macstories.netadded August 2026
MacStoriesby John Voorhees2d ago
We have another collection our favorite indie apps that take advantage of Apple’s latest OS features. Today, we’re highlighting: Haven, Structured, Capture, Scrappy, and Fin.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees5d ago
Amazon’s Big Deal Days for Prime members has begun, and we’ve collected some of our favorite deals offered.
MacStoriesby Federico Viticci5d ago
In my iOS and iPadOS 27 review, I wrote about one of the more interesting additions to the Shortcuts app for power users: automation triggers based on the contents of push notifications received on...
MacStoriesby John Voorhees9d ago
Today, on its developer blog, Apple announced plans to “…introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with...
MacStoriesby John Voorhees9d ago
Earlier this week, I was at OpenAI’s annual DevDay conference where it launched Dots, a personal agent that lives inside the ChatGPT app.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees19d ago
It’s time to get back to our favorite indie apps that take advantage of Apple’s latest OS features. Today, we’re highlighting: Bear, Gentler Streak, The Outsiders, DoMarks, and Cheatsheet Notes.
MacStoriesby Federico Viticci20d ago
For the past few days, I’ve been testing the (currently) top-of-the-line M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256 GB of RAM.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees24d ago
In the wake of last week’s Surprise and Shine event, Apple published a post on its Security Research blog about Apple Reference Image, a way to verify that a photograph taken with an iPhone hasn’t...
MacStoriesby John Voorhees24d ago
Apple Watch reviews are out and Chance Miller at 9to5Mac has an excellent, in-depth look at both the Series 12 and Ultra 4.
MacStoriesby MacStories Team26d ago
With our annual OS reviews out of the way, Federico and I will be covering our favorite indie apps that take advantage of Apple’s latest OS features.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees26d ago
Just as I was heading into the final stretch of review season, TestFlight was updated to reverse an update I wrote about in July.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees27d ago
I haven’t been this excited about an Apple Watch in a long time. Last week, Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, which will be available at the end of the week.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees27d ago
Every OS update has a story to tell. With macOS 27 Golden Gate, that story captures a moment when Apple is faced with multiple challenges, many of which are tied to the rise of large language...
MacStoriesby Federico Viticci27d ago
In the 11 years I’ve been writing annual iOS and iPadOS reviews every summer, I don’t think I’ve ever struggled to find an “angle” for my story as much as I did this year.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees8 Sept 2026
Today, Logitech introduced the MX Keypad. If it looks familiar, that’s because it’s one-half of Logitech’s existing MX Creative Console.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees1 Sept 2026
Perplexity has announced hybrid compute for Personal Computer on Apple silicon Macs. Personal Computer already combined cloud-based Computer tasks with access to local files and apps, but its AI...
MacStoriesby John Voorhees29 Aug 2026
Last night, I sat down with my Vision Pro and caught the first part of the Yankees–Red Sox game live in Immersive Video.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees27 Aug 2026
Throughout 2026, Federico and I have been working on a series of software projects and apps with the help of tools like Codex and Claude Code.
MacStoriesby John Voorhees27 Aug 2026
Hot on the heels of OpenAI’s addition of a cloud-based browser to ChatGPT Work, Anthropic has added an in-app browser to Claude Cowork in its desktop app.
MacStoriesby Federico Viticci27 Aug 2026
The most recent update to the ChatGPT app for iOS has introduced a new feature that will make those who rely on the company’s AI assistant for work-related tasks quite happy: a customizable widget...
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