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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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Interview: Vidit Bhargava

Twitter: @viditb. Designer of LookUp and co-founder of Squircle Apps. When you first heard about Catalyst, what were your hopes for how you could use it to bring LookUp to the Mac? When I first heard about Catalyst, what I was really hoping for was a system that would take the iOS UI elements such...


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In This Issue

OmniOutliner, a shortcut for converting reminders to notes, John onaddressing the needs of collectors and browsers of digital media, an interview with LookUp designer andSquircle Apps co-founder Vidit Bhargava, plus the usualWeekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of next week’s episode of AppStories....


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In This Issue

An update from Federico on the MacStories Shortcuts Icons and the new Shortcuts Corner,1Writer,acollectionofmultiwindow apps on iPadOS, a tip covering the long-press features of Control Center, a shortcut for playing recent albums in Apple Music,a special episode of MacStories Unplugged on some of our favorite iOS 13 apps,plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Links, App Debuts,...


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MacStories Unplugged

[[unplugged_artwork]] A Look at a Few of Our Favorite iOS and iPadOS 13 Apps Federico and John have tried a lot of apps over the past few months that take advantage of new features in iOS and iPadOS 13. Today on Unplugged they take a closer look at four recent and upcoming updates: LookUp, Pixelmator...


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Interesting Links

Actor Hailee Steinfeld spoke to Deadline about the role contemporary music plays in the upcoming TV+ show Dickinson. (Link) The FiLMiC Pro demo at the Apple event last week was impressive, but the API that enables iPhone multi-cam video isn’t limited to the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro, as Benjamin Mayo of 9to5Mac explains. (Link)...