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MacStoriesby John Voorhees·6d ago

Today, Jungle released their fifth studio album, Sunshine. Alongside the release, Apple published a look at how the band used Apple Creator Studio to film 11 music videos in just four days, an...

MacStoriesby John Voorhees·7d ago

Jeff Johnson has a knack for finding spam on the App Store. Yesterday it was review spam, and today it’s app submission spam.

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MacStoriesby John Voorhees·9d ago

I dove into Big Walk with no expectations at all. I’d seen trailers leading up to the launch and knew that it was a co-op puzzle game from House House, the makers of Untitled Goose Game, but that...

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MacStoriesby MacStories Team·10d ago

If you read MacStories, you might have caught John’s Finalist 1.0 review a few years back. A lot has changed since: version 4.0 is out this week, its biggest update yet.

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MacStoriesby John Voorhees·15d ago

The App Store is evolving at a breakneck pace not seen since its earliest days. We saw the first glimmers of what was to come early in 2025, but it wasn’t until late last year that the tsunami of...

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MacStoriesby MacStories Team·17d ago

You think faster than you can type. Across a day of email, Slack, notes, and chatbot prompts, that gap quietly eats your time. Cotypist closes that gap.

MacStoriesby John Voorhees·20d ago

Long-time readers may recall that I used to regularly cover Messages sticker packs. As sticker popularity “settled,” I retired from that beat, but I thought I should come back for today’s news that...

MacStoriesby John Voorhees·21d ago

Today, Apple reported its 2026 Q3 earnings, posting quarterly revenue of $109.4 billion. Here are the highlights: - Revenue was $109.4B, up 16.4% from Q3 FY25.

MacStoriesby John Voorhees·23d ago

Matt Corey, the maker of Bills to Budget and Signals, has organized indie developers for a big sale that runs from July 28 - 30.

MacStoriesby John Voorhees·23d ago

Apple has revealed its new hardware leasing program called Apple Upgrade, which is being offered in collaboration with Klarna.

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MacStoriesby John Voorhees·24d ago

Tapbots has released Pastebot 3, a ground-up rewrite of the Mac clipboard manager that includes several powerful automation and customization options, along with two new pricing models.

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MacStoriesby Federico Viticci·24d ago

I don’t think I ever mentioned it on MacStories (although I probably did at some point on AppStories or Unwind), but my favorite “launcher” app for iOS is a utility called Lock Launcher, which I’ve...

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MacStoriesby John Voorhees·29d ago

Kalley Huang, writing for The New York Times about apps written with the help of AI agents that are flooding the App Store: But as with many things A.I., just because something is easy to build...

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MacStoriesby John Voorhees·29d ago

Claude Code’s Mac desktop app has added Apple simulator support, and although it’s billed as “iOS Simulator Support,” it actually works with any iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, or watchOS simulator you have...

MacStoriesby John Voorhees·21 Jul 2026

I test a lot of apps, so I have strong opinions about TestFlight. However I usually keep those opinions to myself because despite the fact that it’s critical to my work, TestFlight wasn’t built for...

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MacStoriesby Federico Viticci·20 Jul 2026

Every once in a while, I come across a third-party app that either resets my expectations for a particular niche of software on iOS or creates an entirely new category altogether.

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MacStoriesby MacStories Team·20 Jul 2026

HomeSnap remembers everything your HomeKit home does, shows you its live status, and tells you the moment something needs attention, right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

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