Federico Viticci

10787 posts on MacStories since April 2009

Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

iMovie Updated to 1.0.1

Together with the Mobile iDisk app, Apple has just pushed an update for iMovie.

The 1.0.1 update addresses an issue with music playback within projects, improves reliability with exporting projects containing photos and brings additional fixes and stability improvements. It’s available at $4.99 here.


Apple Updates Mobile iDisk App with iPad and iOS 4 Support

If you’re a MobileMe user, then you might be happy to know this: Apple has just updated the iDisk app to include native support for the iPad and iOS 4’s multitasking.

You can now quickly switch from iDisk to another app, go back and find the app exactly where you left off. You can also stream audio in the background (useful if you store your music library in the cloud)  and open files in other apps that support that type of document, such as iBooks. Also, there are some major stability improvements. The app is available here.

Check out the full changelog and screenshots after the break.

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Blogshelf: iPad Reader “For the Rest of Us”

We’ve been reviewing many iPad applications meant for reading online content. The Early Edition, My Newspaper, Pulse, Reeder: each one of them has its pros and cons, and I’ve found my ideal workflow by combining Reeder with Ashes -  we’ll review the second one later this week.

Today I’m taking a look at another new app built to easily access article with an interesting interface and concept: Blogshelf.

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Track Location in the Background with GPS Tracks - 3 Codes Up for Grabs

If you’ve been living under a giant iPod Touch (no, it’s not an iPad dude) for the past 3 months, then you don’t know that iOS 4 supports multitasking and tasks in the background. Yes, apps can now finish tasks while not visible - they’re paused to you, but they can finish their job in the background.

For this reason, and because we love showcasing new apps, apps like GPS Tracks are now possible. And if that’s not enough, we even have 3 promo codes up for grabs.

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