For each of us, iOS devices or Macs dominate our day-to-day computing, but they don’t tell the full story. Whether it’s a battery pack to keep a device charged, the latest game console for kicking back and relaxing, or a comfortable chair for sitting at a desk while writing, we use a wide variety of other products for work and play. So, with 2017 coming to a close, we compiled a list of our favorite gear and accessories that we used this past year.
In This Issue
Feed Hawk, Games for Holiday Gatherings, Sebastiaan de With’s Home screen, an interview with Matt Birchler, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Tip, Links, App Debuts, stickers, and recap of MacStories articles....
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Interesting Links
Khaos Tian, the developer that discovered the recently revealed and fixed HomeKit vulnerability tells the story behind their efforts to get Apple to fix the security hole, which went uncorrected until 9to5Mac published the developer’s story about the issue. (Link) Ben Thompson looks back at 2017 at Stratechery.com and the overarching themes that dominated the...
Previously, On MacStories
The State of Nintendo’s Smartphone Games PDF Viewer 2.1 Adopts iOS 11 Document Browser How Apple Watch Saved One Man’s Life Rainbrow, a Game Controlled by the iPhone X’s TrueDepth Camera Spark: The Future of Email [Sponsor] My Must-Have iOS Apps, 2017 Edition Pokémon GO’s ARKit-Powered Release Coming Soon AutoSleep 5 Adds Automatic Apple Watch...
Interview: Matt Birchler
Twitter: @mattbirchler. Author of birchtree.me and creator of Today’s Forecast and The BirchTree Podcast. What role does the iPad currently play in your life? And how has your recent move from an iPad Air 2 to an iPad Pro impacted your iPad usage? The iPad has been a big part of my computer usage for...
Home Screen: Sebastiaan de With
Twitter: @sdw*. Freelance designer and photographer, designer of Halide, and motorcycle world traveler.* Lock screen: I use a photo from Division XVI as my Lock screen (it fades in super cool), and sometimes photos from Halide users. I use Google Fi on my iPhone X, but it shows the local Dutch carrier as I am...
Announcement
Dear Members, Thanks again for your support this year. As a reminder, this is our last MacStories Weekly issue of 2017. We will return in the new year on January 12th. In the meantime, you will receive the Monthly Log the last week of December, which will be our 61st newsletter of 2017. While we...