Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.
Apple covered a lot of ground at today’s Surprise and Shine event, and the numbers help put the announcements in perspective.
After every Apple event, we like to collect the notable specs, comparisons, and other stats from the presentation and Apple’s supporting materials (Tech Specs pages and Newsroom posts). This year, I wanted to make this article a little more special than usual, so I did two things: I set up a workflow to collect even more data during the event (a combination of transcription and, later, YouTube summarization), and I’ve created a few interactive widgets explore some of the latest specs and numbers in more detail.
You can find the complete set of numbers below. Enjoy memorizing all of these.
At today’s Surprise and Shine event, Apple announced a lot of dates. Most of the new hardware arrives on September 18, but the brand new iPhone Duo won’t launch until October. Before then, Apple’s next round of major OS updates arrives on September 14.
Here’s a rundown of the preorder, release, and rollout dates. Later today on MacStories, John and I will be sharing detailed overviews of all the major announcements from today, and you can expect our annual OS reviews to be published – as always – next week.
As a bonus, check out the calendar widget we’ve prepared to visualize all of Apple’s release notes. Stay tuned for more of these on MacStories today: we’re going to have some fun with our coverage this year.
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As MacStories readers can imagine, I’m in the process of writing my iOS and iPadOS 27 review but, at the same time, I’m also planning ahead for the MacStories coverage of new apps and app updates that will start coming out next month. To give you some hard numbers: my ‘App Pitches’ split inbox in...
This week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by Andrew Ambrosino, the Codex team lead at OpenAI, to talk about the evolution of Codex, the unification of ChatGPT and Codex, Computer Use and Computer History, designing for user trust, and more.
On AppStories+, Andrew shares some of his favorite Mac apps and his Mac origin story.
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I’ve spent the past week dabbling with Hermes Agent, continuing to dive deeper into Open Minis (I can’t believe how good this app is, and how much it continues to improve on a weekly basis), but, mostly, thinking about what my “secondary agent” is going to be long-term next to Codex and ChatGPT Work. Let...
Hello everyone, and welcome back to MacStories Weekly! We’re feeling energized after a couple of weeks on vacation, and we’re ready to kick things off for Apple event season soon. To get ready for the upcoming wave of new devices, app updates, and OS releases, we’re introducing some new features for all Club members here...
The most recent update to the ChatGPT app for iOS has introduced a new feature that will make those who rely on the company’s AI assistant for work-related tasks quite happy: a customizable widget that lets you control which shortcuts can be placed for convenient access on the Home Screen.
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