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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: Ortwin Gentz

Twitter: @ortwingentz. Founder of FutureTap, lead developer of Where To? and Streets. What’s the origin story of Where To? I can’t speak for the first few months of the app’s existence, since I acquired the app at the end of 2008 from tap tap tap, the original developers. But it was a perfect fit for...


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Interesting Links

The UX Collective looks at ways to design more powerful pro-style iPad apps by requiring the Apple Pencil and breaking other iPad design conventions. (Link) Ulysses turned 15 this week and Max Seelemann looks back at where the app and his company have been over that time. (Link) The Google Design blog explains the research...


Interesting Links

Play Podcast is a new web service that can generate universal podcast links to take listeners to a native podcast player whether they use iOS, Android, Windows, or Mac. Plans start at $10/year for one Play Podcast link. (Link) Earlier this week, Apple updated the San Francisco font with refinements to currency symbols, superscripts and...


In This Issue

CARROT Weather,Apps That Are Equally Strong on the Mac and iOS, Florian Taltavull’s Home screen, plus the usual Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, a recap of MacStories articles, and a sneak peek at next week’s episode of AppStories....


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Apple Will Replace Faulty MacBook Keyboards Free of Charge The Numbers Behind Monument Valley 2’s First Year Apple Opens iOS 12 Public Beta iOS 12 Beta: Our Favorite Tidbits and Hidden Features (So Far) Apple Releasing Schoolwork App for Teacher and Student Assignment Collaboration Today macOS Mojave Public Beta Now Available Pokémon Quest Arrives a...


Home Screen: Florian Taltavull

Twitter: @florianlionel. Author of florianlionel.net. Aside from work and some personal home-related stuff, my iPhone has become my main computer. Everything I do, I can potentially do from my iPhone 7 Plus. Even though some things might be easier somewhere else, this small and powerful device I carry with me in my pocket all the...


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Interesting Links

The most interesting aspect of this antitrust case against Apple, which Wired does a good job of explaining, isn’t the merits of the claims, which strike me as bogus, but the fact that it’s made it all the way to the US Supreme Court. (Link) Apple’s SVP of retail Angela Ahrendts was interviewed by one...