MacStories Team

3427 posts on MacStories since July 2011

Articles by the MacStories team. Founded by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories attracts millions of readers every month thanks to in-depth, personal, and informed coverage that offers a balanced mix of Apple news, app reviews, and opinion.

This Week's Sponsor:

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About Existing Club MacStories Accounts

Yesterday, we launched two new Club MacStories tiers and AppStories+. If you’re an existing member, you can upgrade to a Club MacStories+ or Club Premier account with your existing Club MacStories login. However, nothing about the existing Club MacStories subscription is changing, so if you’re happy with what you have now, there’s no need to do anything.

In fact, we’ve added the ability to read complete issues of Club MacStories and the Monthly Log in light or dark mode on the web to existing Club accounts. Issues are now shareable too.


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Our thanks to Hubstaff for sponsoring MacStories this week.



Up Next On MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John introduce Calliope and everything it has enabled us to offer to the MacStories audience. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover Silvio Rizzi’s Mela recipe and cooking app, AppStories+, and more....


Interesting Links

If you haven’t caught up on the changes to Safari in the latest iOS beta, Sarah Perez’s story on TechCrunch is an excellent place to get a sense of what has changed. (Link) Netflix confirmed this week that it is adding Spatial Audio support to its iPhone and iPad apps, as Chance Miller reports for...


In This Issue

Having announced AppStories+ earlier in the week, Federico shares a final clue about the announcements we’ll be making on Monday, John recommends the OtterBox Mobile Gaming Clip for MagSafe and reflects on finally launching something after many months, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming podcast...


Up Next On MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John explore sideloading apps using AltStore. This week on MacStories Unwind, Alex joins John to recap a week that included a story on Federico’s Obsidian setup, a deep dive into the Apple Maps updates coming to all of Apple’s platforms, and Things’ addition of Markdown support in...


Previously, on MacStories

Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal Interviews Craig Federighi About Apple’s Upcoming Child Safety Features Billie Eilish and Apple Music Promote Spatial Audio with Short Film Apple Maps for iOS and iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey: The MacStories Overview Things Adds Extensive Markdown Support and Search for Extended Notes Attached to Tasks My Obsidian...


Interesting Links

Substack is expanding its email newsletter business into territory that has been a traditionally strong category for Patreon: comics. (Link) Last week there was an uproar over The New York Times changing its crossword puzzle file format and what that meant for third-party apps, but as it turns out, the change will not prevent users...