Federico Viticci

10880 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.

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Apple, Steam, Mac Mini and Gaming - What’s Next?

Apple has released the new Mac mini which features improved graphics and faster performances, amongst many other new features such as the long-awaited unibody enclosure.  Not to mention the HDMI port on the back, which makes the Mac mini “come to the big screen”. As I saw this new iteration of Apple’s little big desktop computer, I couldn’t help but thinking about the direction Apple is going with gaming on Mac OS X.

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The iPad Gets Pre-like Multitasking with ProSwitcher

If you’re running a jailbroken iPhone, I guess that one of the tweaks you installed from Cydia is ProSwitcher. This simple yet powerful utility from Ryan Petrich allows you to switch between apps running in the background using a Palm Pre like “cards” UI, which is undoubtedly useful and easy to use. Just assign an Activator shortcut to it, launch it anywhere on your iPhone and switch between the apps you’ve backgrounded in a matter of seconds.

Now, you can install and use ProSwitcher on the iPad.

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