This month, with WWDC just days away, we share some of our wishes for macOS, iOS, and watchOS....
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Interview: Ben McCarthy
Twitter: @BenRiceM; Website: Obscura.app. Creator of Obscura 2. How did you get started with iOS development? I remember being 15 or 16 and downloading Xcode and trying to learn how to build apps, but I don’t think I made it past the stage of setting up the necessary certificates and profiles. It wasn’t until I...
Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Next week on AppStories, Federico and John go in depth on two big app updates: Spark 2 and 1Password 7 for Mac....
Interesting Links
Developers of services that integrate with Slack can now create custom buttons that turn messages into actions. Integrations aren’t new to Slack, but transforming slash commands into buttons once again confirms that GUIs are more user-friendly and approachable than plain text instructions. (Link) Álvaro Pabesio has published a fascinating Apple Music concept that reimagines the...
In This Issue
Agenda, Ryan looks back at iOS 11 iPad features with the benefit of hindsight, an interview with Obscura developer Ben McCarthy,Parker Ortolani’s Home screen, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s AppStories episode....
Home Screen: Parker Ortolani
Twitter: @parkermortolani; Website: parkerortolani.com. Licensing Intern at BuzzFeed & a Junior at Fordham University. As a power user, I tend to rearrange my Home screen quite often, especially as I try out new apps. These layouts are the ones that I consistently return to though. I run my life off my iPhone, iPad, and Apple...
Previously, On MacStories
Tweetbot 3 for Mac Review Twitter Announces New End-of-Life Date for APIs and Pricing That Affects Third-Party Apps Apple Announces ‘Everyone Can Code’ Partnership with Schools for Blind and Deaf Students Apple Updates Its Website for Global Accessibility Awareness Day Google Introduces YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Subscription Services, Retires YouTube Red Moniker...
Interesting Links
In advance of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, CNET featured the work that Apple and Google are doing to make their products more accessible, which includes an interview with US Paralympian Austin Pruitt about how he uses the Apple Watch to train for wheelchair races. (Link) Twitter has begun hiding certain replies that it identifies as...