[[ryan]] Affinity Photo has existed on the Mac as a powerful photo editor since mid-2015, but because I made an iPad Pro my primary computer near the end of 2015, the app never quite hit my radar until its new iPad counterpart was demoed onstage at WWDC this June. The timing was perfect – Affinity...

[[ryan]] Twitterrific’s reputation in many ways speaks for itself. Since its launch with the very first App Store in 2008, it has consistently distinguished itself as one of the premier Twitter clients on iOS. Thanks to its excellent Mac client, the day the iPhone was first released Apple blogger John Gruber made a public request...

Question: I’m trying to capture a web article, send the article to Evernote for storage, and add a task to Todoist using the title of the article. (Bobby) [[ryan]] This is accomplished using a few simple actions in Workflow. I’ve created a workflow designed to be run from Safari using Workflow’s action extension. Once you...

Question: Imagine you have a panoramic photo and you want to post it to Instagram using the multiple image selection feature. How can I crop the photo to 3:1, get the dimensions of the photo, divide those dimensions to get the crop dimensions and starting variables to break each image into parts? (Anonymous) [[ryan]] I’ve...

Question: With Day One’s recent updates, I am trying to get better at logging more data in the app. I came across this workflow, but I am looking to go back in history a bit. Ideally, I would like to have a workflow that writes the activity data that make up the “three rings” on...

Question: I would like to know if I can scan an invoice into the iPad Pro 10.5-inch and then using the scanned invoice as a template, fill out an invoice with the Apple Pencil. Now I fill out a paper version of the invoice. I would like to use the iPad to do it electronically....

[[ryan]] When the iPhone was first released, I didn’t pay much attention. Ten years ago I wasn’t nearly as interested in tech as I am today. Most tech products I had experience with were frustrating in various ways; thanks to the dominance of Windows PCs and other more affordable tech products in my childhood, I...

[[ryan]] Bear Bear has had a wide array of theme options since launch, and now there is an option to activate a custom app icon with each of those themes; the icon is meant to reflect a color from the selected theme. ](https://2672686a4cf38e8c2458-2712e00ea34e3076747650c92426bbb5.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/2017-06-07-16-33-10.jpeg) Showrunner Showrunner is a new app for tracking your TV watching, and...

[[ryan]] I shared last week that WWDC would bring my first MacStories coverage of an Apple keynote. With Federico and John tied up all week in San Jose, and Apple holding one of its biggest keynotes ever, it was a little bit of a trial by fire – but I had a blast. After writing...