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Creating Your Own Widgets: A New Category of Apps Emerges
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 new widget-populated Home screen. Rather...
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Apple’s iPhone 12 Lineup: The MacStories Overview
Today during its streamed event from Apple Park, Apple debuted its flagship iPhone 12 lineup consisting of four separate devices, the largest number of new models ever debuted at once: iPhone 12 mini...
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iOS and iPadOS 14: The MacStories Review
Even with (unsurprisingly) smaller releases, Apple is pushing forward with bold ideas across all platforms.
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iPad Air Review: Forward-Looking
The new iPad Air. Ever since its launch in late 2015, the 12.9” iPad Pro has been my primary computer. The combination of a large display – the largest Apple makes for iPads – with software that...
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Hands-On with the HomePod’s New Intercom Feature, Alarms, and Siri Tricks
With yesterday’s releases of iOS 14.1 and HomePod Software Version 14.1, which could really use a catchier name, Apple has introduced several new features announced last week at its iPhone 12 and...
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Using Soor’s Widgets and Magic Mixes
Soor’s iOS 14 widgets. Editor’s Note Every year, we publish around 60 issues of MacStories Weekly and the Monthly Log for Club MacStories members. MacStories Weekly is packed with our favorite apps,...
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macOS Big Sur: The MacStories Review
Big Sur is a big deal. The OS picks up where Catalina left off, further rationalizing Apple’s product lineup through design, new ways to bring apps to the Mac, and updates to existing system apps. The...
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MacStories Selects 2020: Recognizing the Best Apps of the Year
John: The MacStories Selects Awards are our annual love letter to apps and the people who make them. Apps have become ubiquitous, seeping into every corner of our lives. They help us find a job and...
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Headland Review: Fight Your Way Through a World of Imagination
Headland is a new game for iOS and Android by the award winning game studio Northplay. The game revolves around a young boy exploring a world of his own imagination; fighting enemies and hunting down...
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CES Rundown: Highlights of This Year’s Most Intriguing (and Bizarre)...
My coverage of CES has always been virtual. This year the show itself is virtual too, which left me wondering whether there would be much to cover. Although there are fewer vendors participating than...
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Doodle Jump 2 Review: A Modern Take on a Classic
As I wrote in a recent issue of MacStories Weekly, the original Doodle Jump is one of my all-time favorite iOS games. This classic features an adorable doodle (officially dubbed “The Doodler”)...
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20 Years Ago, Mac OS X Set the Stage for Today’s Apple
It’s hard to believe that it’s been two decades since Mac OS X was released. I wasn’t a Mac user in 2001, but as a tech fan, I followed the release of OS X and the later switch to Intel closely, which...
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iOS and iPadOS 14.5: The MacStories Overview
Shareable lyrics, third-party music services for Siri, and the refreshed Podcasts app in iOS 14.5. Apple today released version 14.5 of iOS and iPadOS, a substantial update to the operating system for...
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Epic Versus Apple: The MacStories Overview
Later today, Epic Games and Apple will square off in a high-stakes trial in US federal district court that’s nominally about money. However, if that were all that was at stake, the claims each company...
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iPad Pro 2021 Review: Future on Standby
The new iPad Pro. In recent years, the narrative surrounding the iPad platform, and particularly its more advanced Pro line, has largely focused on the great divide between the iPad’s hardware and...
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A Palazzo Reborn: Inside Apple’s Stunning New Store in Via del Corso, Rome
The grand staircase at Apple’s new store. Earlier today, Apple officially opened their new flagship retail store in Rome, Italy. Located on the popular Via del Corso street in the city’s historical...
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macOS Monterey: The MacStories Overview
Apple concluded today’s WWDC opening keynote by unveiling macOS Monterey, which was fitting given that so many features coming to the Mac this year are also new to other platforms or are coming from...
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iOS and iPadOS 15: The MacStories Overview
This morning at Apple’s second fully-remote WWDC keynote address, Craig Federighi introduced iOS and iPadOS 15. This year’s updates include significant improvements to core first-party apps, new...
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watchOS 8: The MacStories Overview
At yesterday’s WWDC keynote event, Apple’s VP of Technology Kevin Lynch announced watchOS 8. The latest iteration of the Apple Watch operating system includes advancements in health features, a...
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Shortcuts for Mac: The Future Is Now
Source: Apple. 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 publicly released as Workflow, and...
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