As soon as I open the door to the basement, the lights come on. ![]() I set the lights up as a group in Home and trigger them with a motion sensor. It’s a lot of lights, but my studio is in the basement, and the lights help keep it from feeling like a cave. I have several Hue lights: there’s one over the steps leading to my workspace, four recessed ceiling lights, a floor lamp, and a desk lamp. Last week, I tried to configure something new in my studio that illustrates several of the Home app’s problems. That means I’ve also spent a lot of time in Apple’s Home app, and despite poking around in every corner of the app, I still find it frustrating and hard to use. Most of the devices I’ve tested support Apple’s HomeKit APIs and those that don’t, I plan to integrate with Homebridge. I’ve spent a lot of time experimenting with home automation gear since late last year: lightbulbs, light strips, electrical plugs, and door sensors, among other things. You can find out more about Club MacStories and subscribe here. We work hard to make each issue special for Club members and would love for you to be a part of it. As a new member you’ll receive the newsletters, have access to our full archive of almost 150 back issues, and enjoy other perks throughout the year. If you enjoy but want even broader and deeper coverage from the MacStories team, please consider joining Club MacStories. ![]() Because that’s a little hard to imagine in the abstract, we wanted to share the following story, which is adapted from the February issue of the Monthly Log as an example of the type of stories it includes every month. The Monthly Log features long-form stories on whatever tech topics are currently on our minds. MacStories Weekly is packed with our favorite apps, app collections, workflows, answers to Club members’ questions, a column called The Extension that covers topics beyond our usual day-to-day coverage at, iPads Around the World, which features people who use the iPad in unique and interesting ways, interviews, Home screens, tips, and more. Every year, we publish around 60 issues of MacStories Weekly and the Monthly Log for Club MacStories members.
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