Federico Viticci
@viticci.macstories.net
Founder and Editor-in-Chief @macstories.net. I write about iPad, iOS, indie apps, and making computers more fun.
I also co-host @appstories.macstories.net, a podcast about Apple and the world of apps, and @npc.macstories.net, a show about handhelds.
I also co-host @appstories.macstories.net, a podcast about Apple and the world of apps, and @npc.macstories.net, a show about handhelds.
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Federico Viticci
@viticci.macstories.net
· Sep 15
iOS and iPadOS 26: The MacStories Review
Old and new through the liquid glass.
www.macstories.net
7 chapters. 3 months of research.
A (controversial?) deep dive into Liquid Glass. A whole new iPadOS.
My iOS and iPadOS 26 review is here.
Enjoy ☕️
www.macstories.net/stories/ios-...
A (controversial?) deep dive into Liquid Glass. A whole new iPadOS.
My iOS and iPadOS 26 review is here.
Enjoy ☕️
www.macstories.net/stories/ios-...
The MacStories Setups page was updated today!
This is the page where we keep a running list of all the gear and apps we use.
I consolidated a lot of hardware picks, and have some new entries for software.
www.macstories.net/setups/
We also have a short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RhQ...
This is the page where we keep a running list of all the gear and apps we use.
I consolidated a lot of hardware picks, and have some new entries for software.
www.macstories.net/setups/
We also have a short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RhQ...
Our Setups
<p>It’s no secret that, here at MacStories, we like to experiment with different hardware and apps in the constant pursuit of more portable and powerful setups, more customizable apps, or more efficie...
www.macstories.net
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The MacStories Setups page was updated today!
This is the page where we keep a running list of all the gear and apps we use.
I consolidated a lot of hardware picks, and have some new entries for software.
www.macstories.net/setups/
We also have a short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RhQ...
This is the page where we keep a running list of all the gear and apps we use.
I consolidated a lot of hardware picks, and have some new entries for software.
www.macstories.net/setups/
We also have a short video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RhQ...
I wrote about the return of Split View and Slide Over gestures in iPadOS 26.2 and how the iPad's next problem is no longer multitasking:
www.macstories.net/linked/ipado...
www.macstories.net/linked/ipado...
iPadOS 26.2 Beta Restores Drag and Drop Gestures for Split View and Slide Over
<p>Following the comeback of Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1, Apple is continuing to iterate on iPadOS 26 multitasking by restoring functionalities that had been removed from the launch version of iPadOS 26...
www.macstories.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about the return of Split View and Slide Over gestures in iPadOS 26.2 and how the iPad's next problem is no longer multitasking:
www.macstories.net/linked/ipado...
www.macstories.net/linked/ipado...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
Apple Beefed Up Its Rule Against Copycat Apps https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-beefed-up-its-rule-against-copycat-apps/
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Apple Beefed Up Its Rule Against Copycat Apps https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-beefed-up-its-rule-against-copycat-apps/
Reposted by Federico Viticci
AppStories 461 is out and this week, @viticci.macstories.net and I share our latest app and workflow experiments.
Plus in the post show for AppStories+ subscribers, we debate where automation on Apple platforms is heading.
🎧 apple.co/49WVT2i
📺 youtu.be/iNpbY9EBr9g
Plus in the post show for AppStories+ subscribers, we debate where automation on Apple platforms is heading.
🎧 apple.co/49WVT2i
📺 youtu.be/iNpbY9EBr9g
Our Latest App and Automation Experiments
Podcast Episode · AppStories · 11/16/2025 · 39m
apple.co
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
AppStories 461 is out and this week, @viticci.macstories.net and I share our latest app and workflow experiments.
Plus in the post show for AppStories+ subscribers, we debate where automation on Apple platforms is heading.
🎧 apple.co/49WVT2i
📺 youtu.be/iNpbY9EBr9g
Plus in the post show for AppStories+ subscribers, we debate where automation on Apple platforms is heading.
🎧 apple.co/49WVT2i
📺 youtu.be/iNpbY9EBr9g
🔬 This week on @appstories.macstories.net: our latest app and automation experiments.
🔮 In the post-show: the future of Shortcuts and automation on Apple platforms.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/461
🔮 In the post-show: the future of Shortcuts and automation on Apple platforms.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/461
Our Latest App and Automation Experiments
appstories.net
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🔬 This week on @appstories.macstories.net: our latest app and automation experiments.
🔮 In the post-show: the future of Shortcuts and automation on Apple platforms.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/461
🔮 In the post-show: the future of Shortcuts and automation on Apple platforms.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/461
Only a few hours left to vote in our Discord for the Readers' Choice award!
It's *really* close between three right now 👀
It's *really* close between three right now 👀
Today's the last day to vote for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award.
You have until 5:00 pm Eastern U.S. time today to get your votes in.
Just like last year, the counts are very close, so be sure to vote to be heard.
There are more details in the quoted post below.
You have until 5:00 pm Eastern U.S. time today to get your votes in.
Just like last year, the counts are very close, so be sure to vote to be heard.
There are more details in the quoted post below.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Only a few hours left to vote in our Discord for the Readers' Choice award!
It's *really* close between three right now 👀
It's *really* close between three right now 👀
We recorded a VERY special episode of @npc.macstories.net all about the latest Valve announcements and released it early!
Gimme the GabeCube ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWC...
On NPC XL: Steam comes to Android? www.patreon.com/posts/valve-...
Gimme the GabeCube ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWC...
On NPC XL: Steam comes to Android? www.patreon.com/posts/valve-...
SteamOS Goes Wide: From a Cube to the Frame | NPC: Next Portable Console | Episode 57
YouTube video by NPC: Next Portable Console
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We recorded a VERY special episode of @npc.macstories.net all about the latest Valve announcements and released it early!
Gimme the GabeCube ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWC...
On NPC XL: Steam comes to Android? www.patreon.com/posts/valve-...
Gimme the GabeCube ASAP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWC...
On NPC XL: Steam comes to Android? www.patreon.com/posts/valve-...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
Apple Introduces a Mini App Partner Program Featuring a Reduced Commission https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-introduces-a-mini-app-partner-program-featuring-a-reduced-commission/
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Apple Introduces a Mini App Partner Program Featuring a Reduced Commission https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-introduces-a-mini-app-partner-program-featuring-a-reduced-commission/
let's just say that the @npc.macstories.net we record tomorrow is going to be…something
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
www.theverge.com/news/818672/...
www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/...
(wow, we were right or what? ARM translation layer for Steam!!)
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
www.theverge.com/news/818672/...
www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/...
(wow, we were right or what? ARM translation layer for Steam!!)
Steam Machine
Your games on the big screen
store.steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
let's just say that the @npc.macstories.net we record tomorrow is going to be…something
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
www.theverge.com/news/818672/...
www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/...
(wow, we were right or what? ARM translation layer for Steam!!)
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
www.theverge.com/news/818672/...
www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/...
(wow, we were right or what? ARM translation layer for Steam!!)
Reposted by Federico Viticci
Next month, we’ll announce the MacStories Selects Awards.
Right now, Club MacStories members can join in by nominating their favorite apps of 2025.
The link is in Issue 489 of Weekly here: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
Right now, Club MacStories members can join in by nominating their favorite apps of 2025.
The link is in Issue 489 of Weekly here: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Next month, we’ll announce the MacStories Selects Awards.
Right now, Club MacStories members can join in by nominating their favorite apps of 2025.
The link is in Issue 489 of Weekly here: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
Right now, Club MacStories members can join in by nominating their favorite apps of 2025.
The link is in Issue 489 of Weekly here: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
I am not saying you should nominate Runestone or Festivitas.
Buuuuuut… 😄
Seriously, go nominate an app. Any app. You’ll make a developer happy. Along with the Apple Design Award, MacStories’ awards are the only ones worth winning. They’re prestigious, fair, and coming from a genuine place.
Buuuuuut… 😄
Seriously, go nominate an app. Any app. You’ll make a developer happy. Along with the Apple Design Award, MacStories’ awards are the only ones worth winning. They’re prestigious, fair, and coming from a genuine place.
🕧 Time is running out for Club MacStories members to nominate their favorite app for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award. 🏆
🚨 The deadline is tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Noon Eastern U.S. time. 🚨
📰 Go to last week's issue of Weekly today to vote: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
🚨 The deadline is tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Noon Eastern U.S. time. 🚨
📰 Go to last week's issue of Weekly today to vote: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
MacStories Weekly: Issue 489
club.macstories.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I am not saying you should nominate Runestone or Festivitas.
Buuuuuut… 😄
Seriously, go nominate an app. Any app. You’ll make a developer happy. Along with the Apple Design Award, MacStories’ awards are the only ones worth winning. They’re prestigious, fair, and coming from a genuine place.
Buuuuuut… 😄
Seriously, go nominate an app. Any app. You’ll make a developer happy. Along with the Apple Design Award, MacStories’ awards are the only ones worth winning. They’re prestigious, fair, and coming from a genuine place.
Reposted by Federico Viticci
🕧 Time is running out for Club MacStories members to nominate their favorite app for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award. 🏆
🚨 The deadline is tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Noon Eastern U.S. time. 🚨
📰 Go to last week's issue of Weekly today to vote: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
🚨 The deadline is tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Noon Eastern U.S. time. 🚨
📰 Go to last week's issue of Weekly today to vote: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
MacStories Weekly: Issue 489
club.macstories.net
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🕧 Time is running out for Club MacStories members to nominate their favorite app for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award. 🏆
🚨 The deadline is tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Noon Eastern U.S. time. 🚨
📰 Go to last week's issue of Weekly today to vote: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
🚨 The deadline is tomorrow (Nov. 12) at Noon Eastern U.S. time. 🚨
📰 Go to last week's issue of Weekly today to vote: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
PIcmal is a Mac utility that streamlines file conversion and compression with a lot of attention to the user experience. More on @macstories.net:
www.macstories.net/reviews/picm...
www.macstories.net/reviews/picm...
Picmal Streamlines Batch Conversion and Compression on the Mac
<p>One of my favorite aspects of macOS is the endless supply of great utilities for doing anything you can imagine. If there’s something you want to do on your Mac, the chances are that there isn’t ju...
www.macstories.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
PIcmal is a Mac utility that streamlines file conversion and compression with a lot of attention to the user experience. More on @macstories.net:
www.macstories.net/reviews/picm...
www.macstories.net/reviews/picm...
It's time for a new episode of @npc.macstories.net! This week:
📱 The future of mobile phone gaming
🎮 Nintendo earnings
💫 @bb.wavelengths.online's Miyoo Mini Flip first impressions
📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=km__...
📱 The future of mobile phone gaming
🎮 Nintendo earnings
💫 @bb.wavelengths.online's Miyoo Mini Flip first impressions
📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=km__...
Can a Liquid-Cooled Phone Shake Up Mobile Gaming? | NPC: Next Portable Console | Episode 56
YouTube video by NPC: Next Portable Console
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's time for a new episode of @npc.macstories.net! This week:
📱 The future of mobile phone gaming
🎮 Nintendo earnings
💫 @bb.wavelengths.online's Miyoo Mini Flip first impressions
📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=km__...
📱 The future of mobile phone gaming
🎮 Nintendo earnings
💫 @bb.wavelengths.online's Miyoo Mini Flip first impressions
📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=km__...
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🧹 This week on @appstories.macstories.net: decluttering our devices.
🤖 In the post-show: TypingMind and Claude Code experiments.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/460/
🤖 In the post-show: TypingMind and Claude Code experiments.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/460/
The Great Digital Declutter
appstories.net
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🧹 This week on @appstories.macstories.net: decluttering our devices.
🤖 In the post-show: TypingMind and Claude Code experiments.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/460/
🤖 In the post-show: TypingMind and Claude Code experiments.
Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.
🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/460/
Our annual @macstories.net Selects awards are coming back!
This week, we've opened up submissions for the Readers' Choice award.
Details and link to vote for members: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
This week, we've opened up submissions for the Readers' Choice award.
Details and link to vote for members: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Our annual @macstories.net Selects awards are coming back!
This week, we've opened up submissions for the Readers' Choice award.
Details and link to vote for members: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
This week, we've opened up submissions for the Readers' Choice award.
Details and link to vote for members: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
the modern pain of feeling like Spotify is a despicable company with, however, a kick-ass algorithm that often makes me discover great people making music and their wholesome fan bases 😢
today, Bilmuri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTIm...
and this rabbit hole: www.reddit.com/r/poppunkers...
today, Bilmuri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTIm...
and this rabbit hole: www.reddit.com/r/poppunkers...
BILMURI - 2016 CAVALIERS (LIVE)
YouTube video by Bilmuri
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
the modern pain of feeling like Spotify is a despicable company with, however, a kick-ass algorithm that often makes me discover great people making music and their wholesome fan bases 😢
today, Bilmuri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTIm...
and this rabbit hole: www.reddit.com/r/poppunkers...
today, Bilmuri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTIm...
and this rabbit hole: www.reddit.com/r/poppunkers...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
Some old-fashioned blogging in which I try to make sense of @markgurman.bsky.social's multiple Siri + Gemini reports and imagine what this Siri overhaul may look like.
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
Trying to Make Sense of the Rumored, Gemini-Powered Siri Overhaul
Quite the scoop from Mark Gurman yesterday on what Apple is planning for major Siri improvements in 2026: Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parame...
www.macstories.net
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Some old-fashioned blogging in which I try to make sense of @markgurman.bsky.social's multiple Siri + Gemini reports and imagine what this Siri overhaul may look like.
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
Some old-fashioned blogging in which I try to make sense of @markgurman.bsky.social's multiple Siri + Gemini reports and imagine what this Siri overhaul may look like.
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
Trying to Make Sense of the Rumored, Gemini-Powered Siri Overhaul
Quite the scoop from Mark Gurman yesterday on what Apple is planning for major Siri improvements in 2026: Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parame...
www.macstories.net
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Some old-fashioned blogging in which I try to make sense of @markgurman.bsky.social's multiple Siri + Gemini reports and imagine what this Siri overhaul may look like.
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
…I have questions: www.macstories.net/notes/trying...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
Then on XL for Patreon subscribers, Brendon is grilled by John and Federico about the MCON mobile phone controller that looks like a PSP Go.
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
📺 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
📺 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
www.patreon.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Then on XL for Patreon subscribers, Brendon is grilled by John and Federico about the MCON mobile phone controller that looks like a PSP Go.
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
📺 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
🎧 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
📺 www.patreon.com/posts/will-m...
Big episode of @npc.macstories.net this week, for a simple reason:
We talk about what is my current top runner for Handheld of the Year so far 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_0...
We talk about what is my current top runner for Handheld of the Year so far 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_0...
Retroid Design Controversy and More on Thor | NPC: Next Portable Console | Episode 55
YouTube video by NPC: Next Portable Console
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Big episode of @npc.macstories.net this week, for a simple reason:
We talk about what is my current top runner for Handheld of the Year so far 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_0...
We talk about what is my current top runner for Handheld of the Year so far 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq_0...
Reposted by Federico Viticci
This week on @appstories.macstories.net, @viticci.macstories.net and I have thoughts on AI browsers.
We ask whether they're any good, consider what you'd use them for and more from the big players to the upstarts.
🎧 apple.co/4okuuvt
youtube.com/shorts/FI5Fk...
We ask whether they're any good, consider what you'd use them for and more from the big players to the upstarts.
🎧 apple.co/4okuuvt
youtube.com/shorts/FI5Fk...
Exploring AI Browsers
Podcast Episode · AppStories · 11/02/2025 · 38m
apple.co
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This week on @appstories.macstories.net, @viticci.macstories.net and I have thoughts on AI browsers.
We ask whether they're any good, consider what you'd use them for and more from the big players to the upstarts.
🎧 apple.co/4okuuvt
youtube.com/shorts/FI5Fk...
We ask whether they're any good, consider what you'd use them for and more from the big players to the upstarts.
🎧 apple.co/4okuuvt
youtube.com/shorts/FI5Fk...
The 26.1 Apple OS updates are out!
Here's our overview of what's new in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26.1: www.macstories.net/news/apple-r...
Here's our overview of what's new in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26.1: www.macstories.net/news/apple-r...
Apple Releases 26.1 Updates to Its Operating Systems
Today, Apple released version 26.1 of its full family of OSes. Every platform received attention, including the proverbial “bug fixes and feature enhancements,” but it was iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 tha...
www.macstories.net
November 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The 26.1 Apple OS updates are out!
Here's our overview of what's new in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26.1: www.macstories.net/news/apple-r...
Here's our overview of what's new in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26.1: www.macstories.net/news/apple-r...