MacStories Team

1558 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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Welcome to Automation April

Today makes the start of a brand new MacStories event with a scope beyond anything we’ve ever done before: Automation April. Throughout the month of April, you’ll find stories, podcast episodes, giveaways, and special events across everything we do on MacStories, the Club, and AppStories. Automation April is meant to be an event the entire...


Interview: Mario Guzman

Twitter:@MarioGuzman. SwiftUI, AppKit, and UIKit developer and creator ofPDX Transit,Music Widget, andother projects. What inspired you to make Music Widget, which recreates the iTunes Dashboard widget from OS X as a standalone remote control app for Apple Music? Back in 2019, I began working on a side project for my vision of what a Music...


AV Club Town Hall: The Afterparty on TV+


Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the monthly and other special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
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AppStories Episode - AV Club Town Hall: The Afterparty on TV+

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John and Alex are joined by Sigmund Judge and Jonathan Reed of Screen Times to talk about Season 1 of The Afterparty, a whodunit comedy on Apple TV+.

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Reader Setup: Yoni Kosiner

Twitter: @KosinerYoni. Tech YouTuber; full-stack development student. From the first look at my setup, one thing is clear: function over form, and, well, no matter how many times I try to make my desk look cleaner, it just becomes less functional. My main idea is that my desk is a modular system with two computers,...


Reader Setup: Dan Stucke

Twitter: @danielstucke. LinkedIn: Daniel Stucke. (Former) Teacher, Data Geek, Runner, Dad & Husband This is my home office in Saddleworth, England, in a village in the hills mid-way between Manchester and Leeds. For the past 18 years I’ve been a teacher and school leader and led hectic days working with teenagers (now I have just...


Town Hall, Apple’s March 8, 2022 ‘Peek Performance’ Event


Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the monthly and other special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
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AppStories Episode - Town Hall, Apple’s March 8, 2022 ‘Peek Performance’ Event

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Federico, John, and Alex are joined by Lachlan Campbell to talk about Apple services, the new iPhone SE and iPad Air, plus the Studio Mac and Apple Studio Display, which were announced at today’s ‘Peek Performance’ event.

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Up Next On MacStories’ Podcasts

[[appstories_artwork]] Next week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about how to get more out of Twitter while avoiding doom scrolling, through a combination of advanced Twitter features, third-party apps, and Shortcuts. [[unwind_artwork]] This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico shares why he’s enjoying Elden Ring so much, and John recommends Kimi, an HBO Max thriller...


AV Club Town Hall, The Matrix Movies


Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the monthly and other special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.
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AppStories Episode - AV Club Town Hall, The Matrix Movies

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For the latest AV Club selection, Federico, John, and Alex were joined by Club members Rod and Nicholas to discuss the Matrix trilogy of movies, plus The Matrix Resurrections.

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Reader Setup: Robby Burns

Twitter: @robbyburns; Website: robbyburns.com. Musician, Educator, Author, and Host of the Music Ed Tech Talkpodcast. This desk is in my home music studio in Maryland. I run a private percussion teaching studio out of this space and produce my blog/podcast Music Ed Tech Talk. My 14” MacBook Pro is the core of my computing life....