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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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John share their WWDC wishes for macOS. Today on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John share a message about racism with the MacStories community and cover Apple’s response to recent events, Eve System’s upcoming HomeKit video camera, Notes shortcuts, and a Watch challenge, plus three music Unwind picks....


In This Issue

Tempo for Runners,Ryan on the state of Apple TV’schannels feature, Federico on saving multi-page PDFs with clickable URLs in DEVONthink and Highlights, Weekly Q&A, Links, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....


Previously, On MacStories

Apple Music Honors Black Out Tuesday with Awareness Efforts, Alternate Programming Preorders Begin for Eve Cam the HomeKit Secure Video-Enabled Indoor Camera Apple’s Tim Cook Publishes Open Letter Addressing Racism in America Apple Watch Activity Challenge Coming June 5 for World Environment Day Shortcuts Rewind: Working with Apple Notes, Part 1...


Interesting Links

As you begin to think about what Apple may have in store for WWDC 2020, a good place to start is with iMore’s interview with developer Steve Troughton-Smith. (Link) The Apple Watch wasn’t the first smartwatch, but like many other Apple products, it has defined the category. Vanity Fair has an in-depth look at the...


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In This Issue

This month, Ryan shares his WWDC wishes, John looks ahead to WWDC 2021, and Stephen is ready for a macOS update that gets back to getting the basics right....


Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John continue their WWDC wishes series with a look at what they’d like to see announcedfor watchOS and tvOS. Today on Unwind, Federico and John cover the new MacStories Perspective Icons for OmniFocus Pro, a big update to SpendStack, Keep, a newly-discovered read-it-later app, and Mythic Quest’s...


Interesting Links

Vice’s Motherboard investigates the leak of an early version of iOS 14, speaking to sources who explain how the early build of the OS fell into the hands of security researchers, hackers, and others. (Link) Mark Gurman at Bloomberg broke the story that Apple has acquired Canadian company Inductiv, which had developed a method to...


In This Issue

MacStories Perspective Icons, Miximum, a collection of appsfor exploring the world around you, a teaser of Federico’s upcoming story about his use of OmniFocus perspectives, an all-new, extra-nerdy episode of MacStories Unplugged,plus the usual Weekly Q&A,Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....