Today, the team behind note-taking app Bear announced the public beta of Lettera, a new Mac text editor, based on Panda, an earlier beta that was used to work out the Bear 2.0 text editing engine. That immediately caught my eye because I’ve been using Panda for months. In fact, i … | Continue reading
It’s beta season, which is as good an excuse as any to mix up our setups with new gadgets and apps. Between travel, preparing for our OS review research and writing sprint, and revisiting Apple system apps, the past few months have resulted in changes to our setups. Summer travel … | Continue reading
One of Apple’s tentpole features at WWDC was a ground-up makeover to Screen Time that’s designed to give parents more granular and reliable control over their kids’ device use. I got a demo of the changes while I was at Apple Park, and they’re extensive. That’s good because Scree … | Continue reading
MultiSwitcher for iPadOS 27. This has probably flown under the radar over the past week as Apple users’ attention has (rightfully so) focused on Siri AI and Liquid Glass updates, but there’s a little treat hidden in Shortcuts for iPad power users that deserves a proper mention. I … | Continue reading
Photo editing is getting some of the most interesting Apple Intelligence features this fall. At WWDC, Tyler Stalman interviewed Jon McCormack, Apple’s Vice President of Camera and Photos Software Engineering, and Della Huff, the company’s Senior Manager of Camera and Photos Produ … | Continue reading
This week, in addition to the usual links, app debuts, and recap of MacStories' articles and podcasts:Did Apple Just Permanently Change the Way They Announce OS Updates?, by JonathanApple at Human Scale, by JohnSafari for iOS 27: Where's the Share Button?, by FedericoSiri Betas, … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John are joined by Myke Hurley and Chris Lawley to share their first impressions of the WWDC keynote and discoveries in the hours following the presentation. And in a second special … | Continue reading
It’s my last day at Apple Park for my seventh in-person WWDC, and as I’m waiting for my final briefing just outside the Steve Jobs Theater – ever so magnificent in its polish, and yet always so strangely calm a place – I keep returning to a thought that’s been circling my head, b … | Continue reading
Summer and WWDC arrive together this year, and Hello Weather is ready for both. It’s one of the most beloved indie weather apps around, and right now it’s half off, which makes it a great time to give it a try as your daily driver. Hello Weather has always been known for its simp … | Continue reading
During this year’s WWDC keynote, Apple announced improvements to icons for all of its first-party apps. The company says that by “integrating additional layers of Liquid Glass directly into the icon artwork itself,” icons now “appear sharper and more defined.” It’s certainly a no … | Continue reading
Every WWDC keynote announcement contains a multitude of statistics that often fly by. Something percent faster this, another percent faster that – it’s a lot to take in. Well, we’ve combed through the keynote, press releases, and website to pick out all the important points, alon … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Siri AI is coming to spatial computing, but that’s not all Apple announced for visionOS 27 during yesterday’s WWDC keynote. Vision Pro users have new capabilities and platform improvements to look forward to this fall, too, and we’re going to dive into all of it. S … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. As much as I love the keynote, one of the parts of WWDC I look forward to the most each year is Apple’s roundup of features and changes coming to its services alongside the fall’s OS updates. The company delivered on my hopes this morning with quite a long list of … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. During yesterday’s WWDC keynote, Apple introduced the latest software for the Apple Watch, watchOS 27. As with the other Apple platforms, much of the focus this year was on Siri AI, but there are plenty of quality-of-life improvements to look forward to as well. Le … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Apple’s crack marketing team has once again put their heads together and come up with another California landmark to use as the namesake for the latest version of macOS. During the WWDC keynote, we were introduced to macOS 27 Golden Gate. As with all of Apple’s pla … | Continue reading
I just came back to my hotel room after a long day at Apple Park (I documented most of it in my Instagram stories, including a very cool shot), and, like everyone else here in Cupertino, I’m still processing the information overload from the past 12 hours. The MacStories team alr … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. During today’s WWDC keynote, Apple unveiled updates across its family of OSes. The keynote itself was very different in structure from previous years, with a lot of the focus on Siri and Apple Intelligence, which, for the most part, are fully cross-platform. (For m … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. The big question coming into today’s WWDC keynote was what Apple would have to offer in terms of AI – or, as the company refers to it, Apple Intelligence. Given Apple’s behind-the-scenes struggles, delayed features, and partnership with Google to re-architect its F … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Today’s WWDC 2026 keynote had an unusual structure, in that it didn’t explicitly section off each operating system to discuss its new features. Instead, with the focus on Siri and Apple Intelligence, Apple talked about a select few improvements before flashing a hu … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. As usual, this year’s WWDC was a packed event. Apple introduced Siri AI, Apple Intelligence features powered by a new architecture, quality-of-life platform improvements, safety features for children, and numerous other changes across its OSes. Supported By Unread … | Continue reading
I make Clic because Sonos speakers sound incredible, and the app you use to control them should feel just as good. It’s a premium Sonos companion built natively for Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Unlike AirPlay, Clic tells your speakers to … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John share their WWDC automation wishes. On AppStories+, they share more details on their research setups for the summer. NPC: Next Portable Console This week, we update listeners on … | Continue reading
This week, in addition to the usual links, app debuts, and recap of MacStories' articles and podcasts:Next Stop, WWDC, by JohnA WWDC Channel, Codex Computer Use, and More, by JonathanSmall Changes, Big Wins, by Jonathan This Story is for Club Members Get weekly newsl … | Continue reading
Boy, have things changed. A lot. When I started writing at MacStories over a decade ago, there was a long list of beloved native Mac apps. It was a stable group of excellent apps, but there weren’t many new ones coming on the scene. Instead, developers were focused on iOS and iPa … | Continue reading
It’s a new month, Apple has a slate of new and returning TV shows, new Arcade games are on the way, and Formula 1 is heading to Europe, which means it’s time for a roundup of everything coming to Apple TV and Apple Arcade in June 2026. Let’s dive in. Apple Arcade Apple Arcade is … | Continue reading
RemCTL 1.0.5 with support for task assignments and all-day reminders. I wanted to share a quick update to RemCTL, my CLI for Reminders that I released last week, which brings almost every Reminders feature to your agent or terminal of choice. As it turns out, I forgot to support … | Continue reading
With WWDC right around the corner, Apple has revealed the winners of the annual Apple Design Awards. The Awards are given to an app and game from a pool of 36 finalists in the following categories: Delight and Fun Inclusivity Innovation Interaction Social Impact Visuals and Graph … | Continue reading
Apple has one of the richest and most interesting histories in Silicon Valley. It’s the story of a startup, a company that nearly failed, and a remarkable comeback all rolled into one that’s punctuated by some of the most beloved products in tech history, along with some duds. To … | Continue reading
In this month's edition of the Monthly Log:What’s Old Is New: My Return to Bear, by DevonNot All Writing Is the Same: Rethinking How I Create and Organize Documents with Obsidian, Notion, and Antinote, by John This Story is for Club Members Get weekly newsletters, ex … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico explains how he’s using the recently-released Notion developer platform before he and John share their wishes for macOS 27. On AppStories+, John asks Federico about the technical underpi … | Continue reading
This week, in addition to the usual links, app debuts, and recap of MacStories' articles and podcasts:My Setup, by JonathanGadget Grab Bag, by JohnRegion-Free Computer Use in Codex for Mac with Cua Driver, by Federico This Story is for Club Members Get weekly newslet … | Continue reading
Source: BenQ Until last fall, I was the happy owner of a first-generation Studio Display. In most respects, it was great. The screen was crisp, the colors vibrant, and it included many quality-of-life features other displays lack. Features like the Studio Display’s built-in USB-C … | Continue reading
RemCTL in the macOS Terminal app. Today, I’m pleased to release my latest free and open source project: RemCTL, a power-user Reminders CLI that, unlike others, exposes all the latest Reminders features as of iOS and macOS 26. RemCTL supports reading and writing subtasks, tags, se … | Continue reading
Mindspace is a journal for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac that pulls everything you’d normally find scattered across multiple apps into a single scrollable timeline. The app pulls your writing, photos and videos, voice notes, mood and habit trackers, locations, and tasks together to t … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John share their wishes for iOS and iPadOS 27. On AppStories+, we tackle Visual Intelligence and whether there are any use cases that aren’t creepy. NPC: Next Portable Console This w … | Continue reading
This week, in addition to the usual links, app debuts, and recap of MacStories' articles and podcasts:Antinote, by JonathanIt's All Just Software, by JohnObsidian into Claude and App Quality, by Jonathan This Story is for Club Members Get weekly newsletters, exclusiv … | Continue reading
Alongside Federico’s release of Shortcuts Playground, we have a new and improved Shortcuts Archive page. The design adopts a new modular card system for navigation, search, filtering, and the shortcuts themselves, making it easier than ever to find what you’re looking for from am … | Continue reading
Shortcuts Playground Remote, the shortcut to create shortcuts. After months of work and debugging, I launched Shortcuts Playground, a plugin for Claude Code and Codex that lets you create shortcuts for Apple’s Shortcuts app with natural language. The plugin is free and open sourc … | Continue reading
Shortcuts Playground in Claude Code. Today, I’m pleased to introduce something I’ve been working on for the past six months: Shortcuts Playground, a plugin for Claude Code and Codex that can create any shortcut for Apple’s Shortcuts app using natural language. With Shortcuts Play … | Continue reading
Tracking the books you read is well-trodden App Store ground. So is making music playlists. But what if you combined the two? The result is Book Beats, a new iPhone and iPad app from Olea Studios’ Casey and Lisa Doyle, that does just that, managing to elevate books and music in a … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Apple’s push into immersive sports continues this Friday with the release of Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness, an immersive documentary centering on the world’s most decorated football club. With a running time of 20 minutes, the short film records the action s … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. In what I expect will be an overarching theme at WWDC 2026, Apple’s Accessibility group took the wraps off an impressive collection of features coming later this year. The announcement, which is timed to lead into Global Accessibility Awareness Day on Thursday, emp … | Continue reading
Today, Apple announced the finalists for the Apple Design Awards in six categories: Delight and Fun Inclusivity Innovation Interaction Social Impact Visuals and Graphics Each category includes three finalists for a total of 18 apps and games from across Apple’s platforms: Delight … | Continue reading
Last week, Soapbox Software (Ben McCarthy and Aaron Vegh) released Indigo, an iPhone, iPad, and Mac app that offers a unique take on social media, allowing you to log into both Bluesky and Mastodon in a single app. In the increasingly fractured social media landscape we live in, … | Continue reading
BetterTouchTool has long been one of the Mac’s most versatile customization tools, offering deep control over trackpad and mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, Stream Deck buttons, Floating Menus, window actions, Apple Shortcuts, and more. The latest version adds a powerful new Sp … | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, John and Federico kick off the app swap challenge, with each of them giving the other three apps to use. We’ll be checking in on how it’s going each week with a final roundup of the results of th … | Continue reading
This week, in addition to the usual links, app debuts, and recap of MacStories' articles and podcasts:The Automation Calculus Has Changed, by JohnIt’s Time Apple Bit the Bullet With Their Own Fitness Band, by JonathanMy Favorite Tips and Tricks for Working with Codex Inside ChatG … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. Yesterday, Apple published a new page on its Developer site highlighting the contributions of 50 prominent members in the Apple developer community. The page recognizes individuals from around the world and across a variety of disciplines, from technical writing, c … | Continue reading