https://www.macstories.net/news/the-iconfactory-launches-kickstarter-to-expand-ollies-arcade-with-frenzic/
Ollie's Arcade was launched in 2023 by The Iconfactory with three mini-games reminiscent of beloved classic videogames. Today, the company launched a...
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https://www.macstories.net/news/shortcuts-for-mac-the-future-is-now/
Jun 10, 2021 - To say we’ve followed Shortcuts closely at MacStories is probably an understatement. Federico was relying on it to run MacStories months before it was...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/pok-pok-playroom-a-delightful-digital-toybox-for-kids/
May 20, 2021 - My youngest son just finished his junior year in high school, so it’s been a while since my kids sat on the floor, absorbed by the toys surrounding them....
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/macos-monterey-the-macstories-review/
Feb 16, 2025 - <p>OSes are never truly finished. macOS has been continuously evolving for decades, and it would be foolhardy to declare it ‘finished’ in any sense...
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https://www.macstories.net/ios/a-feature-from-10-years-ago-is-back-with-a-twist-in-my-favorite-rss-client/
Nov 19, 2024 - When it comes to productivity apps, especially those that have to work within the constraints of iOS and iPadOS, it’s rare these days to stumble upon a new...
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https://www.macstories.net/tag/clawd/
Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
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https://www.macstories.net/news/ios-26-ipados-26-and-liquid-glass-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 11, 2025 - <p>During today’s WWDC 2025 keynote, held in person at Apple Park and streamed online, Apple unveiled a considerable number of upgrades to iOS and...
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https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-has-discontinued-the-original-homepod/
Nov 23, 2021 - Matthew Panzarino at TechCrunch broke the news late Friday that Apple has discontinued the original HomePod. In a statement to TechCrunch Apple said: HomePod...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/how-i-modded-the-silicone-tips-of-airpods-pro-with-a-memory-foam-layer/
Nov 23, 2021 - <p>I love my AirPods Pro and, ever since I bought them last October, I’ve been taking advantage of their noise cancellation technology to use them in...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/apple-tv-go-ipados-workstation/
Jun 7, 2024 - This time of year is one that’s always filled with anticipation for what’s upcoming for both developers and users of Apple’s platforms. And while many...
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https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-details-its-ai-foundation-models-and-applebot-web-scraping/
Jun 21, 2024 - From Apple’s Machine Learning Research1 blog: Our foundation models are trained on Apple’s AXLearn framework, an open-source project we released in 2023....
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/understanding-apples-response-to-the-dma/
Feb 13, 2024 - <p>What a week. When it began to look like Apple would announce how it planned to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), I expected small...
understandingappleresponsedmamacstories
https://www.macstories.net/reviews/ios-16-1-and-apps-with-live-activities-the-macstories-roundup-part-1/
Oct 26, 2022 - <p>The headlining feature of iOS 16.1 is Live Activities, which allows apps to display status information in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/are-pride-wallpapers-and-a-watch-band-enough-in-2025/?ref=birchtree.me
May 5, 2025 - Today, Apple introduced their 2025 Pride Collection, with a set of new LGBTQ+-themed wallpapers for iOS and iPadOS that will be available as part of iOS and...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/ipad-pro-m5-neural-benchmarks-mlx/
Nov 20, 2025 - The best kind of follow-up article isn’t one that clarifies a topic that someone got wrong (although I do love that, especially when that “someone”...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-14-the-macstories-review/
Feb 28, 2024 - <p>Even with (unsurprisingly) smaller releases, Apple is pushing forward with bold ideas across all platforms....</p>
iosipadosmacstoriesreview
https://www.macstories.net/club/whisperscribe-a-simple-shortcut-for-really-fast-audio-transcription/
Jan 28, 2026 - While I've decided to use Wispr Flow as my cross-platform dictation app (I signed up for a year of Pro membership yesterday, in fact), there are times when I...
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https://www.macstories.net/linked/our-final-2025-macstories-setups-update/
Dec 18, 2025 - John: As 2025 comes to an end, Federico and I thought we’d cap off the year with a final update on our setups. We just went through this in November, but...
finalmacstoriessetupsupdate
https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-15-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 8, 2021 - <p>This morning at Apple’s second fully-remote WWDC keynote address, Craig Federighi introduced iOS and iPadOS 15. This year’s updates include...
iosipadosmacstoriesoverview
https://www.macstories.net/news/macos-sequoia-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 16, 2024 - At its WWDC 2024 keynote held earlier today, Apple officially announced the next version of macOS, macOS Sequoia. As per its naming tradition over the past...
macos sequoiamacstoriesoverview
https://www.macstories.net/stories/creating-your-own-widgets-a-new-category-of-apps-emerges/
Nov 23, 2021 - This summer, when Apple detailed iOS 14 and the Home screen changes it would bring, the company highlighted personalization as one of the key features of the...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/thoughts-and-first-impressions-on-the-new-ipad-pros-from-apples-event-in-london/
May 8, 2024 - <p>I just came back to my hotel from the media event Apple held earlier today in London at their Battersea Power Station headquarters. I had high...
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https://www.macstories.net/linked/apples-app-store-cleanup-now-underway/
Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch, on Apple's previously announced App Store cleanup: Earlier this year, Apple promised it would clean up its iOS App Store...
app storecleanupunderwaymacstories
https://www.macstories.net/stories/apple-update-the-ipad-mini-and-10-2-ipad/
Sep 17, 2021 - At today’s Apple event, the company unveiled updates to the iPad mini and the 10.2” iPad. The 10.2” version continues to serve as Apple’s entry-level...
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https://www.macstories.net/ios/a-comprehensive-guide-to-all-120-settings-urls-supported-by-ios-and-ipados-13-1/
Nov 23, 2021 - A few weeks ago, I came across a post on Reddit claiming that Apple had restored the ability to launch specific sections of the Settings app via Shortcuts in...
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https://www.macstories.net/category/stories/
Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
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https://www.macstories.net/news/watchos-11-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 16, 2024 - During today’s WWDC keynote, Apple announced a number of updates to its watchOS software as well as some improvements to the Fitness and Workout apps. While...
watchosmacstoriesoverview
https://www.macstories.net/reviews/ivory-for-mastodon-review-tapbots-reborn/
Jan 25, 2023 - There’s an intangible, permeating quality about Tapbots apps that transcends features and specs: craftsmanship. With Ivory, launching today on the App Store...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/macpad-how-i-created-the-hybrid-mac-ipad-laptop-and-tablet-that-apple-wont-make/
Mar 7, 2024 - <p>It all started because I wanted a better keyboard for my Vision Pro. I had no idea that, in looking for one, I’d accidentally create the hybrid...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/watchos-26-the-macstories-review/
Sep 22, 2025 - Last year was my first covering the watchOS beat with version 11. It turned out to be a trial by fire, with the annual software update for the world’s most...
watchosmacstoriesreview
https://www.macstories.net/news/black-friday-app-deals/
Nov 28, 2025 - <p>There’s more than just gadgets on sale this Black Friday. There are also hundreds of excellent app deals from collections and bundles to one-off...
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https://www.macstories.net/news/watchos-26-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 14, 2025 - Earlier today, Apple announced watchOS 26 and with it, a selection of updates and new features for the Apple Watch. Alongside all of Apple’s other platforms,...
watchosmacstoriesoverview
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/hand-crafted-dont-count-developers-out/
Jun 4, 2025 - We’re days away from WWDC, and I’m excited. As much as I enjoy a good Apple hardware event, it’s WWDC’s focus on software that I truly love. But what...
handcraftedcountdevelopersmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/news/macos-tahoe-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 10, 2025 - At its WWDC 2025 keynote held earlier today, Apple officially announced the next version of macOS, macOS Tahoe. As per the company’s naming tradition over...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/longplay-for-mac-launches-with-powerful-ai-and-shortcuts-integration/
Jul 17, 2025 - Longplay by Adrian Schönig is an excellent album-oriented music app that integrates with Apple Music. The app started on iOS and iPadOS, then later added...
longplaymaclaunchespowerfulai
https://www.macstories.net/notes/the-ai-app-experience-matters-more-than-benchmarks-now/
Nov 28, 2025 - I was catching up on different articles after the release of Claude Opus 4.5 earlier this week, and this part from Simon Willison’s blog post about it stood...
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https://www.macstories.net/author/johnvoorhees/
John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John...
johnvoorheesmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/reviews/apples-journal-app-journaling-for-all/
Dec 13, 2023 - I’ve been keeping a journal in Day One since at least 2015, and I’ve got to say, the practice has become very engrained in my otherwise chaotic daily...
applejournalmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/stories/what-its-like-to-hear-better-with-airpods-pro-2/
Oct 29, 2024 - I’ll admit, I was a little apprehensive about taking Apple’s hearing test. I’ve spent my fair share of time at loud concerts and shouting above the din...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/i-turned-the-new-13-ipad-pro-into-a-macpad-and-portable-gaming-display/
May 21, 2024 - As I hinted in my story on the issues of iPadOS last week, I upgraded from an 11” iPad Pro to a 13” iPad Pro (1 TB, Wi-Fi-only model). While I was very...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/hoverbar-duo-the-macstories-review/
Mar 31, 2021 - There is no shortage of iPad stands. Search for one on Amazon, for instance, and you’ll be met with page after page of results. Most stands are unremarkable,...
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https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-releases-26-1-updates-to-its-operating-systems/
Nov 9, 2025 - Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial “bug fixes and feature...
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https://www.macstories.net/plans/plus/
Jan 27, 2026 - In August 2021, we launched Club MacStories+, expanding the content we publish for members, building an online community for members, and expanding the app and...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/creator-studio-review-redefining-pro-for-the-modern-era/
Jan 28, 2026 - Starting today, Apple is offering a subscription bundle of its creative apps called Creator Studio. Some of what’s included is exclusive to the subscription...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/freeform-leverages-the-freedom-and-flexibility-of-a-blank-canvas/
Dec 13, 2022 - Freeform is a brand new iPhone, iPad, and Mac app from Apple that lets users create multimedia boards on an infinite canvas that include text, images,...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/apple-frames-3-1-extending-screenshot-automation-with-the-new-apple-frames-api/
Mar 21, 2024 - Update, March 3: Version 3.1.1 of Apple Frames has been released with support for a new passthrough output command. This post has been updated to reflect the...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-26-the-macstories-review/
Oct 2, 2025 - Old and new through the liquid glass....
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/macstories-starter-pack-why-i-abandoned-the-search-for-the-perfect-email-app-and-am-making-do-with-a-hybrid-approach/
Jan 27, 2022 - Editor’s Note: Why I Abandoned the Search for the Perfect Email App and Am Making Do With a Hybrid Approach is part of the MacStories Starter Pack, a...
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https://www.macstories.net/notes/notes-on-early-mac-studio-ai-benchmarks-with-qwen3-235b-a22b-and-qwen2-5-vl-72b/
Oct 30, 2025 - <p>I received a top-of-the-line Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, 512 GB of RAM, 8 TB of storage) on loan from Apple last week, and I thought I’d use this...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/introducing-the-2022-automation-april-shortcuts-contest-winners/
May 12, 2022 - <p>John: One of the hardest things about a new project is keeping it under wraps until it’s ready. That was true of Automation April in general, but it...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/play-2-0-adds-youtube-channel-support-folders-and-a-new-premium-subscription/
Dec 6, 2023 - Marcos Tanaka’s Play has become the way I watch YouTube, which isn’t something I expected would happen as much as I’ve enjoyed the app since its launch...
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https://www.macstories.net/linked/appstories-episode-385-our-2024-macos-and-visionos-wwdc-wishes/
May 30, 2024 - This week on AppStories, we continue our annual wishlists with a look at macOS and visionOS. [subscribe_to_appstories] Sponsored by: Raycast – A collection...
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https://www.macstories.net/ipad/
Jan 24, 2025 - <p>iPad Since its debut in 2010, the iPad has become one of our core themes, making MacStories the premier destination for users who want to get work...
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https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci
5.2K Posts, 311 Following, 33.8K Followers · Founder and Editor-in-Chief of @MacStories and @Club, where I write every week. I also co-host @appstories, a...
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https://mastodon.macstories.net/@johnvoorhees
6.04K Posts, 400 Following, 10.3K Followers · I run @macstories with @viticci where we cover Apple, apps, videogames, and more. I also co-host four MacStories...
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https://club.macstories.net/?utm_source=ms&utm_medium=header
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https://www.macstories.net/tag/ai/
Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
aiarchivesmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/reviews/two-months-with-the-narwal-freo-x10-pro/
Dec 17, 2025 - In the depths of the pandemic, I bought an iRobot Roomba j7 vacuum. At the time, it was one of the nicer models iRobot offered, but it was expensive. It did a...
twomonthsfreopromacstories
https://www.macstories.net/magic-rays-of-light/
Mar 19, 2024 - Magic Rays of Light is a weekly podcast exploring the world of Apple TV hosted by Sigmund Judge and Devon Dundee. Each Wednesday, Sigmund and Devon dig into...
magicrayslightmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/news/final-cut-pro-2-and-logic-pro-2-for-ipad-updated-along-with-their-mac-counterparts/
May 7, 2024 - <p>Last year at this time, I beta-tested Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad. I was impressed with both and found editing podcasts in Logic Pro for iPad...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks-like/
Feb 6, 2026 - Update, February 6: I've published an in-depth guide with advanced tips for secure credentials, memory management, automations, and proactive work with...
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https://www.macstories.net/plans/club/
Feb 2, 2026 - Launched in 2015, Club MacStories has provided members with more of the content they know and love from MacStories.net every week for the low price of $5/month...
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https://www.macstories.net/news/apples-iphone-14-lineup-the-macstories-overview/
Sep 9, 2022 - As expected, Apple introduced four new iPhone models today, the iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Plus, the iPhone 14 Pro, and the iPhone Pro Max. There are a lot of...
appleiphonelineupmacstoriesoverview
https://www.macstories.net/tag/ios-10/
Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
iosarchivesmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/stories/the-ipads-sweet-solution/
Mar 13, 2025 - In working with my iPad Pro over the past few months, I’ve realized something that might have seemed absurd just a few years ago: some of the best apps I’m...
ipadquotsweetsolutionmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/reviews/episodes-tracks-your-favorite-tv-shows-offers-recommendations/
Episodes, a new iPhone app by developers Nial Giacomelli and Benjamin Gordon, provides a great-looking solution to track your favorite TV shows with air dates...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/
Jan 15, 2023 - Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/ipad-mini-review-the-third-place/
My first reaction when I picked up the new iPad mini last Thursday morning was that it felt heavier than my 11
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/automation-april-never-forget-to-stop-a-timery-time-tracking-timer-again/
Apr 19, 2022 - <p>I’ve been using Timery to track my time using the Toggl time tracking service for several years now, and although I’ve gotten better at...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/the-apple-watch-ultra-needs-more-band-choices/
Aug 22, 2023 - <p>It was a warm, humid morning in North Carolina when I went out for a run today. I came back a sweaty mess, which got me thinking about my Apple Watch...
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https://www.macstories.net/mac/exporting-links-from-safari-reading-list-via-shortcuts-for-mac/
Nov 27, 2021 - A few weeks ago in the second lesson of the Automation Academy for Club MacStories+ and Club Premier members, I wrote about how I’ve been using Reminders as...
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https://www.macstories.net/news/apples-september-14-2021-keynote-by-the-numbers/
Sep 17, 2021 - As usual, Apple sprinkled facts, figures, and statistics throughout the keynote today. Here are highlights of some of those metrics from the event, which was...
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https://www.macstories.net/shortcuts/
Feb 3, 2026 - Welcome to the MacStories Shortcuts Archive, the official repository for shortcuts created by Federico Viticci and the MacStories team. Since the original...
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https://www.macstories.net/ios/how-to-trigger-ifttt-applets-with-ios-12s-new-shortcuts-app-and-siri/
Nov 23, 2021 - Among the actions that didn’t make the transition from Workflow to the new Shortcuts app for iOS 12, built-in support for triggering IFTTT applets (formerly...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/unread-4-0-brings-a-fast-and-native-rss-reader-to-the-mac/
Jul 29, 2024 - <p>Unread by Golden Hill Software has long been an excellent and elegant RSS client for iOS and iPadOS. Today, it arrives on macOS with version 4.0....
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https://www.macstories.net/tag/ios-26/
Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
iosarchivesmacstories
https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-18-the-macstories-overview/
Jun 16, 2024 - At its WWDC 2024 keynote held earlier today online and with an in-person event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, Apple officially announced the next...
iosipadosmacstoriesoverview
https://www.macstories.net/reviews/horse-browser-tries-its-hooves-at-a-new-take-on-tabs/
Apr 2, 2025 - In 2024, web browsers mostly all look the same. Their user interfaces always feature an address bar at the top of the window and horizontal tabs that allow you...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-18-the-macstories-review/
There is still fun beyond AI.
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https://www.macstories.net/tag/llms/
Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/paste-the-clipboard-management-utility-gets-an-elegant-new-design-on-the-mac/
Jun 28, 2023 - Paste feels like the kind of clipboard manager Apple might make, especially version 4.0, which was released today. The focus of today’s update is the design...
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/picmal-streamlines-batch-conversion-and-compression-on-the-mac/
Nov 11, 2025 - One of my favorite aspects of macOS is the endless supply of great utilities for doing anything you can imagine. If there’s something you want to do on your...
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https://www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
Sep 18, 2025 - <p>Comfort Zone is a weekly podcast that pushes its hosts outside of their, well, comfort zone hosted by Christopher Lawley, Niléane Dorffer, and Matt...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-13-the-macstories-review/
Feb 28, 2024 - <p>Following years of a judicious union between platforms, it’s time for iPad to embark on its own journey....</p>
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https://www.macstories.net/reviews/play-a-fantastic-utility-for-saving-and-organizing-youtube-videos-for-later/
Feb 11, 2022 - <p>Today, Marcos Tanaka released Play, an iPhone, iPad, and Mac app for saving links to YouTube videos for later. The app doesn’t save the videos...
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https://www.macstories.net/author/viticci/
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...
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https://www.macstories.net/setups/
Jan 27, 2026 - It's no secret that, here at MacStories, we like to experiment with different hardware and apps in the constant pursuit of more portable and powerful setups,...
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/visionos-26-the-macstories-review/
Sep 22, 2025 - As Apple’s newest and most cutting-edge platform, visionOS is also the hardest to nail down. Vision Pro as a product is still so nascent that people don’t...
visionosmacstoriesreview
https://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-and-ipados-15-the-macstories-review/
Oct 24, 2021 - A quieter release for even stranger times....
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https://www.macstories.net/stories/macstories-selects-2025-recognizing-the-best-apps-of-the-year/
Dec 16, 2025 - John: 2025 was a different sort of year for apps, which is reflected in this year’s MacStories Selects Awards winners. App innovation comes from many...
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