Today, Apple introduced their 2025 Pride Collection, with a set of new LGBTQ+-themed wallpapers for iOS and iPadOS that will be available as part of iOS and iPadOS 18.5. The collection also includes an Apple Watch Pride Edition Sports band, which ma…
Lees meerToday we’re publishing the AppStories+ post-show for all AppStories listeners to enjoy for free. This week’s subscriber-only post-show is all about the contempt order entered against Apple last week. In a world or tech litigation where Google and Me…
Lees meerIf you haven’t heard of Copilot Money yet, you’re overdue to check out Apple’s Editors Choice award-winning money tracker app. Copilot makes it simple to monitor your finances while providing personalized insights. Their native iPhone, iPad and Mac …
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Chris achieves a new level of focus on the Mac with a familiar app, Matt finds comfort for his sore fingers, and Niléane leads the hardest challenge ever put forth on the sh…
Lees meerOn Wednesday evening, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodgers held Apple in contempt, ordering, among other things, that it immediately drop the 27% fee it was charging developers who linked users to the web for purchases. As the judge put it: This is an inju…
Lees meerToday, second-quarter 2025 earnings are out and Apple reported record revenue of $95.4 billion, a 5% year-over-year gain. The diluted earnings per share was $1.65 an 8% year-over-year gain. Tim Cook had this to say: Today Apple is reporting strong q…
Lees meerLate yesterday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rodgers issued a blistering opinion, concluding that Apple had willfully disregarded the Court’s 2021 injunction, which found that the anti-steering provisions of the App Review Guidelines violated…
Lees meerEver since Apple announced its deal to integrate ChatGPT into Siri, there have been hints that the company wanted to make deals with other AI providers, too. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has added fuel to the rumors with testimony given today in the r…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I tackle tracking apps. From database apps to media trackers, we consider what makes a good tracking app no matter what you’re tracking. This episode i…
Lees meerOpenAI found itself in the middle of another controversy earlier this week, only this time it wasn’t about publishers or regulation, but about its core product – ChatGPT. Specifically, after rolling out an update to the default 4o model with improve…
Lees meerBoost your productivity with Textastic, the fast and versatile code editor for iPad and iPhone. Trusted by developers, web designers, and technical writers for over a decade, Textastic combines the polish of a native app with the flexibility and pro…
Lees meerToday, Blue Prince, a critically acclaimed videogame appeared on Apple’s App Store. The trouble was, it wasn’t offered for sale by its developer, Dogubomb, or its publisher, Raw Fury. The real Blue Prince is only available on the Xbox, PlayStation, …
Lees meerPerplexity’s voice assistant for iOS. You’ve probably heard that Perplexity – a company whose web scraping tactics I generally despise, and the only AI bot we still block at MacStories – has rolled out an iOS version of their voice assistant that in…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: Comfort Zone Matt finally found a new use for the action button, Niléane is here to fix your Finder, and Chris raises the bar in the challenge in a way no one saw coming. MacStories Unwi…
Lees meerFor a long time, the go-to method for quickly framing a screenshot taken on an Apple device was Federico’s excellent Apple Frames shortcut. Iterating on it each year, he even added an API for expanded customization. It’s still a terrific way to crea…
Lees meerEnjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I revisit the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence to describe how we use a variety of AI tools in our everyday workflows. This episode is spons…
Lees meerRumors have been flying for a while about a planned redesign for iOS 19. One of the rumors is that iOS tab bars will support search bars, which led Ben McCarthy, the developer of Obscura, to write a terrific breakdown of how tab bars should be used:…
Lees meerLast week, Ubisoft released Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on the iPhone and iPad. I’ve had a chance to play the game on both platforms, along with the Mac version, and thought I’d share what it’s like playing on each. The Lost Crown was released …
Lees meerIn a press release issued today, the European Commission (EC) announced that it has fined Apple €500 million for violations of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. The EC also fined Meta €200 million. The EC’s press release explains that: Under the DMA, ap…
Lees meerNot long ago, Isaac Marovitz, the developer behind Whisky, the open source WINE front-end that made it easy to play Windows games on a Mac, announced the project had come to an end. Whisky is how Niléane got Cities: Skylines 2 running on an M2 MacBo…
Lees meerOne aspect of macOS that I truly love is the level of customization that it allows for. Out of the box, Apple’s desktop operating system is easy to use, and its user interface has been streamlined over the years around its core principles: apps, win…
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