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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.

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Interesting Links

Pitchfork Top 10, “a countdown of the 10 best songs of the week as determined by Pitchfork’s editors”, is coming to Beats 1. Gabe Weatherhead on using Wikipedia as a reading library on iOS. Some great app recommendations in here. Photographer Charlie Davoli creates surreal worlds using only iPhone photos and photography apps. He says...


In This Issue

Reminder: MacStories Weekly will return in 2016 on January 8, there will be no issue tomorrow. If you’re a new member, you can always revisit previous issues which are listed at the bottom of this email. 2015 has been an incredible year, both personally and for the MacStories team. Between in-depth coverage of iOS I...


Our Top Stories in 2015

Federico’s Top Stories iOS 9: The MacStories Review, Created on iPad Life After Cancer: How the iPhone Helped Me Achieve a Healthier Lifestyle iPad Pro Review: A New Canvas My Must-Have iOS Apps, 2015 Edition iOS 9 and Safari View Controller: The Future of Web Views Initial Thoughts on iOS 9’s iPad Multitasking: A Deep...


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Home Screen: Gabe Weatherhead

Twitter: @macdrifter. Writer of Macdrifter.com and maker of TapCellar. My Home screen doesn’t change a lot. That’s partly because I’ve found my groove with many of these applications on iOS. It’s also because Spotlight and Today widgets on iOS 9 make my Home screen a lot less important to my daily work. These are my...


Previously, On MacStories

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Home Screen: Ari Weinstein

Twitter: @AriX. Co-founder and developer ofWorkflow. Do these icons look a little different to you? My iPhone is mercifully jailbroken and I use Surenix’s beautiful Ayeris icon set to replace the standard iOS 7 icons. (Fun fact: Surenix also designed the Workflow icon.) Onto the apps! My phone may be jailbroken, but my apps are...


Interesting Links

Steven Aquino, writing for TechCrunch on the accessibility of the iPhone 6s. It’s always important to keep this kind of different perspective in mind. Curtis Herbert continues his Slopes Diaries series discussing how he created an ad-hoc iPad app to access his server backend. A comprehensive guide on how to improve security settings on iOS...