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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.

Home Screen: Casey Liss

Twitter: @caseyliss. iOS developer and co-host of the Accidental Tech Podcast and Analog(ue). The last time my Home screen was featured was back four years ago (!) in November 2014. At the time I was using an iPhone 6. I was working as a .NET consultant. However, like today, I was a new father. My...


Announcement

For years now, I’ve wanted to offer a searchable web archive of all the workflows I’ve created for MacStories Weekly’s Workflow Corner section. This request has been high on the list of features members would like to see added to the Club. As I said many times before, my ultimate goal is to offer a...


In This Issue

Homecam, an interview with James Jolley in the first installment of iPads Around the World, Ryan considers how the HomePod has affected his view of Apple Music in The Extension, a tip for creatingGIFs from MP4 files on iOS,plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Links, recap of MacStories articles, and peek at the next episode of...


iPads Around the World

When I put out a call for interesting iPad stories to feature in a new ‘iPads Around the World’ section a few weeks ago, James Jolley’s inspiring story is exactly what I hoped I would find in my inbox. James emailed me a couple of weeks ago, explaining that, as someone who’s been blind from...


Interesting Links

Wired spoke to over 50 current and former Facebook employees in an in-depth investigation of the company’s reaction to outside forces that used its platform to manipulate public opinion. (Link) In other Facebook news, the company is promoting Onavo Protect, a VPN client it acquired in 2013, in the ‘Protect’ section of its app. According...


Previously, On MacStories

Apple Adds Direct Access to News Sources to its TV App Major VLC Update Released with Support for 4K, 8K, HDR, 360 Video, Google Chromecast, and More Loup Ventures’ HomePod Siri Tests An In-Depth, Technical Analysis of the HomePod Concludes It’s a Bona Fide Audiophile Speaker A Promising Work in Progress: Initial Thoughts on HomePod...



Home Screen: Jared Sinclair

Twitter: @jaredsinclair. Creator of ‘sodes and Stormcrow; iOS developer at Black Pixel. On my Home screen layout: I’m fussy about never having more than two pages of Home screen. The first page is reserved for stuff I use regularly, even if they’re apps whose design I don’t particularly like –cough- Washington Post -cough-. Everything else...