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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.

Rescheduling A.V. Club

We’re really looking forward to the next A.V. Club Town Hall, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we need to reschedule it. We’ll post a new date in the Announcements channel in the Discord community as soon as we have a little more clarity about our schedules next week. We’d love to share more about what...


Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John cover their first impressions of the iPad Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display, including Federico’s thoughts on where the Air fits into the iPad lineup and John’s take on what to keep in mind when customizing a Mac Studio. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico shares...


Reader Setup: Dan Stucke

Twitter: @danielstucke. LinkedIn: Daniel Stucke. (Former) Teacher, Data Geek, Runner, Dad & Husband This is my home office in Saddleworth, England, in a village in the hills mid-way between Manchester and Leeds. For the past 18 years I’ve been a teacher and school leader and led hectic days working with teenagers (now I have just...


Town Hall, Apple’s March 8, 2022 ‘Peek Performance’ Event


Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the monthly and other special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.

Ep. - Town Hall, Apple’s March 8, 2022 ‘Peek Performance’ Event

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Federico, John, and Alex are joined by Lachlan Campbell to talk about Apple services, the new iPhone SE and iPad Air, plus the Studio Mac and Apple Studio Display, which were announced at today’s ‘Peek Performance’ event.

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In This Issue

John recommends Diagrams, a tip that mimics the iPhone and iPad’s scroll-to-top gesture on the Mac, Federico shares a shortcut that batch-converts Timery saved timers into a set of single-action shortcuts, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of...


Up Next On MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about how to get more out of Twitter while avoiding doom scrolling, through a combination of advanced Twitter features, third-party apps, and Shortcuts. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico shares why he’s enjoying Elden Ring so much, and John recommends Kimi, an HBO Max thriller...


Apple ‘Peek Performance’ Event Hub and Town Hall

Next Tuesday, March 8th, Apple will hold the Peek Performance event that it announced earlier this week. As always, you can expect comprehensive, in-depth coverage from the MacStories team. To make it easy to follow along, we’ve created a Peek Performance Event Hub and special RSS feed, which will collect all of our coverage in...


Previously, On MacStories

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