MacStories Team

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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.

Interview: Luc Vandal

Twitter: @lucvandal. Founder of Edovia and creator of Screens for Mac and iOS. Pricing models on Apple’s stores has changed a lot in recent years and Screens for the Mac is part of the Setapp subscription. Where do you see utility app business models heading and what does that mean for Screens? I’m still not...



Previously, On MacStories

Sebastiaan de With Tackles RAW Photo Editing Newton: Supercharged Email with Space-Age Features [Sponsor] Lire RSS Client Adds Deeper iOS 11 Drag and Drop Support HomePod Review Roundup Emoji Use in Apps Leading to App Store Rejections Slack Overhauls Emoji Support Across Platforms What Is Apple’s Video Strategy? New Emoji Announced for 2018 Media Outlets...


In This Issue

PopClip, iOS Apps with True Black Themes, Vol. 2, an interview with Luc Vandal,Jared Sinclair’s Home screen, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, lots of Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, App Debuts,and a recap of MacStories articles....


Interesting Links

Earlier this week, Apple erroneously sent developers an update about the performance of their Search Ads Basic campaigns. The trouble was, the update was for other developers’ apps in many cases. (Link) Kashmir Hill of Gizmodo converted as much of her apartment to smart devices as possible, and her colleague Surya Mattu monitored the network...


Interesting Links

When Strava published a global heat map aggregating the GPS activity of its users, it both demonstrated the power of big datasets by indirectly revealing military bases and stirred up complaints that it’s more difficult to opt out of sharing such data than it should be. (Link) Nintendo is moving on from one of its...


In This Issue

Letterboxd,iOS Task Managers, Alexandra Cox’s Home screen, The Extension, a DaisyDisk giveaway, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, App Debuts, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....



Home Screen: Alexandra Cox

Twitter: @AlexCox. Part of the Cards Against Humanity crew; co-host of Roboism on Relay FM and Do By Friday. The past three months I’ve tried to interact with my iPhone in a much different way. My Home screen is set up so that apps (mostly social media) are hidden away in folders so I don’t...