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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.

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Home Screen: Ben Bajarin

Twitter: @BenBajarin. Principal at Creative Strategies leading primary research on global consumer technology. I’ve always tried to maintain a clean Home screen that contains only the apps I use on a regular basis for work and life. My Home screen also has to look a certain way or it feels cluttered and stresses me out....


In This Issue

Zones,Apps for Controlling Your Philips Hue Lights, a workflow for turning live setlists into Apple Music playlists, iPads Around the World with Ken Matthews, Ben Bajarin’s Home screen, plus Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....


Interesting Links

Jacob Eiting takes a look at introductory pricing options introduced by Apple for iOS apps in iOS 11.2 last year. (Link) Griffin has unveiled a new USB-C dock that, by delivering 85W of power and adhering to the USB-C PD 2.0 spec, can charge a 15-inch MacBook Pro (plus all other devices that use USB-C...



Interesting Links

Earlier this week, MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe caused a stir by stating that MoviePass collects data on users’ routes to the theater and where they go afterwards. Although the situation is not entirely clear, Engadget reports that MoviePass released an update to its iOS app that suggests it may have backed off the practice by...


Previously, On MacStories

Halide 1.7 Brings New Depth Photography and ARKit Features, Darkroom Integration Apple Releases ‘Welcome Home’ Video by Spike Jonze and Featuring FKA twigs to Promote the HomePod 10 Years of iPhone SDK Apple Confirms It Will No Longer Accept New iTunes LP Content After March 2018 Sunlit 2.0 Released as a Micro.blog and WordPress Photo...



Interview: Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann

Twitter: @eboehnisch. Co-founder and president of DEVONtechnologies. DEVONthink has been in development for several years now. What kind of changes have you observed in the tech industry that required you to evolve the app in new directions? When we released DEVONthink 1.0 in 2002 people were usually using just one device: their Mac. They had...


In This Issue

Apollo,Favorite Alfred Integrations, a workflow for saving multiple files to DEVONthink and linking them in Things, Paul Williams explains how he manages a university’s student admin services in iPads Around the World, an interview with co-founder and president of DEVONtechnologies’ Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann, a Bear tip, plus the usual Links, a couple of sticker packs, a...