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.
This week, Federico and John talk about GameClub, the classic iOS game service that launched last week, and some of the shortcuts they’ve been working on lately.
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Question: I’m wondering how one could build a repeating shortcut where you could repeat the Things or Reminders add to-do actions in a loop with the idea of talking to Siri and clear everything you have in your head. With shortcuts and parameters maybe there is a way to create that in a conversational manner....
This week, Federico and John interview James Thomson, the creator of PCalc and Dice, for a developer’s perspective on Mac Catalyst and go behind the scenes of Federico’s iPhone 11 Pro camera story, Eternal City, Modern Photography: The iPhone 11 Pro in Rome.
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This week, Federico and John discuss Mac Catalyst, the technology for bringing iPad apps to the Mac, and round up some of their favorite Mac Catalyst apps that have been released so far.
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Federico helps John set up an iPod touch as a media companion for watching TV and movies, enjoying music, and controlling HomeKit devices.
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In this week’s installment of the Shortcuts Corner, I share an interesting assortment of shortcuts, from an updated version of my Apple Frames shortcut and an easy way to open the App Store’s Updates page to an automation that takes advantage of a feature in the latest Numbers update. And for Club MacStories members, I’ve prepared two shortcuts that should speed up the process of getting the current time for different cities around the world – both via the Shortcuts app and Siri. Let’s dive in.
{.app-collection} [[federico]] In this second installment of great iPad apps with multiwindowing support, we’re going to take a look at more implementations of multiwindow that have come out since the launch of iPadOS on September 24th. We covered some excellent examples such as Ulysses and GoodNotes on MacStories earlier this week, but the following apps...
This week, Federico and John cover the all-new MacStories Shortcuts Icons, a set of 300 custom icons for shortcuts that you can add to your Home screen and then revisit Apple Arcade in the wake of its public launch discussing some of their favorite games so far.
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[[federico]] It’s been quite a busy season between the release of iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and new Apple hardware – and I hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage on MacStories so far – but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been thinking about new features and perks for Club MacStories too. I have two Club-related announcements to...
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