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1558 posts on MacStories since July 2011

Articles by the MacStories team. Founded by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories attracts millions of readers every month thanks to in-depth, personal, and informed coverage that offers a balanced mix of Apple news, app reviews, and opinion.

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In This Issue

Noizio, iOS puzzle games (Vol. 1), Christopher Lawley’s Home screen, plus Ulyssesworkflows, Weekly Q&A, Tip, App Debuts, stickers, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....


Announcement

As you might have seen on Twitter, we’ve been working on the next major addition to the MacStories family. If everything goes according to our plans and timeline, we should be ready to unveil this project next week. I can’t share any more details yet – I like to prepare surprises for other people –...


Home Screen: Andreas Vlach

Twitter: @vlachbild. website: vlachbild.de;Stay-at-home dad and freelance photographer. Row 1: Communication Besides the Phone app, the two messenger services I use most are present here: iMessage and Facebook Messenger. 95% of the people I chat with are using either one of these two services. Airmail is, in my opinion, much more powerful than the regular...


Interview: Katie Floyd

Twitter: @KatieFloyd; website: katiefloyd.com. Attorney and co-host of Mac Power Users podcast. Lawyers are always depicted as buried in paper, but from listening to Mac Power Users, you seem to work almost entirely paperless. What do you use to accomplish that? When I opened my own law practice I knew that I wanted to be...


Previously, On MacStories

Game Day: Trilogic “Apple Is Pushing iPad Like Never Before” AutoSleep 4.0 Sway Review: Meditation Through Movement Audiobus 3.0 Apple Reveals its Mac Pro, Display Plans and More Spotify Will Offer Time-Limited Exclusives of Some Albums to Premium Members Ulysses 2.8 Adds Touch ID Security and More MindNode for iOS Adds TextBundle Export Option The...


Interview: Greg Pierce

Twitter: @agiletortoise. Developer of Drafts, Terminology, Interact, and Tally. You recently launched a Mac version of Interact, your contacts management app for iOS. How was going back to Mac development after years of iOS apps and updates? On a personal level, it was fun. I did ship one shareware game on the Mac in the...


Reader Setups

Achim Rothe: Due to its portability, the iPad is a great device to bring ergonomics to your work. My goal was to use the iPad Pro 12.9” while standing and specifically to avoid tilting my head. I tried different iPad stands and mounts but found nothing convincing. Originally intended as a quick fix, I installed...


Previously, On MacStories

Apple Releases iOS 10.3 with Find My AirPods, Standardized In-App Review Prompts, and Other Improvements Apple Releases watchOS 3.2 and macOS 10.12.4 Apple Releases iWork 3.1 with Touch ID Support, Greater Customization Options, and More Apple TV Remote App Updated with iPad Support and Now Playing Controls The Future of Workflow IFTTT Adds New Applets...


Home Screen: Nati Shochat

Twitter: @natisho. Bilingually microblogging about tech and Apple. EiC @iPhonesIsrael. To understand my Home screen setup you need to understand one major thing: my first iPhone was an iPhone 2G that ran iPhone OS (before Apple renamed it to iOS in 2010) 1.0.2. So a lot of my iPhone patterns are rooted in the early...