
Every now and then I’ll try out a replacement but unless it quickly enamors me I’ll typically revert back to the basic ones. This is perhaps slightly surprising since I make my living by making 3rd-party apps but I’ve just grown used to them over the years. Most of the apps on my home screen are the built in apps by Apple. Things I use for either highly specialized purposes or occasional amusements. Below that are four folders of all my rarely used apps. My home screen starts with a row of blank invisible icons to make it more comfortable to reach my most used apps on the iPhone 6 screen. Wallpaper is an old version of this by the awesome designer Marc Edwards.

Finally, GIFwrapped keeps my animated GIF game strong. I also have come to love Day One even more with each new day and new entry. Yay technology!Īdditionally, I communicate with Federico and the other Relay FM hosts using Slack. When we found out we were having a baby, I never thought I’d be getting push notifications when he pooped. Some other recent changes to my home screen include the addition of Bab圜onnect, to help keep track of activity with our new baby, Declan. Some long-time stalwarts, such as Check the Weather, are now on my last page, and instead I’m relying on the Today widget. My home screen changed quite a bit once I got an iPhone 6 (Space Grey, 64) and with the release of iOS 8 and its new extensions API. Home Screens This week we speak to Casey Liss (developer, host of Accidental Tech Podcast & Analog(ue)), and David Smith (developer of Feed Wrangler, Check the Weather, Emoji++ and more) about their Home Screens. This simple menu bar utility lets you generate affiliate links for Amazon and iTunes products, and we use it every day at MacStories. Perfect for quick file sharing - drag a file onto the menu bar icon and it will upload to CloudApp and copy the link to your clipboard.

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The best way to never put your Mac to sleep, with a handy icon in the menu bar. Think of Bartender as a folder for all your menu bar icons: it’s a terrific addition to the standard Mac menu bar if you want to keep many apps running but don’t always need to see their icons.įlexibits’ popular calendar app hasn’t been updated with a new interface for Yosemite, but we still love its natural language input and clever design. A MacStories Favorite in Issue 9, Bartender lets you organize all your menu bar apps by creating an additional menu bar that is only revealed upon clicking the Bartender icon.
