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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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We may not have gotten the rumored black AirPods, but ColorWare is back at it with a line of colorized second generation AirPods available in a wide range of colors including the rumored but not released matte black. (Link) Toaster-fridge jokes aside, the idea of tucking a Sonos speaker into an Ikea lamp (there’s a...


Interview: Simon Oliver

Twitter: @SimonOliverUK. Founder and CEO of HandCircus, creator of Rolando, Okabu, and Seabeard. Rolando was one of the early break-out hits on the App Store. What kind of reaction did you get when it disappeared with the move to 64-bit apps in 2017? We’ve continued to get a steady stream of emails from Rolando fans...


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Home Screen: Brian Mueller

Twitter: @BrianMueller333. Maker of @CARROT_app. First Row Phone Fantastical: My calendar is usually pretty empty because nobody loves me, but if I have an exciting event like a root canal coming up, I wouldn’t use any other app to add it to my calendar. The natural language parser still impresses me after all these years....


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Created by Aaron Pearce (developer of HomeRun and HomeCam), DevSwitch is a free and open-source utility to quickly switch an iOS device’s App Store to another region. Ideal for developers who want to check out their apps’ rankings in other international App Stores. (Link) Spotify has started personalizing some of its official playlists based on...


Home Screen: Tim Nahumck

Twitter: @nahumck. Drafts Evangelist, co-host of Fundamentally Broken, productivity mechanic, writer. It’s been almost two years since I last updated my home screen for Club MacStories readers. As I spent time this week reviewing my last home screen setups shared in Weekly #81, I immediately groaned at how dated it looked: at the time I...


Previously, On MacStories

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Music streaming service Tidal has extended support for MQA files (part of their HiFi tier) to the iOS app. (Link) Chrome 73 has introduced support for dark mode on macOS Mojave. (Link) Writing at The Atlantic, Taylor Lorenz explains how teens are using Google Docs – the service they primarily use for homework and other...


Home Screen: Brian Hamilton

Twitter: @_brianhamilton. Incomparable panelist, co-host of Most Important Meal, and freelance podcast editor. Lately, I’ve realized that I’m using my iPad less and less. Since being issued a MacBook Pro for work, I’ve become much more capable on macOS and my 9.7” iPad Pro has languished in a desk drawer for far too long. I...