John Voorhees

1301 posts on MacStories since November 2015

John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John also co-hosts four MacStories podcasts: AppStories, which covers the world of apps, MacStories Unwind, which explores the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommends media to listeners, Ruminate, a show about the weird web and unusual snacks, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about the games we take with us.

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[[John]] NVIDIA released DLSS 3.5 with upgraded ray tracing, which will see its first use in an update to Cyberpunk 2077. (Link) Jay Peters reports on a YouTube video by Vincent Zhong, who played Resident Evil Village on an iPhone 15 Pro connected to an external display and using a PlayStation DualSense controller and was...


iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review

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AppStories Episode 351 - iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review

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This week, Federico and John dig into Federico’s review of iOS and iPadOS 17.

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iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review

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iOS and iPadOS 17 Review Extras: eBook, Special Editions of MacStories Weekly and AppStories+, and Two New Obsidian Plugins

Today, Federico published his iOS and iPadOS 17 review. As in past years, we’re releasing a wide variety of perks exclusively for Club MacStories members throughout the week, including an eBook version of the review, a special ‘making of’ edition of MacStories Weekly, a behind-the-scenes AppStories+ segment, and two new Club-exclusive Obsidian plugins.

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Apps, AI, and Art

The commotion about AI has died down a little in recent weeks, and as the fever passes, tech companies, governments, and really everyone is beginning to grapple with the implications of a large language model world where AI is only going to become more capable with time. One of the most promising areas of AI...


App Debuts

[[John]] Pixelmator Pro Pixelmator Pro’s latest Mac update makes it more versatile than ever with new tools for working with PDFs. The app has added support for opening individual PDF pages or multi-page documents and editing vector-based PDFs. Vector PDFs allow for the editing of images, layers, and more and include PDFs generated with Apple,...


Apple’s 2023 Watch and iPhone Event

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AppStories Episode 350 - Apple’s 2023 Watch and iPhone Event

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AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

This week, Federico and John are joined by Alex live in the Club MacStories+ Discord community for a special episode covering their initial impressions of Apple’s Wonderlust media event, which introduced new iPhones, Apple Watches, and more.

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Apple’s Wonderlust Media Event

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The Flipper Zero, the self-described multi-tool for geeks, is one of those gadgets that’s got a lot of prank (and hacking) potential. This week, TechCrunch’s Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reported on how the device can be used to spam iPhones with Bluetooth connection alerts in a DDOS-like attack. (Link) ZSA launched a futuristic split mechanical keyboard called...



Bookmarking Apps Revisited

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AppStories Episode 349 - Bookmarking Apps Revisited

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This week, Federico and John look at the history of bookmarking apps, their relationship to read-later apps, how their use of bookmarking apps has changed, and their favorite modern bookmarking apps.

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Bookmarking Apps

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