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Home Screen: Marina Epelman

*Professional:homepage and @M_Epelman; Personal:@marinaepelman. Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor**.* My current hardware is a silver iPhone SE. I’ve owned the 6, and then the 6S, but they were really too much for my small hand and the ergonomics were all wrong – my thumb was constantly sore (is...


In This Issue

This month, Federico rethinks how he uses widgets, Ryan cuts the TV cord, John automates sleep tracking with the Hello Sense, and we have a Streaks giveaway....


Interesting Links

The latest update to GarageBand for iOS has added the ability to import a project from Logic on the Mac. Robby Burns took the feature for a spin. The HBO GO app has gained support for Single Sign-On on iOS and tvOS earlier this week, allowing for deeper integration with Apple’s TV app. John Gruber...


In This Issue

Textastic,Federicobridges Workflow and Zapier, Anders Borum’s Home screen, plus Workflow Corner requests, Q&A, Tip, Links, App Debuts, stickers, and arecap of MacStories articles....


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Perks

Slopes Slopes, the skiing and snowboard tracking app from Curtis Herbert, received a big update this week that allows users to search through their activity history. A one-week trip pass for Slopes normally costs $4.99, but we’ve got 30 trip pass promo codes exclusively for Club MacStories members who would like to hit the slopes...


Home Screen: Anders Borum

Twitter: @palmin. Creator of Working Copy, a powerful iOS Git client. For me, the iPhone SE is the ideal pocket computer, fitting comfortably in my jeans. I do need folders on my Home screen to hold everything together, but Apple will need some kind of weird magic to make me switch from this iPhone model....


Previously, On MacStories

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Home Screen: Manton Reece

Twitter: @manton2. Creator of Micro.blogand founder of Riverfold Software. My home screen background has been solid black for years. I’ve found that it makes everything more clear and readable. Keeping the bottom row blank also helps the home screen seem less cluttered. (I do use a real photo as the background on my lock screen.)...