Federico Viticci

906 posts on MacStories since April 2009

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.

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You Downloaded What?

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AppStories Episode 119 - You Downloaded What?

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This week, Federico and John look at the strange assortment of apps they’ve downloaded recently.

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Reminders in iOS 13

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AppStories Episode 118 - Reminders in iOS 13

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This week, Federico and John continue their series of episodes on the new and updated apps coming from Apple in the fall with Reminders.

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Catalyst to the Rescue

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AppStories Episode 117 - Catalyst to the Rescue

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This week, Federico and John dig into the role of Catalyst in Apple’s Mac and iPad strategy expanding on Catalyst Can Rescue the Mac and Grow the iPad, a story John wrote on MacStories.

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Q&A

Question: Have you tested creating this newsletter in Mailchimp on an iPad running the iPadOS 13 beta? That has been one of the biggest hangups keeping me from making the iPad my primary device. (Jacob) [[federico]] The new desktop-class Safari in iPadOS does allow you to edit content blocks in the Mailchimp newsletter editor. However,...


Notes in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina

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AppStories Episode 116 - Notes in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina

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This week, Federico and John start a series of episodes on the new and updated apps coming to iOS and macOS Catalina in the fall starting with Notes.

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WWDC 2019 App-tacular

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AppStories Episode 115 - WWDC 2019 App-tacular

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This week, Federico and John are joined by MacStories colleague Alex Guyot in San Jose where they talk about the upcoming Notes, Reminders, Apple Watch, and Shortcuts updates coming in the fall.

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Craig Federighi: The AppStories Interview

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AppStories Episode 114 - Craig Federighi: The AppStories Interview

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This week, Federico and John are in San Jose attending WWDC where Federico sat down with Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering to talk about Apple’s new developer tools like Catalyst and SwiftUI, as well as iPadOS.

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