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AppStories

612 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 493 ratings

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.

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Episodes

Our iOS 16 Wishes

May 08, 2022 16:04 - 55 minutes - 38.7 MB

Our iOS 16 Wishes

Gaming on Apple Platforms

May 01, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MB

Gaming on Apple Platforms

Apps with Great Shortcuts Support

April 24, 2022 16:26 - 56 minutes - 39.4 MB

Apps with Great Shortcuts Support

Our Latest Automation April Shortcuts

April 17, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes - 31.1 MB

Our Automation April Shortcuts

Automation April: Interviews with the Developers Behind Pushcut and Working Copy

April 10, 2022 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.9 MB

Automation April: Developer Interviews

Automation April: Our Shortcuts Setups

April 03, 2022 17:00 - 43 minutes - 30.5 MB

Automation April: Our Shortcuts Setups

State of the Platforms, with Apple’s Vivek Bhardwaj

March 27, 2022 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.9 MB

An Interview with Apple's Vivek Bhardwaj

iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Updates In-Depth

March 20, 2022 17:00 - 51 minutes - 35.8 MB

iOS and iPadOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3

iPad Air 2022 Review: Refined Balance

March 16, 2022 13:01 - 43 minutes - 30.6 MB

iPad Air 5th Generation Review

Apple Event Impressions: The New iPad Air, Mac Studio, and Studio Display

March 13, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MB

Apple's Peek Performance Event

Beyond Doom Scrolling: Getting More Out of Twitter

March 06, 2022 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MB

Getting More from Twitter

2022 Apple Hardware Predictions

February 27, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

2022 Hardware Predictions

Shortcuts Code Injection and 10 Innovations Apple Should Adopt from Third-Party Apps

February 20, 2022 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

10 App Innovations Apple Should Adopt

Shortcuts Wish List, 2022 Edition

February 13, 2022 17:59 - 34 minutes - 24.4 MB

Shortcuts Wish List (2022)

New Apps We Are Trying or Revisiting (Part 2)

February 06, 2022 17:59 - 34 minutes - 24.4 MB

New Apps We're Trying (Part 2)

Starting the New Year with New Shortcuts, Workflows, Apps, and More

January 30, 2022 17:19 - 40 minutes - 28.3 MB

The MacStories Starter Pack

New Apps We Are Trying or Revisiting

January 23, 2022 17:47 - 40 minutes - 28.3 MB

New and Revisited Apps

Obsidian In-Depth: More Third-Party Plugins (Part 4)

January 16, 2022 17:58 - 40 minutes - 28.3 MB

More Obsidian Plugins

Obsidian In-Depth: Third-Party Plugins (Part 3)

January 10, 2022 12:05 - 39 minutes - 27.7 MB

Third-Party Obsidian Plugins

App Trends for 2022

December 19, 2021 17:54 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MB

What Will Be Big Next?

The 2021 MacStories Selects Awards

December 13, 2021 17:05 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MB

Celebrating The Best Apps of The Year

Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)

December 05, 2021 18:01 - 43 minutes - 30.3 MB

Obsidian's Core Plugins

Obsidian In Depth: The Basics (Part 1)

November 28, 2021 18:56 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

Getting Started with Obsidian

Shortcuts for Mac Deep Dive

November 21, 2021 17:49 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MB

Shortcuts for Mac

More iPhone, iPad, and Mac Tips

November 14, 2021 18:02 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MB

iPhone, iPad, and Mac Tips

Our iPad mini Home Screen Setups

November 07, 2021 17:53 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MB

iPad mini Home Screen Setups

Everything New in iOS and iPadOS 15.1

October 31, 2021 17:01 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MB

iOS and iPadOS 15.1

macOS Monterey: The MacStories Review

October 25, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

macOS Monterey

Apple's October Music and MacBook Pro Event

October 19, 2021 02:23 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MB

Apple's October 2021 Event

iOS and iPadOS 15 Top Tips

October 10, 2021 16:10 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MB

iOS and iPadOS 15 Tips

Safari Extensions for iPhone and iPad

October 03, 2021 17:00 - 37 minutes - 26.4 MB

Safari Extensions for iOS and iPadOS

The iPad mini: Small Wonder

September 26, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.6 MB

Exploring the Strengths of the iPad mini

iOS and iPadOS 15: The MacStories Review

September 21, 2021 02:18 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

Federico's iOS and iPadOS 15 Review

A Look at the HomeKit and tvOS Updates Coming Soon

September 12, 2021 16:56 - 38 minutes - 26.9 MB

Upcoming HomeKit and tvOS Updates

Reminders, Notes, and App Customization

September 05, 2021 17:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MB

Apple Brings Tagging and Filtering to Reminders and Notes

The Complexity of Defining Great Modern Mac Apps

August 29, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

What Is a Great Mac App?

Introducing the All-New Club MacStories

August 22, 2021 20:50 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

The Next Generation of Club MacStories

Sideloading Apps and Games on the iPhone and iPad

August 16, 2021 18:32 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MB

Sideloading with AltStore

An Interview with Malin Sundberg

August 09, 2021 18:26 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

Malin Sundberg Interview

235 – An Interview with Malin Sundberg

August 09, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB

This week, Federico and John continue the Summer OS Preview Series with special guest Malin Sundberg, the creator of time tracking and invoicing app Orbit, for a chat about the development of Orbit, SwiftUI, Shortcuts for Mac, SharePlay, and more.

Beta OS Impressions Continued

August 02, 2021 18:19 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Thoughts on Apple's Latest OS Betas

234 – Beta OS Impressions Continued

August 02, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

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.

233 – Building an Apple-Only Research and Writing Setup

July 26, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.6 MB

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.

Building an Apple-Only Research and Writing Setup

July 26, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.6 MB

Safari and Notes for Research

232 – An Interview with Guilherme Rambo

July 19, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.6 MB

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.

231 – The App Customization Trend

July 12, 2021 11:01 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

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.

The App Customization Trend

July 12, 2021 11:01 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

App Customization

230 – An Interview with Marcos Tanaka

July 05, 2021 10:59 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

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.

An Interview with Marcos Tanaka

July 05, 2021 10:59 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

Marcos Tanaka Interview

Shortcuts Preview

June 28, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.9 MB

Shortcuts Preview

Guests

Christian Selig
2 Episodes
Adriaan de Jongh
1 Episode
Brian Mueller
1 Episode
Casey Liss
1 Episode
Craig Hockenberry
1 Episode
Dermot Daly
1 Episode
Federico Viticci
1 Episode
Guilherme Rambo
1 Episode
James Rath
1 Episode
Jean MacDonald
1 Episode
Kevin MacLeod
1 Episode
Marco Arment
1 Episode
Myke Hurley
1 Episode
Ryan Christoffel
1 Episode
Yarrow Cheney
1 Episode
Zach Gage
1 Episode

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