MacStories Team

3425 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.

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This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John take listeners on a tour of the wide variety of automations they’ve been working on so far this year, including shortcuts, Claude projects, and Zapier zaps. On AppStories+, Federico and John dig a little deeper into some of the more complex automations that they’ve...


In This Issue

Federico shares his shortcut for generating YouTube transcripts, Jonathan tries out intuitive stretching app Bend, and John explains why Simple Scan is his favorite scanning app, 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

This month, Devon checks in one year after beginning to use Everlog to create a timeline of his life, and John thinks it’s time to stop hyping or ignoring AI and judge it critically like any other technology....


In This Issue

Federico shares a clever way to automate away macOS’ Shortcuts permission prompts, John wonders what happened to the future of automation on the Mac, Jonathan takes the Obsidian plunge, 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...


This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories In this special interview episode, Federico and John welcome Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman to discuss his 16-year journey covering Apple. Mark shares how he started as a teenage app developer before joining 9to5Mac and eventually Bloomberg. The conversation explores Mark’s most memorable scoops, the evolution of Apple news coverage, his...


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In This Issue

John shares his collection of PopClip extensions, Federico tests Todoist’s LLM integration with email, and Jonathan asks whether Apple should change its approach to introducing new software features, 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...


This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John explore a collection of Shortcuts helper utilities that extend functionality beyond the built-in system actions, sharing how these apps address gaps in Apple’s Shortcuts implementation across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. On AppStories+, John interviews Federico about his recent story that concludes web applications...