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Home Screen: Sam Sheffer

Twitter: @samsheffer. YouTuber, previously atEngadget, The Verge, and Mashable. Hey there! My name is Sam Sheffer – you may know me from Engadget, The Verge, Mashable, or maybe a Casey Neistat video. If not, you should check out my YouTube channel where I upload videos about technology. My username is the same on every social...


In This Issue

Rocket,a currency conversion workflow, Sam Sheffer’s Home screen, an interview with Matt Braun, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, The Extension, last week’s Straw Poll results,Tip, Links, lots of App Debuts,and a recap of MacStories articles....


Previously, On MacStories

Mac and iOS App Store Web Preview Pages Get a Makeover Voice Control is Coming to the Alexa App Soon iOS 11’s Lower Adoption Rate Installing tvOS Betas Over-the-Air from iOS with iCab and Dropbox What I Wish the iPad Would Gain from the Mac Spotify’s Playlists as Musical Events Apple Rolls Out Beta of...


Interview: Matt Braun

Twitter: @mattbraun. Developer of Waypoint EDU and SketchParty TV. Geocaching is an activity that’s been around for a long time. Could you explain what it is and how Waypoint EDU fits into the experience? Briefly, geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity using GPS receivers to locate physical “caches” (often plastic Tupperware containers) left at specific...


Interview: Shahid Kamal Ahmad

Twitter: @shahidkamal. Independent game developer, founder of Ultimatum Games, and co-host of Remaster on Relay FM. You recently wrote about the MacBook Pro’s shortcomings as a professional laptop. You don’t seem to have an issue with the MacBook Pro’s power in general, but also suggest that its GPU be beefed up for VR and games....


Home Screen: AnthonyWaller

Twitter: @afwaller. Hardware I use two iPhones: a work phone, which is managed by our corporate MDM system, and a personal phone. For consistency and ease of use, I keep both phones the same model. It’s very difficult and frustrating to carry two different phone models, and as much as possible I have kept the...



Interview: Genady Okrain

Twitter: @genadyo. Creator of Momento. What was the inspiration behind your GIF creation app, Momento? I am an amateur photographer and I take a lot of photos. I found myself with around 40,000 photos, and it’s impossible to find anything with a library so vast (and growing by the day). I wanted to create something...


Previously, On MacStories

Apple Addresses the Meltdown and Spectre Exploits With Additional Mitigations to Come Track Hyper-Local Weather Conditions With the Netatmo Weather Station Panic to Discontinue Development of Transmit iOS Reverse-Engineering the iPhone X Home Indicator Color Matt Wilkinson Joins Beats 1’s Primetime Lineup Aquarelo: A Beautifully-Designed Mac Color Utility Sharing Links from Twitter for iOS Appends...