Federico Viticci is the founder of MacStories, a leading Apple-focused publication covering apps, automation, AI, and in-depth tech analysis since 2009. Through MacStories, Club MacStories, and multiple podcasts, he delivers trusted insights for creative and professional Apple users worldwide.
128 articles from this blog
Interview with Andrew Ambrosino, project lead for OpenAI's Codex, discussing its history, integration with ChatGPT, Computer Use, and user trust.
Review of the Pebble Index AI smart ring, highlighting its natural gesture controls, AI integration, and discreet design.
A hands-on review of Apple's immersive live baseball broadcast for the Yankees–Red Sox game, viewed on Vision Pro, highlighting the experience and its limitations.
Federico's NotesCTL is a CLI tool for Apple Notes, offering advanced features like tags, subfolders, and Markdown export, previewed for Club MacStories members.
Anthropic adds an in-app browser to Claude Cowork, mixing features of OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT Work browsers for general web tasks.
OpenAI updates ChatGPT for iOS with customizable widgets for Chat, Work, and Codex Remote shortcuts, plus a Control Center control for Remote voice.
Apple announces its September 9 'Surprise and Shine' event, expected to unveil iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone Ultra, new Apple Watches, and more.
Hands-on review of ChatGPT Work's new cloud browser feature for logging into websites securely, with mixed results on Mac and iPhone.
Apple updates its 40W power adapter for EU and Vietnam with retractable prongs, and drops the price of its Polishing Cloth to $9.
Apple's new M6 and M5 Ultra chips for Mac mini and Mac Studio offer major AI performance boosts, enabling faster local AI model execution.
Apple updates Magic Keyboard keycaps with glyphs instead of text on tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keys.
Apple announces M6 and M5 Pro Mac minis, plus M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studios, with details on new chips and performance.
Explains the concept of an 'agent harness' in AI coding agents, covering components like session, environment, memory, and planning.
Apple Music to add labels for AI-generated songs later this year, following transparency tags introduced in March.
Jungle used Apple Creator Studio with Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, and Pixelmator Pro to shoot 11 music videos in four days, showcasing creative workflows.
A roundup of podcast episodes discussing folding iPhones, portable gaming, headphones, and classic game revivals on mobile platforms.
MacStories Weekly issue covering Pastebot 3, Open Minis iOS agent, watchOS 27 beta preview, and sponsor Finalist planner.
OpenAI's Computer History feature for ChatGPT and Codex on Mac turns actions into Markdown memory files for better context and continuity.
A critique of proposals to improve the App Store by giving established developers preferential treatment, arguing it's gatekeeping that harms innovation.
A review of Big Walk, a co-op puzzle game from House House, praising its low-key exploration and cooperative gameplay.
