices, you'll learn a variety of ways to search for music, both new and old, as well as create playlists, manage queues, collaborate with others on shared playlists, and much more.The Mac version is also covered in this video, and whilst the premise of discovering and playing back music is largely the same, macOS offers more functionality, such as creating Playlist Folders, Smart Playlists, as well as making changes to your music's metadata. By the end of this video, you'll have a firm grasp on all that Apple Music has to offer.

AI tools are all the rage recently, but most of the time, their focus is on eliminating or automating mundane tasks. In this episode, Mike shares two AI-enhanced capture tools for iOS that are designed to assist in the distinctly human creative process. He guides you through the features and benefits of Whisper Memos and VoicePal, which give you a lot of useful tools to help you capture ideas on the fly.

Whisper Memos runs on iOS 16.1 or newer; VoicePal requires iOS 15.1 or newer.

A Whisper Memos subscription is $39.99 per year.

Access to VoicePal Pro is $9.99 monthly, or $89.99 annually.

Whether you are going on vacation, or working in a role that requires you to translate both voice and written text, your iPhone is a great tool to assist you. In this video, Lee shows you the different ways you can use the Translate app to meet your needs. Whether it's a conversation that needs to be understood, or a restaurant menu that's leaving you perplexed, this tutorial has you covered.

Lee also demonstrates how to use Apple Watch for those quick, one-off phrases you need to work with.

Translate runs on iOS 14 or newer.

Gamma is a web service that utilises cutting edge AI to both lay out and create content. You can use existing files, blog posts, or documents to generate stunning presentations or websites. AI prompts can also be the starting point to creating detailed cards and slides that can be shown in a live presentation or turned into a website.

Gamma also allows you to host a website on their platform with your domain, giving you full control over your content. Join Don as he introduces you to Gamma and shows you its presentation mode. You also learn about building a web site, as Don walks you through his pet project, yourbitcoinjourney.com, step by step.

In today's video, Darcy showcases Progress, an app that focuses on the simple act of tracking your goals and habits using increments. If you plan to work out a certain amount of times per week, study, cook, or save money, you can easily create a tracker in Progress, as well as view it using widgets on your Home Screen, on iPhone or iPad. Darcy also demonstrate how to use the available Progress Actions in Shortcuts to keep track of your goals without opening the app. Download your copy and follow along!

• Progress runs on iOS or iPadOS 16.0 or later, macOS 13.0 or newer, and visionOS 1.0 or later.

• Progress Premium costs $7.9 annually or $0.99 monthly. You can buy a Lifetime Unlock for $19.99.

If you've been looking for a way to quickly and easily edit your videos, today's tutorial is all about an app that offers a simple user interface that allows you to do just that. Darcy is your guide today as you learn about the many ways you can manipulate your media, whether it's video, audio, and even images. He shows you examples of trimming, merging, and exporting video files, how to create a GIF (and reverse GIF), and much more.

Pimosa runs on macOS 10.14 or newer.

In show 1020, Lee looked at Widgetsmith in a Tip video covering the basics in less than 15 minutes, to help get you started. It's fair to say that since then, both the popularity of the app as well as its functionality have increased to the point where it's time for a full-length video. It's one of the most universally popular apps for all age groups because it allows you to customise your Home and Lock screens with widgets and icons that YOU want to see.

Since the last video was released, Widgetsmith has added more Interactive Widgets and Action widgets that allow you tap and execute an action rather than open an app in the usual way. Each category of widgets also has more variations to choose from. If you have an iPhone, or iPad, Widgetsmith has something to offer, and you can get started for free, with more options available with a subscription.

Widgetsmith runs on iOS or iPadOS 15.0 or later.

The Premium version is available for $1.99 per month, or you can have the annual subscription for $19.99

We've covered Pages several times in the past on ScreenCastsONLINE, so this tip video focuses on some of the aspects that some of you may have missed. You learn several ways to get more out of this great app with Don as your guide, including using Styles, customizing a template, and more.

The version of Pages used in this video runs on macOS 14.0 or later.

We covered Silvio Rizzi's Mela in Show 1123, however it's recently had a couple of quality of life improvements that have really elevated it above other recipe management applications. You've always been able to use the built-in web browser to find recipes using a number of search engines, however there is now a dedicated Web Search Results feature that allows you to view all results in a modern, sleek interface. And you can now import recipes directly from videos on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, which is seriously impressive.

In this short video, Lee shows you how to do all of this, as well as provide a brief refresher on how Mela is laid out and works for finding and managing your recipes.

To use Mela you need iOS 15 or newer, and macOS 12 or later.

Mela+ costs $4.99 on iOS & iPadOS, $9.99 on macOS. Family Sharing is supported.

It's not often a new app is released by Apple, so it's nice to see Apple Invites hit the App Store. Only available on iPhone at the moment, it offers a nice interface for sending out invitations to events that you are organising. You can invite both Apple and non-Apple device users alike, with a few differences in the way your invitation will look.

In this video, Lee walks you through how to send invites, accept them, set up Shared Photo Libraries and Apple Music playlist for all invitees, and more.

Apple Invites runs on iOS 18 or newer. You need a subscription to iCloud+ to create invitations.

In today's tip Darcy uncovers the deep security measures put in place by Apple for protecting your account and recovering it should it become compromised.  They have cleverly woven these features into the Settings app on your devices, right at the top. where you can go beyond changing your details and password.  After a look at customising your Apple Account contact icon, you learn how you can create new emails using aliases and how to further protect your account by assigning a Recovery contacts and keys.Today's show was created on iPad, but the same options are also available in System Settings on your Mac, as well as Settings on iPhone.  To get the latest features, make sure that you have installed the latest version of the operating system on your devices.

Automattic's Day One is a long-standing journaling app that has stood as a benchmark over the years as other similar apps have come and gone. Over the years it has continued to be updated with terrific additions like Shortcuts integration, several export options, dictating of entries on Apple Watch, and Shared Journals. In this video created on iPad, Darcy recaps the basics of creating new entries and adding all forms of data like text, photos, video, audio and documents. He then covers some of these new additions, and wraps up the show by creating two useful shortcuts.

Day One runs on iOS 17 or later, macOS 14 or later, and visionOS 1.0 or newer.

You can download a 1-month trial so you can follow along with Darcy.

We often overlook the depth of the software we already have on our Macs. One example is Apple's Photos, which has amazing tools that are kept folded away so they don't intimidate those who don't want or need these advanced options. To help you understand what you can do using these tools, Allison dives deep into every one of the editing controls, using a variety of shots from her personal library.

You learn about all 12 adjustments and all of their options, including things like the difference between Definition and Sharpen. Allison explains why you might see Filters while other times you'll see Styles in Photos, the differences between Curves and Levels (and which of the two she prefers) and much more.

This tutorial was recorded on a Mac running macOS Sequoia 15.2.

Most of use Safari daily on our iPhone, some on our iPad, however do we make the most of what Safari can do?  It's one of those native apps that has a wealth of features built-in, yet as the whole purpose of it is to provide us content as and when we need it, many don't feel the urge to dive in, customise it and make our browsing experience even better. In this video, Lee offers an in-depth walk-through of Safari on iPhone as well as iPad, in part to show you how you can personalise it to browse more effectively, and certainly to help you discover features you may not have known about.