Decades before Steve Jobs demoed pinch-to-zoom on the first iPhone, he visited Carnegie Mellon University to see what a team on-campus was doing with one of the world’s first multitouch interfaces and a pinch-to-zoom predecessor. (Link) A major update to f.lux was introduced this week, bringing a variety of improvements like bedtime mode, new settings...
Home Screen: Bradley Chambers
Twitter: @bradleychambers. Co-host of Out of Schooland Writer at Chambers Daily and Tools & Toys. My iOS 11 Home screen is finally to a place where it makes me happy. I have four folders up top. Productivity should really be called ‘Frequent’ because it mainly contains apps I use often. Lifestyle includes media, shopping, and...
Interview: Jason Snell
Twitter: @jsnell. Founder and Editor in Chief of Six Colors; Podcaster on The Incomparable andRelay FM. 1. You recently launched a new podcast for Relay FM called Download. What is the basic premise behind the show, and how does it differ from your other tech-focused show, Upgrade? Last year, I was talking to Myke Hurley...
Interesting Links
John Gruber takes on facile arguments that Apple should defy China over iOS VPN apps that have not received a license from the government, explaining the complexities of the situation for Apple and its customers. (Link) The Emoji Subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium has proposed 67 draft candidates for encoding into Unicode 11 including frowning...
Home Screen: Ryan Christoffel
Twitter: @iryantldr. Writer for MacStories and Club MacStories. iOS 11 is such a fundamental change for the iPad that it requires a complete rethinking of Home screen and dock. Going from six apps in the dock to many more than that is game-changing. On the 12.9” iPad Pro you can have fifteen docked apps, plus...
Announcement
As announced last week, we are taking a short break from MacStories Weekly. There will be no issue Friday, August 11th, but we will be back with an all-new issue on August 18th. Federico, John, Ryan, and Jake...
Previously, On MacStories
Game Day: Linelight Gboard Update Brings YouTube and Maps Integrations Carpool Karaoke: The Series Launches August 8th HomePod’s Firmware and the Next iPhone Apple Q3 2017 Results: $45.4 Billion Revenue, 41 Million iPhones, 11.4 Million iPads Sold Spark for macOS Adds Improved Email Search Google Earth Gets a Big iOS Update Embracing the Notch Steven...
In This Issue
Twitterrific, iOS Apps with Helpful AI, an interview with Jason Snell, Ryan Christoffel’s iPad Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, App Debuts, stickers, and recap of MacStories articles....
In This Issue
This month, Stephen reflects on how history will judge the Touch Bar, Ryan figures out which size iPad fits his work best, John argues that a little clutter is okay, and Jake chronicles his journey from iPad Pro to MacBook and back again....