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.
viticci@macstories.net

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AppStories, Ep. 81 - 33 minutes

Mac and iOS App Convergence

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AppStories Episode 81 - Mac and iOS App Convergence

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This week, Federico and John consider what the new Marzipan apps in Mojave may mean for the future of apps on all of Apple’s hardware platforms.

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Custom Save Menu for Keep It

[[federico]] In Issue 119 of MacStories Weekly, I shared an advanced ‘DEVONmenu’ workflow to save a variety of file types in DEVONthink To Go with an action extension. As I detailed in last week’s newsletter though, I’ve started using Keep It as my reference management tool on iOS, so I wanted to update the old...

AppStories, Ep. 80 - 31 minutes

Our Favorite Apps with iOS 12 Features (Part 2)

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AppStories Episode 80 - Our Favorite Apps with iOS 12 Features (Part 2)

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This week, Federico and John discuss more of their favorite iOS and watchOS app debuts and updates highlighting iOS 12 and watchOS 5 features.

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Making Of: The iOS 12 Review

[[federico]] In an episode of AppStories Unplugged released to Club MacStories members earlier this week (it can be downloaded here), I explained in broad strokes what my process for putting together my annual iOS review was like this year. Now, I’d like to get a little more specific by sharing additional details and screenshots about...

AppStories, Ep. 79 - 32 minutes

Our Favorite Apps with iOS 12 Features (Part 1)

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AppStories Episode 79 - Our Favorite Apps with iOS 12 Features (Part 1)

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This week, Federico and John dig into some of their favorite iOS app debuts and updates highlighting iOS 12 features.

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AppStories, Ep. 78 - 37 minutes

Exploring Twitter Apps

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AppStories Episode 78 - Exploring Twitter Apps

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This week, Federico and John explore Twitter clients, other specialized Twitter apps, and how they use them.

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AppStories, Ep. 77 - 32 minutes

Expanding Apple’s Reminders with Third-Party Apps

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AppStories Episode 77 - Expanding Apple’s Reminders with Third-Party Apps

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This week, Federico and John take a look at apps that integrate with Apple’s iOS Reminders app, which besides being a default app, is also a system framework.

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AppStories, Ep. 76 - 34 minutes

Our Favorite Share Sheet Extensions

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AppStories Episode 76 - Our Favorite Share Sheet Extensions

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Federico returns from vacation to discuss the share sheet extensions that he and John use on their iOS devices.

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AppStories, Ep. 75 - 45 minutes

I Set Up a Fake Child

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AppStories Episode 75 - I Set Up a Fake Child

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John is joined by Merlin Mann to discuss managing family tech use and the upcoming iOS 12 Screen Time family features.

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