Twitter: @_joshdick; Club MacStories member. My iPhone Home screen layout has very slowly but methodically evolved over time, starting way back with the iPhone 3GS in 2009. My most frequently-used apps appear towards the bottom of the screen for easy thumb access; the higher up an app appears, the less often it’s used. Although the...
In This Issue
This month, Ryan shares his experience with the watchOS 4 beta, Stephen looks at macOS system utilities that have been around a long time and are still going strong, John dumps cable TV for streaming services, and Jake explores living in a hybrid Apple-Google world....
Interview: Matt Ronge
Twitter: @mronge. Co-founder and CEO of Astro HQ. 1. Astropad comes in Standard and Studio editions. Standard is a fixed up-front price while Studio is an annual subscription. Could you explain for whom each product is designed and how the pricing model reflects that? We split Astropad into two versions because we realized we have...
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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts
Coming up next week on AppStories, Federico and John revisit subscription pricing models in the wake of Ulysses’ switch to subscriptions and discuss what Apple’s switch from 32-bit to 64-bit apps means for the App Store and consumers....
Home Screen: Brian Hamilton
Twitter: @_brianhamilton; Website: brianhamilton.info. Panelist on @theincomparable; Breakfast Authority on @MIMpodcast; freelance video editor. Last week, I decided to add more apps to my Home screen. As gorgeous as it looks to have very few apps, I wanted to have a bit more utility. So I moved from this to the Home screen you see...
In This Issue
LiquidText, Relaxing Puzzlers, Brian Hamilton’s Home screen, an interview with Astro HQ’s Matt Ronge, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, App Debuts, stickers, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....
Interesting Links
TidBITS writes that CrashPlan, a popular macOS backup app, has abandoned its consumer backup product and will focus on business users. (Link) Motherboard reports that after the ‘Every Apple Video’ YouTube and a successor channel were taken down, a 15-year-old Apple fan has preserved the 80 GB archive on internet.org. (Link) A security researcher discovered...
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