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Previously, On MacStories

Workflow 1.5: App Store Automation, Trello and Ulysses Actions, Audio Metadata, Safari View Controller, and More Tim Cook’s Big Week in India and China: Context and Timeline Airmail 3 Review Lookmark for Apps Pixelmator 3.5 Adds Selection Tools and a Photos Extension Twitter Gives Tweets More Room to Breathe...


Home Screen: Phillip Gruneich

Twitter: @pgruneich. Writes about iOS automation at One Tap Less. It took a long time to get my Home screen to my ideal ratio of work and fun. My iPhone is, today, my getaway from the stress at work, and a tool to quickly perform tasks and relieve my mind. I found my wallpaper at...


In This Issue

Drafts,OS X Productivity Boosters (Vol.1), Phillip Gruneich’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....


Interesting Links

Here’s a good argument in favor of anonymous data collection in apps: the WeddingDJ developers were able to look at over a million data points and collect the most popular wedding songs in recent years. Emojify is a chat bot that can translate any text into emoji. It’s available on Slack, Telegram, and Twitter. And...


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Tweetbot 4.3 Introduces ‘Topics’ for Easier Tweetstorm Creation A Podcasting Divergence Linky 5.3 Adds ‘Markup’ Feature for Image Annotations INKS Review: Painting with Pinball Gemini 2 Trims More Fat from Your Mac Than Ever Before Instagram Says Goodbye to Skeuomorphism with New Icon, Redesign Apple Shortening App Review Times Google Releases Gboard, a Search Keyboard...


Home Screen: Bryan Irace

Twitter: @irace. Engineering at New Company. Ex-Tumblr. I leave the bottom row empty because I like being able to temporarily put apps there when traveling, or when beta testing something new. It also causes me to put real thought into which apps to prominently locate. I probably open Instagram more than Remote, for example, but...


John’s iOS Apps for Conferences (Vol. 1)

{.app-collection} There are certain apps that I like to move to my Home screen or at least keep within easy reach on the second page of apps when I go to a conference. With WWDC coming up, I thought I’d share a few that I like to use at WWDC in particular. GoodNotes Unlike the...


Interesting Links

What a bot platform could look like on iOS with a possible AgentKit framework. Intriguing prospect. Matt Hackett on rebuilding Beme for iOS and Android. See also: Casey Neistat’s video. Instapaper has a new and improved full text search for premium users, who can now sort results, search in titles, filter by author and site,...


Previously, On MacStories

With Launcher 2.0, I’m Rethinking My Notification Center Widgets Annotable Is the Most Versatile Image Annotation Tool for iOS Yet Hazel 4 Adds Rule Previewing, Sync, and More SoundShare Launches an Ambitious Social Network For Music Fans SketchParty TV 4.0 with New Look, Improved Gameplay Overcast 2.5.2 with Quicksync OutlineEdit Packs Power Into a Simple...