MacStories Team

3462 posts on MacStories since July 2011

Articles by the MacStories team. Founded by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories attracts millions of readers every month thanks to in-depth, personal, and informed coverage that offers a balanced mix of Apple news, app reviews, and opinion.

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Previously, On MacStories

Apple Reveals Substantial Update to the 27-inch iMac with Smaller Updates to the 21.5-inch iMac and iMac Pro Phil Schiller Transitions into Reduced Role as Apple Fellow; Greg Joswiak Newly Appointed SVP of Worldwide Marketing Crouton Review: An Elegant, Modern Recipe Manager and Cooking Aid The Wallpaper App Review: Endless Wallpapers Tailored for Apple Devices...


Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John interview David Smith, the developer of Watchsmith, Sleep++, Pedometer++, the upcoming Widgetsmith, and many other apps about watchOS, complications, widgets, and related topics. Today on MacStories Unwind, Federico and Johncover reviews of GameTrack, The Wallpaper App, and Crouton, plus the new 27” iMac, Phil Schiller becoming...


Interesting Links

The Washington Post reports that Find My, which Apple opened up to third-party developers at WWDC, prohibits developers from using competing location services at the same time, limiting the utility of the program. (Link) The New Yorker has a fascinating story of a Dutch citizen who bought a huge military bunker in Germany, which became...


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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John interview Guilherme Rambo about Mac Catalyst, SwiftUI, iPadOS, the App Store, and much more in the first of a series of developer interviews covering everything coming to Apple’s platforms this fall. Today on MacStories Unwind,Federico and John talk about the big changes to Mac Catalyst, a...


Previously, On MacStories

MacStories Unwind: Dark Noise, Soor, and Game Reviews, Plus a Developer Debrief Due for Mac Modernized with New Design and Features Mac Catalyst 2.0: Doubling Down on the Alignment of the Mac and iPad Fiery Feeds Adds Full-Text Search, Saved Searches, iPad Pointer Support, and More Apple Q32020 Results - $59.7 Billion Revenue...


In This Issue

Nighthawk for Twitter, Federico on Apple Watch automation with Shortcuts, a GameClub subscription giveaway, John’s search for a great outliner app ends in disappointment,plus the usualWeekly Q&A,Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of MacStories podcasts....


Call for Club Member iOS 14 Home Screens

iOS 14 brings the biggest changes to the Home screen ever. The App Library represents a fundamental shift in how apps are saved and organized on your iPhone, and just as significant, if not more so, is Home screen widgets. The ability to mix and match widgets of varying sizes with app icons (not to...


Interview: Jordan Morgan

Twitter: @JordanMorgan10. Creator of Spend Stack and iOS developer at Buffer. What were your general impressions coming out of this year’s WWDC? I think Apple did a fine job under the circumstances. The conference was extremely efficient and well done – but is that really any surprise from one of the most influential companies on...