MacStories Team

3292 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: Frank Towers

Twitter: @forgottentowel. Designer at grafiksyndikat. My wallpaper is (null), I have only ever had black iPhones and I love the seamless look and the way the icons seem to float behind the glass. I do enjoy decorating my Lock screen however — I am currently using the Bionic wallpaper from my site. I have a...


Home Screen: Shahid Ahmad

Twitter: @shahidkamal. Co-host of Remaster. My Home screen contains apps that I need the quickest access to, so it doesn’t necessarily contain my favourite apps, or even my most used apps. I make one or two exceptions for those apps I want to check out and I keep them on my Home screen to consciously...


Interesting Links

The first trailer of Where Cards Fall, the second game from the makers of Alto’s Adventure in collaboration with Sam Rosenthal, has been released. There’s a new 2 TB iCloud storage option at $19.99/month. Apple added an avatar and background image from the invitation to the September 7th event at the Bill Graham Civic Center...


Straw Poll

Vote in Straw Poll #12 Evernote Lately the news around Evernote has been pretty gloomy, so we want to know about your experiences and perceptions of Evernote today. Vote in Straw Poll #12...


In This Issue

This month, Federico plays No Man’s Sky on his iPhone, Graham wishes for “Hey Siri” on the Apple TV, and shares another workflow, whilst John explains how his perspective on news, Twitter and games has changed since he started writing for MacStories....


Reader Setup: Graham Spencer

Twitter: @greyham. MacStories Contributor. This year, my computing setup has changed quite significantly for the first time in years. That’s because I now use the iPad Pro for a lot of tasks that used to be reserved for my Mac. In fact, aside from MacStories Weekly, most my writing for MacStories is done on the...


Reader Setup: Alessandro Vendruscolo

Twitter: @misterjack. Freelance iOS & front-end developer. I’ve always worked using an external monitor since my early days as a Mac user, when fiddling with Photoshop was a hobby (even before starting university and helping Federico with MacStories). I always dreamed about having a serious dual monitor workstation. Just like those you see in the...


In This Issue

Momento, Exploring the Apple TV App Store(Vol. 1), Alessandro Vendruscolo’s computing setup, a new Ongoing Development column from John, plus the usualWorkflow Corner, Weekly Q&A, Tip, Links, and recap of MacStories articles....


Previously, On MacStories

Shot on iPhone: The Human Family Apple Refreshes Emoji with iOS 10 Developer Beta 4 Localized iPad Pro Smart Keyboards Arrive Instagram Introduces New Stories Feature Timepage Introduces Proactive ‘Assistant’ for Smarter Notifications Modern Atlas, Your Travel Companion Gboard Adds Support for Multiple Languages...