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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AppStories, Ep. 91 - 40 minutes

Apps for Planning Projects Big and Small

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AppStories Episode 91 - Apps for Planning Projects Big and Small

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This week, Federico and John explore the apps they use for planning everything from the upcoming year to the week ahead.

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Show Notes

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Member Requests

[[federico]] In this week’s Workflow Corner section, I’d like to highlight an impressive shortcut submitted by Club member Ian, which allows you to create pretty ‘Choose from List’ actions in Shortcuts. Check out his explanation below. Ian: Hello fine folks! I’d never explored Workflow until Shortcuts was released, but I immediately dove headfirst and started...

Creating Gradient-Based and Solid Color Wallpapers in Shortcuts

[[federico]] Shortly after publishing my shortcut to create custom home screen icons, somebody on Twitter (apologies for not saving the original tweet when it came in!) asked me if it was possible to create custom wallpapers with a shortcut as well. I thought about it, and I realized that I could have probably approached that...

AppStories, Ep. 90 - 36 minutes

Taking iOS Photography Further with RAW Camera Apps and Editors

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AppStories Episode 90 - Taking iOS Photography Further with RAW Camera Apps and Editors

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This week, Federico and John take on iOS photography by discussing some of their favorite RAW camera apps and photo editors.

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  • Luna Display: The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code APPSTORIES at checkout for 10% off.

Turning Agenda’s Calendar Events into Reminders

[[federico]] As I mentioned on last week’s episode of my Connected podcast, I’ve been playing around with Agenda, an award-winning note-taking app for Mac and iOS. While Agenda is very similar to other apps such as Bear or Ulysses when it comes to formatting and adding notes, its unique proposition lies in the ability to...

AppStories, Ep. 89 - 37 minutes

iOS and Apps in the Car

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AppStories Episode 89 - iOS and Apps in the Car

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This week, Federico and John take iOS for a car ride covering CarPlay, Do Not Disturb, in-car dongles, and automation.

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AppStories, Ep. 88 - 39 minutes

Returning to the iPad Pro

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AppStories Episode 88 - Returning to the iPad Pro

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This week, Federico and John talk about the extra RAM in the 1TB iPad Pro, external display confusion, and John’s return to the iPad Pro after a summer of using the 9.7-inch iPad.

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A Fix for Saving Highlights

[[federico]] After publishing last week’s shortcut to build an archive of highlights collected from Safari, I discovered a critical bug that would cause data loss when trying to save a highlight that contained multiple paragraphs. You can find an updated version of the shortcut that deals with paragraphs correctly here. My apologies for the issue....

AppStories, Ep. 87 - 30 minutes

Pick 2: Grocery and HomeRun

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AppStories Episode 87 - Pick 2: Grocery and HomeRun

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This week, Federico and John go in-depth on two apps they’ve been using a lot recently: Grocery, a grocery shopping list app, and HomeRun, an Apple Watch app for triggering HomeKit scenes.

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  • Luna Display - The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code APPSTORIES at checkout for 10% off.
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Expanding Apple’s Reminders with Third-Party Apps
Grocery
Mpow Car Bluetooth Adapter
HomeRun

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