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Federico Viticci
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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.
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Federico Viticci @viticci.macstories.net · Sep 15
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 ☕️

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iOS and iPadOS 26: The MacStories Review
Old and new through the liquid glass.
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This week on MacStories Unwind, Turkey Trots, @viticci.macstories.net's curiosity about the U.S. local TV affiliate system, a TV show pick, a Star Trek deal, and holiday media plans.

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Turkey Trots, TV Affiliates, and Holiday Watch Plans
Podcast Episode · MacStories Unwind · 11/28/2025 · 16m
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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Black Friday App Deals https://www.macstories.net/news/black-friday-app-deals/
Black Friday App Deals
There???s more than just gadgets on sale this Black Friday. There are also hundreds of excellent app deals from collections and bundles to one-off sales. We???ve gathered some of our favorites for you here, which are generally available through Monday, December 1, but check for details on the websites linked below: The biggest collection I???ve...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
viticci.macstories.net
blogged something that's been on my mind lately:

The AI App Experience Matters More Than Benchmarks Now www.macstories.net/notes/the-ai...
The AI App Experience Matters More Than Benchmarks Now
<p>I was catching up on different articles after the release of Claude Opus 4.5 earlier this week, and this part from Simon Willison’s blog post about it stood out to me: I’m not saying the new model ...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
viticci.macstories.net
John did an amazing job manually collecting all the best Black Friday deals this week!

Lots of great gadgets in this one.
johnvoorhees.macstories.net John Voorhees @johnvoorhees.macstories.net · 1d
I've combed through thousands of deals to find the very best. Here are my favorites, including MacStories Pixel Icons, Apple hardware, smart home gadgets, wearables, batteries and chargers, headphones, videogame hardware and accessories - all on @macstories.net:

www.macstories.net/stories/just...
Just the Best: MacStories&#8217; Black Friday Picks
<p>Black Friday deals started very early this year, and we’ve covered a lot of ground on the MacStories Deals Mastodon and Bluesky accounts since publishing our Early Black Friday Picks. A lot of thos...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
viticci.macstories.net
It's time for a new episode of @npc.macstories.net! This week:

🎮 A grab bag of portable gaming news
🕹️ Ayn Odin 3's emulation and streaming potential
💰 TrimUI Smart Pro S as a new budget pick
📱 The 11" Abxylute 3D One

📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmk...
Living on the Emulation Edge with the Odin 3 | NPC: Next Portable Console
YouTube video by NPC: Next Portable Console
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November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Festivitas Brings Fresh Whimsy to Your Mac, iPhone, and iPad for the Holiday Season https://www.macstories.net/reviews/festivitas-brings-fresh-whimsy-to-your-mac-iphone-and-ipad-for-the-holiday-season/
Festivitas Brings Fresh Whimsy to Your Mac, iPhone, and iPad for the Holiday Season
Last year, Simon St??vring released Festivitas, a Mac app that lets you string holiday lights from your menu bar and across the top of your Dock. This year, Simon is back with an update to the Mac app and a new version for the iPhone and iPad. The default set of lights consists of traditional...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Claude Opus 4.5 is live.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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“The iPad’s Software Problem Is Permanent” https://www.macstories.net/linked/the-ipads-software-problem-is-permanent/
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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We covered more excellent third-party apps that have implemented Liquid Glass at @macstories.net.

This was a team effort, and there are some really strong picks here: www.macstories.net/stories/wadi...
Wading Back Into the Liquid Glass Pool: The MacStories OS 26 App Roundup Continued
<p>Last month, we featured 15 great examples of apps that have adopted Apple’s Liquid Glass design language and latest APIs. Today, the MacStories team is sharing nine more of our favorite updates tha...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🔍 This week on @appstories.macstories.net: we talk about how covering apps has changed over the years.

🛍️ In the post-show: Our "unlimited" holiday wish lists.

🎧 Listen: appstories.net/episodes/462

📺 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2pi...
The Ever-Changing App Store
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November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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You should replace the Finder on your Mac with Bloom.

youtube.com/shorts/Xdiek...

Bloom and more tech experiments on the latest episode of AppStories.

Full episode:

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📺 youtu.be/iNpbY9EBr9g
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Today for MacStories Weekly 491, I wrote about how I used Claude skill that combines a Python script and nondeterministic pattern matching to rank 1 million Black Friday deals in a story called "A New Sort of Automation”:

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A New Sort of Automation
club.macstories.net
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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jonathan.macstories.net
In this week's Club @macstories.net Weekly column, I wrote about some of Apple's hardware and software features I really miss that could do with a return.

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Read this and more with a Club MacStories subscription: plus.club
Nostalgic Features Apple Should Bring Back
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November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
viticci.macstories.net
I wrote about how I created a shortcut to save text, links, and images in my @notion.com daily notes. I can run this from the Action button, widgets, share sheet – whatever.

Story and download: club.macstories.net/posts/how-i-... (Paywall link)
How I Quickly Save Text, Links, and Images to My Daily Notes in Notion
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November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I asked Gemini 3's image gen "Nano Banana Pro" tool to create an infographic about @macstories.net and, uhm, sure 🙄
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Our @johnvoorhees.macstories.net curated a handpicked list of early Black Friday @macstoriesdeals.macstories.net.

These are all gadgets that we've actually tested, reviewed, and can personally recommend.

Thank you, John 😅

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Our Top Amazon Early Black Friday Picks
<p>If you haven’t noticed, it’s not Friday, and Thanksgiving is still a week away. Yet here we are, talking about Black Friday deals. That’s because every year, Amazon pushes the start of its deals a ...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I finally tested the M5 iPad Pro with local AI and Neural Acceleration in the GPU.

The performance improvement from the M4 in time-to-first-token is WILD.

Details and charts in my story: www.macstories.net/stories/ipad...
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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There are lots of great apps among the 2025 App Store Awards finalists.

But, I'm partial to one in particular: Detail, an iPad App of the Year finalist and the app that my son Finn has been working on since 2021, along with the rest of the Detail team.

apps.apple.com/us/app/detai...
Detail: AI Video Editor App - App Store
Download Detail: AI Video Editor by Detail Technologies B.V. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Detail: AI…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
viticci.macstories.net
why does GPT 5.1 talk like that now? 😂

they seriously did an update to make the 4o die-hards happy, this is pretty sad to see 🤦‍♂️
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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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...
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...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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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:

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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...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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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
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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.

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Our Latest App and Automation Experiments
Podcast Episode · AppStories · 11/16/2025 · 39m
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November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
viticci.macstories.net
🔬 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
Our Latest App and Automation Experiments
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November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM