MacStories Team

3288 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.

Home Screen: Chris Lawley

Twitter: @chris_lawley. YouTuber and photographer covering iPad, iOS, and apps. The iPad has been my main computer for over four years now. The last time I wrote about my iPad Home Screen was in issue 75 of the Club MacStories Newsletter, which was all the back in 2017. This was a time where we were...


MacStories Unplugged

[[unplugged_artwork]] Parades, Private Investigators, Ambulance Chasers, and Open Houses Federico and John on why they’re so excited about Panic’s Playdate, a conversation about 4th of July parades and open houses spins off into private investigators and ambulance chasers, and Federico invites Club members to play a guessing game with us....


Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John mark the release of the latest public beta with additional thoughts and impressions about changes coming to Apple’s OSes this fall. This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John cover a big Sofa update, Doppler on the Mac, Q3 Apple earnings, and updates to GarageBand, along...


Previously, On MacStories

Apple Releases Remix Sessions, Sound Packs, and Producer Packs for GarageBand on the iPhone and iPad Doppler for Mac Offers an Excellent Album and Artist-Focused Listening Experience for Your Owned Music Collection Sofa 3.0 Adds New Ways to Manage Your Media Lists Along With a New Business Model Apple Q32021 Results - $81.4 Billion Revenue...


In This Issue

This month, Federico explains how he’s using his iPad Pro to manage an Intel NUC dedicated to his music collection, and John shares his philosophy about productivity systems and why most notes should be deleted and archived, not saved and curated....


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In This Issue

Acollection ofMac screen recording apps, the second installment of Federico’s Obsidian series covering themes, the app’s mobile quick action and toolbar functionality, along with some of his favorite third-party plugins, John reveals the results of hisalways-on iPhone and iPadexperiments, plus the usual Links, App Debuts,a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming podcast...


Previously, On MacStories

CARROT Weather 5.3 Adds Smart Layouts and a Fun Weather Reports Feature Two Months with Apple’s New M1 iMac Apple Music to Livestream Sold-Out Atlanta Listening Event for Kanye West’s Next Album, DONDA New Tokyo level of Skate City Will Debut Alongside Skateboarding Becoming an Official Olympic Sport...


Interesting Links

Gallium nitride is the crystalline product of the metal gallium and nitrogen, which Christopher Mims explains for The Wall Street Journal is shrinking power adapters, powering LED screens, helping self-driving cars navigate, and pushing other technologies forward. (Link) Apple introduced anti-tracking email features at WWDC, and now, DuckDuckGo is doing something similar with its new...