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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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Interview: Jason Snell

Twitter: @jsnell. Founder and Editor in Chief of Six Colors andMacworldcolumnist; Podcaster on The Incomparable and Relay FM. What are your writing workflows on the Mac and iPad and how do they differ? I’ve been using BBEdit as my primary writing tool on the Mac for a couple of decades now. Since most of my...


Interesting Links

David Smith shares a trick for eliminating the city label from the Apple Watch’s GMT watch face. (Link) Inspired by Stephen Hackett’s high-resolution collection of Mac OS 9 wallpapers, Arun Venkatesan created a set of static and dynamic wallpapers based on the Finder icon using colors similar to the new M1 iMacs. (Link) John has...


Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

[[appstories_artwork]] Next week on AppStories, Federico and John begin their annual pre-WWDC wish list episodes with their 2021 wishes for macOS. [[unwind_artwork]] This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover hi-res audio coming to the HomePod via Deezer, CARROT Weather’s enhancements to the way users can customize the app, and John digs into Epic’s...


Previously, On MacStories

Deezer’s New HomePod Integration Supports Hi-Res Audio Playback CARROT Weather 5.2 Revamps Layout Customization and Adds New Sections and Data Epic Versus Apple: The MacStories Overview...


MacStories Unplugged

[[unplugged_artwork]] Viva L’Umarell John discovers a very specific Italian subculture, we agree that burning down barns is not the solution, and John helps Federico understand suburban America, which leads to perhaps the most Federico story of them all. Show Notes: The Umarell Noam Blum on Twitter Umarell on Wikipedia Barn burners Viva La Focaccia Mafia...


Interview: Stephen Hackett

Twitter: @ismh. Co-founder of Relay FMandfounder of 512 Pixels. It has been a very long time since the iMac came in vibrant colors. Were you surprised by Apple’s announcements? It has been two decades since the last of the color drained out of the iMac line. As the beloved iMac G3 slowly faded away, their...


Interesting Links

Writing at Tablet Habit, Jeff Perry argues that Apple should remove weekly subscriptions from the App Store since they’re mostly used by scammers and other shady companies. (Link) The RSS platform Inoreader has added support for syncing article annotations to Readwise, a relatively new service that’s increasingly becoming a centralized hub for all sorts of...


Previously, On MacStories

Apple Expands Fitness+ Offerings with New Classes Designed for Pregnancy and Older Adults, New Trainers, and Time to Walk with Jane Fonda Apple Announces Online Media Event for April 20, 2021 Spotify Announces Car Thing: Dedicated Audio Streaming Hardware for Drivers Quinn Nelson’s Approach to Home Automation...


Interview: Shawn Hickman

Twitter: @poohbers. Creator of Sofa and Design Manager for Think Company. What inspired you to build Sofa? When it comes to managing our work, we have an over-abundance of incredible tools. Pick your favorite app for managing tasks, writing documents, keeping notes, communicating, and more. When it comes to managing our downtime time, we end...