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MacStories is a daily online magazine dedicated to everything related to Apple. Launched by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories has gained millions of readers each month with its thorough, personal, and insightful articles that blend Apple news, app assessments, and thoughtful commentary. Over the past nine years, MacStories has established itself as a prominent voice in the Apple community, with team members located in both the United States and Italy, all committed to delivering top-notch content to a rapidly expanding global audience. The readers of MacStories include creative individuals, professionals, and tech enthusiasts who value high-quality software for Macs, iOS devices, and the web, along with comprehensive reviews, editorials, and how-to guides.

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The Curious Case of Apple and Perplexity

5 days ago | macstories.net | Federico Viticci

Good post by Parker Ortolani, analyzing the pros and cons of a potential Perplexity acquisition by Apple: According to Mark Gurman, Apple executives are in the early stages of mulling an acquisition of Perplexity. My initial reaction was “that wouldn’t work.” But I’ve taken some time to think through what it could look like if it were to come to fruition. He gets to the core of the issue with this acquisition: At the end of the day, Apple needs a technology company, not another product company.
Initial Notes on iPadOS 26's Local Capture Mode

1 week ago | macstories.net | Federico Viticci

Now this is what I call follow-up: six years after I linked to Jason Snell’s first experiments with podcasting on the iPad Pro (which later became part of a chapter of my Beyond the Tablet story from 2019), I get to link to Snell’s first impressions of iPadOS 26’s brand new local capture mode, which lets iPad users record their own audio and video during a call.
Swift Assist, Part Deux

1 week ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

At WWDC 2024, I attended a developer tools briefing with Jason Snell, Dan Moren, and John Gruber. Later, I wrote about Swift Assist, an AI-based code generation tool that Apple was working on for Xcode. That first iteration of Swift Assist caught my eye as promising, but I remember asking at the time whether it could modify multiple files in a project at once and being told it couldn’t.
Interview: Craig Federighi Opens Up About iPadOS, Its Multitasking Journey, and the iPad's Essence

1 week ago | macstories.net | Federico Viticci

It’s a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I’m walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, for a conversation about the iPad. It’s the Wednesday after WWDC, and although there are still some developers and members of the press around Apple’s campus, it seems like employees have returned to their regular routines.
Logitech's Flip Folio: A Modular iPad Keyboard for Occasional Typing

1 week ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Shortly before WWDC, Logitech sent me their brand new Flip Folio case/keyboard combo to test. It’s a cleverly designed iPad case that’s a bit heavy but has a lot of other things going for it, like a very stable kickstand and an excellent travel keyboard. The Flip Folio is also more affordable than the Apple Magic Keyboard, which I expect will make it an attractive option for many iPad users.
Hands-On: How Apple's New Speech APIs Outpace Whisper for Lightning-Fast Transcription

1 week ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Late last Tuesday night, after watching F1: The Movie at the Steve Jobs Theater, I was driving back from dropping Federico off at his hotel when I got a text: Can you pick me up? It was from my son Finn, who had spent the evening nearby and was stalking me in Find My. Of course, I swung by and picked him up, and we headed back to our hotel in Cupertino. On the way, Finn filled me in on a new class in Apple’s Speech framework called SpeechAnalyzer and its SpeechTranscriber module.
Apple Denied a Stay of Judge Gonzalez Rogers' Contempt Order

3 weeks ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

Reuters reported today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has denied Apple’s motion to stay the effect of District Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ contempt order that required the company to allow developers to link to payment processing outside the App Store. Had Apple prevailed, Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ order would have been put on hold, allowing Apple to prevent developers from linking to external payment processing.
Hand Crafted: Don't Count Developers Out

3 weeks ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

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 WWDC means to me runs much deeper than the OS updates we’ll hear about next week. Of course, Apple’s announcements are a big part of what makes WWDC a special time of the year, but for me, it’s overshadowed by the people. I’ve been to every WWDC since 2013. That first year, I sat on the sidewalk at 3 AM on a cold pre-dawn morning.
2025 Apple Design Awards Winners and Finalists Announced

3 weeks ago | macstories.net | John Voorhees

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From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac

1 month ago | macstories.net | Federico Viticci

Over the course of my career, I’ve had three distinct moments in which I saw a brand-new app and immediately felt it was going to change how I used my computer – and they were all about empowering people to do more with their devices. I had that feeling the first time I tried Editorial, the scriptable Markdown text editor by Ole Zorn. I knew right away when two young developers told me about their automation app, Workflow, in 2014.