Behind the scenes of the MacStories iOS 11 concept video, MindNode, Apps with Apple Pencil Support (Vol. 1), an interview with James Thomson, Alex MC’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner,Tip, Stickers, App Debuts, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....
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Over the next few months, push notifications will become available for skills on the Amazon Echo and third-party Alexa devices. The first skills to add notification support will be AccuWeather, The Washington Post, Just Eat, and Life360. (Link) GIPHY has added the ability to save GIFs as Live Photos on iOS, allowing users to preview...
iOS 11 Concept Video: Behind the Scenes, by Sam Beckett
Background Sam: Last year, Federico reached out to me to see if I would collaborate with him and produce a concept video for the upcoming iOS 10 release. This proved to be a really fruitful partnership, where Federico set the vision, we both refined it and then I brought it to life with mockups and...
Interview: James Thomson
Twitter: @jamesthomson. iOS and macOS developer, creator of PCalc and DragThing. Apple has never brought its system Calculator app to the iPad. Why do you think that is? I’m not sure to be honest, although I’m obviously quite glad since I believe it brought PCalc to a much wider audience. Only yesterday I saw there...
Previously, On MacStories
Philips Hue Line Expands with Ambiance Lamps, Fixtures, and New Bulbs Sal Soghoian Announces CMD-D, a Mac and iOS Automation Conference Coming in August PDF Viewer Adds iCloud Drive Sync, Improved Apple Pencil Support, Document Providers and Search Instagram Launches Snapchat-Style Face Filters and More Wired’s Exclusive Look at Apple Park The Long-Lived iPad 2...
Home Screen: Alex MC
Twitter: @alexmc3141. I use this layout because I use Spotlight search, CMD + Space, for everything. Only the most used and favourite apps should be put on the Home screen, because only those apps will save time by not being searched. It’s also very minimalist, and I like minimalism. Dock Workflow: The workhorse behind everything...
Interesting Links
Spotify Codes are a new way to easily share music with other users – they’re QR-like codes that can be scanned with the camera in the Spotify app to load songs, albums, or playlists. (Link) Rosemary Orchard has figured out a way to export Wunderlist data to JSON and parse the exported file with Workflow,...
Home Screen: Dr. Drang
Twitter: @drdrang. Internet snowman and author of And now it’s all this. Let’s start at the top. No, way at the top in the status bar. I turned on Wi-Fi Calling a couple of months ago, so now I get better call quality at home, especially in the basement, and at work. What surprised me...
Previously, On MacStories
Phil Schiller on App Store Upgrade Pricing Game Day: Antitype Apple Clarifies That Affiliate Program Changes Affect In-App Purchases Only Workflow Update Restores Google Chrome and Pocket Actions, Extends Apple Music Integration iShows Adds ‘Watch Now’ Feature to Stream Episodes in Other Video Apps Amazon Launches Redesigned Alexa App for iOS Snapchat Adds Magic Eraser,...