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.
An Interview with Malin Sundberg 
This week, Federico and John continue the Summer OS Preview Series with special guest Malin Sundberg, the creator of time tracking app Orbit, for a chat about the development of Orbit, SwiftUI, Shortcuts for Mac, SharePlay, and more.
On AppStories+, John asks Federico what kinds of qualities he looks for in MacStories writers.
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Beta OS Impressions Continued
This week, Federico and John dig into the latest public beta and share their thoughts on changes to Safari on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Books on the Mac, Quick Note, Focus, and Live Text.
On AppStories+, John sees a movie, Federico experiments with the latest Obsidian plugins, and John explains how he’s using the Loupedeck Live with Obsidian.
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Building an Apple-Only Research and Writing Setup
This week, Federico and John consider whether changes coming to Apple’s OSes make a system app-only research and writing workflow possible and discuss where there’s room for improvement.
On AppStories+, Federico and John talk about Calliope, the web app that underlies AppStories+ and Club MacStories, and John shares his thoughts on the Kobo Elipsa as an eBook reader and note-taking device.
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An Interview with Guilherme Rambo
This week, Federico and John continue the Summer OS Preview Series with special guest Gui Rambo for a chat about SharePlay, Shortcuts for Mac, Gui’s app AirBuddy, SwiftUI, and more.
On AppStories+, Federico shares some good news about his Wii U and quest to play early Metroid titles and John experiences the the brilliance of Amazon returns at Whole Foods stores.
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The App Customization Trend
This week, Federico and John discuss the emerging trend of app customization, which along with app modularity, lets users control how apps work and look.
On AppStories+, Federico provides an update about the progress on his review, and John wonders why the Mac share sheet has been so badly neglected by Apple.
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An Interview with Marcos Tanaka
This week, Federico and John continue the MacStories Summer OS Preview Series by interviewing Marcos Tanaka, the creator of MusicHarbor and MusicSmart about the latest changes to Apple’s music-related frameworks, his apps, and more.
On AppStories+, Federico and John go behind the scenes about their OS preview stories, discuss Shortcuts for Mac, and Federico is searching for his Wii U.
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Shortcuts Preview This week, Federico and John walk through all the changes coming to Shortcuts this fall, including changes to the Shortcuts editor and the new actions you’ll find in Shortcuts on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
On AppStories+, Federico explains his new iPad Home Screen for writing his annual iOS and iPadOS review and other Home Screens he’s considering and Federico and John discuss Shared With You.
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Federico’s Research and Note-Taking Setup
This week, Federico and John dig into the latest iteration of the research and note-taking setup that Federico is using to prepare his annual iOS and iPadOS review, which features Obsidian.
On AppStories+, Federico and John catch up on post-WWDC rest and project planning.
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2021 Apple Design Award Winners: The AppStories Interviews
For today’s special bonus episode of AppStories, Federico and John interview the creators of four 2021 Apple Design Award winning apps and games: Winston Chen, creator of Voice Dream Reader; Esther Huybreghts, Mathijs Demaeght, and Melissa Cash from Pok Pok, creators of Pok Pok Playroom; Brian Mueller, creator of CARROT Weather; and Maria Sayans and David Fernandez Huerta from ustwo games, creators of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure.
On AppStories+, Federico and John consider what makes the apps that win ADAs special and Federico explains that he has restored his iPhone and is beta testing AudioOS 15 on the HomePod.
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