

AppStories
Federico Viticci, John Voorhees
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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Jul 8, 2019 • 34min
You Downloaded What?
This week, Federico and John look at the strange assortment of apps they’ve downloaded recently.
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The rules of ‘You Downloaded What?’:
No betas or pre-release apps
Only apps dowloaded in the past 45 days are allowed
Mac apps downloaded directly from developers’ websites and the Mac App Store are allowed
tvOS and watchOS apps are allowed
Electron apps are not allowed
Catalyst apps are allowed
John’s apps:
Minit
IRL - Social Calendar
GameTrack
DoorDash
Ike’s Love and Sandwiches
Federico’s apps:
Secure Shellfish
Secure ShellFish Review: Adding Your Mac, or Another SSH or SFTP Server, to Apple’s Files App
1.1.1.1
What is 1.1.1.1?
Breath Companion
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Jul 1, 2019 • 31min
Reminders in iOS 13
This week, Federico and John continue their series of episodes on the new and updated apps coming from Apple in the fall with Reminders.
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Links and Show Notes
iOS 13: The MacStories Overview
Hands-On with iPadOS and iOS 13: Changes Big and Small
Federico’s Reminders Setup:
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Jun 24, 2019 • 40min
Catalyst to the Rescue
This week, Federico and John dig into the role of Catalyst in Apple’s Mac and iPad strategy expanding on Catalyst Can Rescue the Mac and Grow the iPad, a story John wrote on MacStories.
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Catalyst Can Rescue the Mac and Grow the iPad
Project Catalyst Enables Bringing iPad Apps to the Mac
Apps Mentioned
Things
Ulysses
iA Writer
MindNode
1Writer
Apollo
Terminology
LookUp
Working Copy
Timery for Toggl
Fiery Feeds
lire
Reeder
LumaFusion
Darkroom
BestPhotos
Ferrite
Linky
Grocery
CalZones
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Jun 17, 2019 • 36min
Notes in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina
This week, Federico and John start a series of episodes on the new and updated apps coming to iOS and macOS Catalina in the fall starting with Notes.
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Links and Show Notes
iOS 13: The MacStories Overview
iPadOS: The MacStories Overview
macOS Catalina: The MacStories Overview
Federico’s Notes Table of Contents Shortcut:
Accessing a note’s unique URL:
Create a table of contents from note links:
Create Hyperlink shortcut from the MacStories Shortcuts Archive
The final result:
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Jun 11, 2019 • 38min
WWDC 2019 App-tacular
This week, Federico and John are joined by MacStories colleague Alex Guyot in San Jose where they talk about the upcoming Notes, Reminders, Apple Watch, and Shortcuts updates coming in the fall.
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Links and Show Notes
MacStories’ WWDC 2019 Coverage
iOS 13: The MacStories Overview
iPadOS: The MacStories Overview
watchOS 6: The MacStories Overview
macOS Catalina: The MacStories Overview
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Jun 6, 2019 • 48min
Craig Federighi: The AppStories Interview
This week, Federico and John are in San Jose attending WWDC where Federico sat down with Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering to talk about Apple’s new developer tools like Catalyst and SwiftUI, as well as iPadOS.
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Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering
Topics
Catalyst
SwiftUI
iPadOS
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MacStories’ WWDC 2019 coverage
You can read our work on MacStories.net:
Federico Viticci Author Page
John Voorhees Author Page
For more interviews by Federico and John, check out their new seasonal podcast, Dialog:
Dialog Podcast
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May 27, 2019 • 39min
Timery for Toggl Plus a Dialog Sneak Peek
This week, Federico and John talk about one of their favorite new iOS apps: Timery, a client app for Toggl’s time tracking service. They also preview Dialog, a new seasonal podcast from MacStories featuring weekly, in-depth conversations with special guests about the impact of technology on creativity, society, and culture, which debuts on May 28th.
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Luna Display - The only hardware solution that turns your iPad into a wireless display for your Mac. Use promo code STORIES at checkout for 10% off.
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Links and Show Notes
Timery for Toggl
Timery for Toggl: The MacStories Review
Dialog: Creativity Meets Technology
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May 21, 2019 • 59min
Behind the Scenes of Federico's iPad Story
This week, Federico and John discuss the process of creating Federico’s story, Beyond the Tablet: Seven Years of iPad as My Main Computer and some of the topics from the story; later, they are joined by Brian King who worked with Federico on the introductory animation and 3D-rendered images throughout the story.
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Linode: High performance SSD Linux servers for all of your infrastructure needs. Get a $20 credit.
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Beyond the Tablet: Seven Years of iPad as My Main Computer
A week of podcasting with only an iPad Pro
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iA Writer
Working Copy
Content Blocks in iA Writer (left)
Cinema 4D
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May 13, 2019 • 34min
iOS 13 App Rumors and Wishes
This week, Federico and John share their thoughts on the latest iOS 13 app rumors reported by Mark Gurman and 9to5Mac and other features and updates they’d like to see Apple implement this year.
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Links and Show Notes
Doug’s AppleScripts for iTunes
Alternatives to iTunes
Vox
Swinsian
Audirvana
Roon
Apple’s Latest Game
Warren Buffet’s Paper Wizard
Warren Buffet’s Paper Wizard Is Apple’s First iPhone Game Since 2008
Review: Texas Hold’em for iPhone
Apple’s superstars of Poker
Connected, Episode 242 - An Incredible Critique of Modern Capitalism
The Latest iOS 13 App Rumors
Apple to Reveal New Home-Grown Apps, Software Features at WWDC
New macOS 10.15 Music app code based on iTunes, not iOS
The Accidental Tech Podcast, Episode 325 - Relive Your Calculator-Watch Dreams
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May 6, 2019 • 30min
Revisiting the Breakup of iTunes
This week, Federico and John revisit their discussion of the breakup of iTunes from Episode 21 in light of the latest Marzipan rumors.
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AppStories Episode 21 - Breaking Up iTunes is Hard to Do
Next major macOS version will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, Books app gets major redesign
Samsung T5 1TB SSD
Plexamp
VLC
Prism
MacStories Unplugged
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