AppStories is a weekly exploration of the world of apps by MacStories’ Federico Viticci and John Voorhees. Each week, they discuss the best new apps, the impact of apps on our culture, and cover the stories behind popular apps. Hosted by Federico Viticci and John Voorhees.
Three Features That Set iOS 15 Apart 
This week, Federico and John cover the three features that will sell iOS 15 to most users: Focus Mode, SharePlay, and Live Text and share some of their recent audio gear purchases for lossless streaming and AirPlay. They also take questions from listeners who watched on Instagram Live.
On AppStories+, Federico and John say hello from their first-ever live recording of AppStories on Instagram Live.
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WWDC 2021: Safari Web Extensions and Live Text
In today’s special WWDC 2021 episode, Federico and John discuss the sorts of tools that could be built with Safari Web Extensions and Federico explains how Live Text works and can be used in practice.
On AppStories+, Federico and John explain what they enjoyed about this year’s Apple Design Awards presentation.
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WWDC 2021: Shortcuts’ Folder and File Actions, Quick Note, and Safari
In today’s special WWDC 2021 episode, Federico and John take a closer look at the new folder and file actions coming to Shortcuts, discuss the intriguing potential of Quick Note, and are skeptical about some of the Safari design changes.
On AppStories+, John hooks up his iPhone and iPad to his home stereo system to the Belkin Soundform Connect, adding AirPlay to his setup, and figures out a way to stream Apple Music lossless audio too.
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WWDC 2021: Shortcuts for the Mac, iPad Keyboard Navigation, and Developer Tools
In today’s special WWDC 2021 episode, Federico and John cover Shortcuts for Mac, new ways to navigate the iPad using the keyboard, and developer tools, including TestFlight for Mac, Swift Playgrounds, and RealityKit 2’s Object Capture.
On AppStories+, Federico and John discuss the ‘work hangover’ caused by the WWDC keynote and catching up with the news emerging from the conference.
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WWDC 2021: Keynote Overview and Reactions
In today’s first special WWDC 2021 episode, Federico and John cover the highlights of Apple’s keynote, including iOS and iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8.
On AppStories+, Federico and John explain how they deal with the flood of information from the first day of WWDC and how Federico is saving research materials during WWDC.
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Our watchOS 8 and tvOS 15 Wishes
This week, Federico and John are joined by MacStories editor and senior developer Alex Guyot to conclude their WWDC wish list series with a look at tvOS and watchOS.
On AppStories+, we welcome Alex Guyot to the show to talk about how he started writing at MacStories as a high school senior and his favorite feature of Calliope, the web app he built to run Club MacStories and AppStories+.
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Our iPadOS 15 Wishes This week, Federico and John jump back into their pre-WWDC wishlist series with a look at iPadOS and the sorts of OS improvements that are needed for apps to take advantage of the iPad Pro’s new M1 chip.
On AppStories+, Federico gets locked out of the house, John ships fancy wire to Rome, we discuss the Apple TV 4K and original HomePod’s support for ARC, and John teases an upcoming series about audio solutions.
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Federico’s 2021 iPad Pro Review: Step into the Capture Zone
For this special bonus episode, Federico and John dig into Federico’s review of the 2021 iPad Pro to talk about its Liquid Retina XDR display, Thunderbolt, the gap between the iPad Pro’s hardware and its software, the M1 chip, Center Stage, and more.
On AppStories+, we kick off bonus content with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Federico’s iPad Pro review.
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Our iOS 15 Wishes 
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