Federico Viticci

10962 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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Service to Send Any Link to Instapaper

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“Since getting Instapaper Pro for my iPod, I’ve been loving the ability to add links to my instapaper just by tapping on them, rather than (on my laptop) having to follow a link to its webpage, wait for it to load, and then hit the bookmarklet to send it to IP. So I made a service to duplicate that functionality on my Macbook. Once installed, you can select any URL in any application, and any link in Safari and send it to Instapaper in the background. You’ll get notified via Growl or the OS.”

This is just great.

Gmail Studio: Yet Another Mail Notifier

If you are a Gmail user and you have a Mac, you probably already know how many Gmail notifier applications are available. I don’t even know, maybe more than 20? Not to talk about custom solutions made of Applescript and Automator workflows.

I’m personally a huge fan of Notify from Vibealicious, which provides an easy way to access Gmail from the menubar with a stylish, elegant interface. Moreover, the upcoming 2.0 version will simply rock, trust me. Anyway, I’ve just discovered another Gmail notifier, which sits in the menubar and lets you check your unread messages from your Mac desktop: Gmail Studio.

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Apple, Can You Do for Video What You Did for Music?

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“Now would be a really good time for Apple to rethink its video content strategy and make changes that will hold what I’m unaffectionately calling NBComcast at bay. It’s time for Apple to leverage its strengths by offering something like “Complete My Album” or “Upgrade to iTunes Plus” for movies, TV shows and music videos. Such iTunes features could change how people electronically rent or buy video content.”

I don’t think Apple will ever do the same things Youtube and Hulu already do. I mean, Cupertino never does the same things as others. They came out with a full featured online music store when online music stores didn’t exist.

They won’t just copy Hulu or offer the same stuff you can find (for free) on Youtube. If they have plans for something video related, it will sure be part of the Tablet project.

The Ultimate Roundup of 85 Mac Apps for Web Designers and Developers

Turns out many web designers and developers are switching to Mac OS X and guess what, I couldn’t agree more. If you want to do some serious work guys, I think Mac is the best option available. But anyway, the “switching process” can be really hard: especially if you come from years of Windows usage finding the best applications could be a big problem.

That’s why I decided to collect the best applications for web designers and developer using a Mac. But please notice that this roundup doesn’t cover every application out there, I’ve only picked up the best apps (free and paid) I know. If you have more suggestions, I’d love to hear about it in the comments section below.

Enjoy!

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Stay Focused on Your Diet with Foobi. Review and Giveaway!

Ok, maybe I’m not the best person to review Foobi. I mean, I’m italian and Italy is famous for its foods goodness: pasta, pizza, they’re famous all around the world. Maybe food is one of the few reasons I still love Italy. Anyway, when I first saw Foobi I was shocked by its gorgeous interface and smooth animations. Now that I’tried it, I can say that Foobi, if in the right hands, could be one of the most useful apps on your iPhone.

And turns out that we’ve also got some codes to give away.

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ActionMenu Extends Your iPhone Copy & Paste Menu

Before OS 3.0 we were unable to copy & paste stuff on our iPhones: sure, there were apps such as Clippy available in Cydia which allowed us to use some sort of copy and paste features, but it wasn’t polished, refined and stable like the solution Apple came out with. And it seems like after the release of iPhone OS 3.0 people stopped asking about new stuff, everyone seems to be satisfied now. Fortunately, there are many people who noticed that the “action menu” (the one you activate everytime you copy / paste / select some text) could be improved a lot.

Fortunately, there’s a guy like Ryan Petrich who developed an amazing tweak called Action Menu.

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