iOS is known as a walled garden, but developers have worked out a bunch of ways around that garden to automate tasks between apps. Most of these tricks are a bit complicated, but MacStories has a ...

iPad Diaries is a regular series about using the iPad as a primary computer. You can find more installments here and subscribe to the dedicated RSS feed. I’ve been ...

The iPhone’s default Reminders app looks basic at first glance, but it has quietly evolved into a sophisticated system that ...

When I wrote “Workflow Is the Next Step for iOS Automation” (21 December 2014), I had no idea how literal that title would prove to be. Apple has now purchased Workflow and the team behind it. As you ...

Since Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was released in 2005, Mac users have had access to simple, built-in automation with Automator. Third-party developers have spent years trying to replicate Automator’s power ...

If I had to pick one iOS app I couldn’t live without, that would be Editorial. Developed by Berlin-based Ole Zorn, Editorial was the app that reinvented text automation in 2013 and that pushed me to ...

After this week’s news that Apple had acquired iOS power user app Workflow, you’d be excused for being a bit confused about the future of automation on Apple’s platform. After all, it was just last ...

One of the great things about computers is that they’re machines we can use to perform repetitive tasks that would bore human beings to tears. Power users have access to utilities and scripting ...

Workflow for iOS is easily the best way to put automation to work for you on iPhone and iPad, and today the popular utility is out with a significant update that includes a cleaner look and better ...

Late yesterday, Apple closed a deal to acquire Workflow, an app for iOS power users that lets you string a series of repetitive actions together to make them easier and quicker to accomplish. In many ...

Update: Apple has updated its documentation to reflect the fact that the third-gen Apple TV can do HomeKit remote access, but not automation. iOS 10 includes a pre-installed Home app from Apple that ...