MacStories Team

3376 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.

Previously, On MacStories

Stories Fitness App Gentler Streak Adds Wellness Tracking Rovio Announces It’s Pulling Angry Birds Classic From Sale on Android and Hiding the Game on iOS The Best Mac Gaming Experience Is a PC Sitting in a Dallas Data Center Podcasts AppStories, Episode 317 – Artificial Intelligence and Apps (Part 2) MacStories Unwind: Metroid Prime Remastered...


In This Issue

Federico shares a lighter approach to Focus Modes with the iPhone and Apple Watch Ultra, John shares his iPhone Home Screen apps and widgets, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....


Club MacStories+ AV Club Town Hall, Glass Onion


Club MacStories Town Halls are part of the special live audio events we hold in the Club MacStories+ Discord community. The show is a recorded and lightly edited version of the Town Halls that we produce, so Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members who can’t attend the event live can listen later. To learn more about Club MacStories+ and Club Premier, visit our Club plans page.

Ep. - Club MacStories+ AV Club Town Hall, Glass Onion

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This month, Federico, John, and Jonathan Reed joined Club members for an AV Club Town Hall in the Club MacStories+ Discord community to discuss 2022’s Glass Onion, directed by Rian Johnson.

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In This Issue

A collection of HomeKit apps, how to turn an advanced Twitter search into an RSS feed with Inoreader, an all-new episode of MacStories Unplugged, a Sofa giveaway, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, a recap of MacStories articles, and a preview of upcoming MacStories podcast episodes....


Perks

Sofa This week for Club MacStories members we have a giveaway of Sofa, which was one of this week’s AppStories sponsors. Sofa is a fantastic downtime manager from developer Shawn Hickman that we’ve covered many times before here in Weekly and on MacStories. For today’s giveaway, we’ve got 30 one-year subscriptions for Sofa’s Personal Yearly...


Previously, On MacStories

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Up Next on MacStories’ Podcasts

Next week on AppStories, Federico and John conclude their series on the integration of artificial intelligence in apps. This week on MacStories Unwind, Apple TV+’s Shrinking and Metroid Prime Remastered....


HomeKit, PSVR 2, and HDMI Upscalers

[[unplugged_artwork]] This month, John has started a couple of HomeKit projects and playing with NVIDIA GeForce Ultimate and Federico is looking forward to the PSVR 2, which somehow leads to an exploration of HDMI upscalers and a joint shopping session. John’s HomeKit Projects Ecobee Smart Security The Honeywell T9 smart thermostat Videogame...