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470 — June 14, 2025

Five Smaller OS Updates I'm Looking Forward to

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Five Smaller OS Updates I'm Looking Forward to

WWDC was a blast this year, and obviously, new features like iPadOS windowing and Spotlight on the Mac are at the top of my list of favorite new features. However, there were a lot of small updates announced that I’m excited to try starting this weekend, so I figured I’d share a handful of them today.

Widgets and Windows on visionOS

I don’t use my Vision Pro a lot, but we’re getting to a place where it’s finally starting to pull me back in. One of the big friction points of using the headset has always been the setup. An OS update doesn’t help with getting in the habit of pulling the Vision Pro out of its case, but Apple does appear to have smoothed over some of the rough edges once you’re wearing it.

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470 — June 14, 2025

App Debuts

APP DEBUTS

Noteworthy new app releases and updates, handpicked by the MacStories team.

Unread

The latest version of Unread offers a solution for users of Pocket, which is shutting down soon. The RSS reader can now import Pocket libraries. Imported articles will include their title, URL, and date based on the export of your Pocket library. It’s a great solution for anyone with a large library of links they want to preserve and store in Unread or migrate to another service eventually.

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470 — June 14, 2025

Interesting Links

INTERESTING LINKS

Great reads and links from around the web.

I spent a lot of my flight home after WWDC combing through hundreds of unread RSS articles looking for interesting tidbits about macOS Tahoe in anticipation of my review this fall. Today, I thought I’d share a handful of the most interesting links I found.

At Engadget, Steve Dent digs into Metal 4 and what it means for gaming on the Mac. (Link)

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469 — June 6, 2025

A Pair of Bonus Apple Wishes: Beyond the OSes

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A Pair of Bonus Apple Wishes: Beyond the OSes

I keep a running note of all the things I’d like to see changed or added in Apple’s OSes that serves as the starting point for the annual wish list episodes we just concluded on AppStories. Having spent the past several weeks digging through those notes and recording those episodes, I’ve had wishes on my mind a lot, so I figured, “Why stop?” Today, I thought it would be fun to go broader and longer term with my wishes.

Build a World-Class Videogame Studio

Anyone who follows the videogame industry knows it’s in crisis. Studios are closing, people are losing their jobs, and promising projects are being canceled nearly every day. It’s not a good situation, but it is a business opportunity for a company like Apple that has a lot of cash.

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469 — June 6, 2025

Interesting Links

INTERESTING LINKS

Great reads and links from around the web.

Steven Levy at Wired interviewed Nobel Prize winner Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, about AI and where it’s heading. (Link)

Rolling Stone’s Christopher Cruz interviewed Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki about the challenges of producing an open world racing game that’s accessible to a wide audience. (Link)

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469 — June 6, 2025

WWDC Week Is Nearly Here

WWDC Week Is Nearly Here

Next week is a big week here at MacStories. WWDC is always a lot of fun, and as always, we’ll have a lot of coverage on MacStories.

Because Federico and I will be traveling to Cupertino for the event, we’ve shifted the schedule around a little. First, next week, we’ll publish MacStories Weekly on Saturday instead of Friday to give us a little time to catch our breath and reflect on the events of the week. Second, there will be no MacStories Unwind next week because there’s simply no spare time to record it in California and we’ll be traveling the second half of the week.

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469 — June 6, 2025

App Debuts

APP DEBUTS

Noteworthy new app releases and updates, handpicked by the MacStories team.

GamingBuddy

GamingBuddy added an iPad version this week. It’s a great addition to an already excellent app for managing your collection of videogames, keeping up with new releases, finding reviews, and more. On the iPad, there’s more room for artwork and all the app’s other content. Everything syncs with the iPhone version over iCloud, and you can now create custom tags for your games, too.

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