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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[[appstories_artwork]] Next week on AppStories, Federico and John dig in deep on Federico’s much-anticipated iOS and iPadOS 14 review. Keep an eye out because AppStories will be published a little later than usual next week to coincide with the release of Federico’s review. [[unwind_artwork]] This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover Ulysses, Timery,...


In This Issue

An update on Federico’s iOS and iPadOS 14 review, a collection of iOS 14 apps featuring widgets, giveaways of 11 apps, an interview with MindNode’s Markus Müller-Simhofer, Ryan’siPadOS 15 wishes,plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, arecap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s MacStories podcast episodes....


Interview: Tanmay Sonawane

Twitter: @tanmays. Website: tanmay.me. Creator of Soor,an iOS music app. Soor offers widgets that enable significantly more functionality than what’s found with the widget for Apple’s Music app. How did you decide what functionality to include, and what to leave out, when developing Soor’s widgets? Right from the day that iOS 14 beta 1 dropped,...


In This Issue

Tempo: Workout Log for Runners, Volume 3 of apps with iOS 14 widgets, 10 more giveaways, an interview with Soor developer Tanmay Sonawane, Mail for Mac and Twitter for iOS tips, automating Hue lights, plus the usualLinks, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....


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Interesting Links

Microsoft has announced that it is working on a new version of Outlook for the Mac, and from the screenshots the company has shared, it looks like it will fit in nicely with Big Sur. (Link) Rebecca Stone, who shares her Zelda Home Screen with the Club below, wrote a story on Twinfinite collecting videogame-themed...


Previously, On MacStories

Creating Your Own Widgets: A New Category of Apps Emerges Widgets and a New Sidebar Design Make Anybuffer a Standout Among Clipboard Managers One Week After Launch, Users Already Have Several Options for Alternative Browsers and Email Clients on iOS and iPadOS 14 Introducing WallCreator: A Shortcut to Create iPhone and iPad Wallpapers with Solid...


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Home Screen: Rebecca Stone

Twitter: @forestminish. Staff writer at Twinfinite and co-host of Nintendo Shack podcast. When Apple released iOS 14, I started to see a ton of creativity around Twitter with people showing off their new, customized Home Screens. I knew right away that I wanted to design my own based on my favorite video game series, The...