🚨API Alert for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote 🚨 As an automation nerd, the most interesting part of the Creator Studio update is the JavaScript-based API for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. There's a common cross-app layer with app-specific bits layered on top.

Apple has big updates coming to Creator Studio. I've been testing: 🎵 Logic Pro 🎨 Pixelmator Pro 📄 Pages 📊 Numbers 🗣️ Keynote Here's what Apple has in store for each www.macstories.net/reviews/a-c...

There aren't many iPhone Duo friendly MagSafe batteries out there yet, but there is this one by Baseus. - 5,000mAh - Qi2 -super slim Affiliate link: link.amazon/B0hq3N7Z8

We like weird at MacStories, which is why a roundup of Weird and Wonderful iPhone Duo apps was the natural place to start. Have fun folks. www.macstories.net/news/our-fa...

It's time for NPC - Next Portable Console... This week, John is joined by relay.fm's Myke Hurley to talk iPhone Duo gaming and cover the latest handheld gaming news. www.macstories.net/podcasts/ne...

Toasted Sandwiches and Dual Screen Delta

This week on Next Portable Console, John is joined by relay.fm's Myke Hurley to talk iPhone Duo gaming and cover the latest handheld gaming news. Then on NPC XL for Patreon subscribers, John is joined by Myke Hurley to talk about Myke's handheld history and whether the Ayn Thor is the handheld for him. Also

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How to Easily Create Multiple Windows for the Same App on iPhone Duo

How to Easily Create Multiple Windows for the Same App on iPhone Duo

Since Apple sent me a review unit of the iPhone Duo a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been enjoying using the device as a “pocket iPad” for getting work done with a portable, modular setup. I wrote this…

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And of course, video and games look gorgeous on the new OLED display. Death Stranding is one of the most demanding games for iPad and it was buttery smooth. www.macstories.net/reviews/ipa...

I benchmarked the iPad mini's Dual Neural Engines using Voz, a transcription model from @desertantlabs. The results are impressive. 10 minutes of audio transcribed in 1 second. www.macstories.net/reviews/ipa...

I've been testing the 512GB iPad mini and it's a great tablet. - bright, colorful OLED screen - a much-improved sound system - great local AI performance My review on MacStories: www.macstories.net/reviews/ipa...

iPad mini (2026) Review: Pushing the Boundaries with Apple’s Smallest iPad

The new iPad mini arrives Friday with a new design, gorgeous OLED display, and an innovative new speaker system. It's an interesting update that I expect will broaden the mini's appeal, especially at the high end, which is the Starlight model Apple sent me last week for testing. There's a lot going on in this

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Federico's Apple Frames shortcut has been updated with the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro frames. You can get the from his story here: www.macstories.net/ios/apple-f... Or get it and hundreds of other free shortcuts in our Shortcuts Archive: www.macstories.net/shortcuts/

Apple Frames 4.1, Now with Support for iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, and MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display

Today, I’m releasing a small but useful update to Apple Frames, my shortcut for framing screenshots taken on Apple devices with official product bezels, with support for iPhone Duo and the 18 Pro line. Following the work that I put into Apple Frames 4 earlier this year, I was able to integrate the new bezels

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A very special episode of AppStories with someone who has actually touched the PROLED - Federico Viticci: www.macstories.net/podcasts/ap...

AppStories+ 508 is out for subscriber with Federico's first impressions of Apple's Pro and Tell event and the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR. For plus subscribers, more on the new MacBook as a developer laptop, the 512GB Mac Studio, and our dream Mac setups. www.macstories.net/podcasts/ap...

First Impressions of the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR

This week on AppStories, Federico shares his first impressions of the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display with John. On AppStories+, we dig into more use cases for the new MacBook Pro, the 512GB Mac Studio, and our ideal Mac setups. Also available on YouTube here. This episode is sponsored by: Astropad Workbench

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MacStories Unwind is out... This week, Federico met Zane Lowe and tells the back story behind Apple's Pro and Tell event, while debating American and Italian cuisine. Enjoy: apple.co/4krI695

For October's Club MacStories Monthly Log, I wrote about the iPad mini's quirky and confounding past and Apple's long road to touchscreen Macs. www.macstories.net/club/monthl...

MacStories Unwind will be out tomorrow instead of today due to travel schedules.

Today for MacStories Weekly, I wrote about my first full month using OpenAI's Dots feature daily and rounded up the best reading experiences on the iPhone Duo. www.macstories.net/club/macsto...

Good example of the sort of mutli-step, low-stakes actions I think Siri AI should be able to do: Find an app on my iPhone and add it to my Home Screen, but it can't.

Here's look at some of the touch interaction footage @viticci captured at Apple's MacBook Pro event yesterday.

OpenAI added a couple of nice features for Apple users this week. Plugins for Mail and Calendar, and texting your Dot. Details on MacStories: www.macstories.net/linked/open...

Long overdue, touch has finally arrived on the Mac. And as a longtime iPad user, @viticci has thoughts. www.macstories.net/stories/mac...

MacBook Pro with Touch: A Mac for the iPad Generation

Ever since I got my hands on the very first iPad Pro all the way back in November 2015, I’ve gotten used to a certain type of computer interaction that Steve Jobs once decried as “ergonomically terrible”: working with a keyboard, but sometimes also touching the screen. Of course, that interaction became even more common

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Perspective means knowing when to give up past dogma and embrace today and what's to come. Touch on the Mac isn't a mistake. It's long past due. @viticci has it exactly right. www.macstories.net/stories/mac...

Developer resources, including 3 videos and lab sign-ups, are starting to appear on Apple's Developer site. Details, and my predicton for when we'll see macOS 27.3 on MacStories: www.macstories.net/news/apple-...

From the videos I've seen and based on what @viticci's told me, it looks like the MacBook Pro's touch gestures are just like the iPad's: www.macstories.net/news/apple-...

Apple Brings Touch to the Mac with New OLED MacBook Pros

Apple today introduced newly redesigned 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros featuring tandem OLED displays that support Touch. The new MacBook Pros, which are thinner and lighter than previous models, feature the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, both of which include a Neural Accelerator in each GPU core. Apple is calling the laptop's new display

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I don't think I'd want it, but it's worth noting that the new MacBook Pro does not support Apple Pencil. More details on MacStories: www.macstories.net/news/apple-...

Apple Brings Touch to the Mac with New OLED MacBook Pros

Apple today introduced newly redesigned 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros featuring tandem OLED displays that support Touch. The new MacBook Pros, which are thinner and lighter than previous models, feature the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, both of which include a Neural Accelerator in each GPU core. Apple is calling the laptop's new display

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They finally did it and it looks incredible. Apple added touch and OLED to the MacBook Pro. My story with photos and video from the event by @viticci. www.macstories.net/news/apple-...

Apple Brings Touch to the Mac with New OLED MacBook Pros

Apple today introduced newly redesigned 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros featuring tandem OLED displays that support Touch. The new MacBook Pros, which are thinner and lighter than previous models, feature the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, both of which include a Neural Accelerator in each GPU core. Apple is calling the laptop's new display

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❗️🔋 iPhone Duo Accessory Alert 🔋❗️ Baseus has a 5,000mAh Qi2 battery that fits the back of the Duo and it's currently on sale on Amazon. Affiliate link: link.amazon/B061kCOYF

NPC: Next Portable Console is out. this week: - Odin 3 details - AYANEO shenanigans - Retroid toys with Linux - Are controllers ever really pocketable? www.macstories.net/podcasts/ne...

...and on NPC XL for Patreon members, our handheld gaming needs and wants. www.patreon.com/NextPortabl...

For the network speed freaks like me: The 12-core M6 iMac has an optional 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet upgrade, up from Gigabit. www.macstories.net/news/apple-...

Keynote is getting a JSON-based interchange format. A nice nerdy touch for developers and agent automation. www.macstories.net/news/apple-...