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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 on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John share their self-imposed tech deadlines for the hardware and software they use. On AppStories+, Federico and John follow up their tech deadlines with the hardware they expect to add to their setups in 2025. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro Spotify YouTube...


In This Issue

John rounds up a collection of hardware doodads, Federico shares a shortcut to turn Readwise Reader articles into Todoist tasks, and Jonathan highlights his favorite app icons, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts....


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The iPad’s “Sweet” Solution Where’s Swift Assist? On Apple Offering an Abstraction Layer for AI on Its Platforms The M3 Ultra Mac Studio for Local LLMs Is Apple Shipping the Best AI Computers? The ‘e’ Is for Elemental Notes on the Apple Intelligence Delay...


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This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John examine the widening gap between consumer and enterprise apps, asking what happened to the prosumer and small business app market. On AppStories+, John doesn’t buy Apple’s explanation of why the iPhone 16e doesn’t have MagSafe and has an email-adjacent theory about task managers. Listen...


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In This Issue

Federico recommends PDF It All, John shares a few iOS tips and a new speech-to-text tool, Jonathan rounds up a collection of ambient and lofi music services, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts....


In This Issue

John wants Apple Intelligence to build proper apps, Jonathan sets up a new Mac from scratch with Supercharge, Federico shares a shortcut that uses Parcel’s API to track deliveries, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of...


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