by Mike | Jun 11, 2026 | Macstock News
As I’ve mentioned in the past, the depth of knowledge found within the walls of Macstock Weekend each year is endless! I may organize the weekend, but I walk away each year with tons of new skills, ideas, and simple tips & tricks, and often find myself wondering how I got along without them.
And I don’t expect this year to be any different. In fact, I hope to share a little of that inspiration myself!
With 3 days of Macstock sessions plus an optional extra day of Creator Camp: Macstock Edition hosted by our friends at Ecamm, we’ve got a weekend jam-packed with Apple goodness. But with all that content, I realize that we also need a fair amount of down time, so we’ll have plenty of time scheduled into each day to ensure you get a chance to absorb, reflect, and share with those around you — including, for the first time, much longer 90 minute lunch breaks Friday through Sunday giving you a mid-day opportunity to not only enjoy casual conversations over a nice meal, but also head off to rest in your room for a bit if you choose to before joining us again each afternoon.
Macstock X will be held July 10, 11 & 12, 2026 at the Elara Convention Center at Holiday Inn Crystal Lake.
Macstock’s 3-Day Weekend Pass (Friday, Saturday & Sunday):
Sessions will be held from 9:00am – 5:45pm on Friday, July 10th
Sessions will be held from 9:00am – 5:45pm on Saturday, July 11th
Sessions will be held from 9:00am – 5:45pm on Sunday, July 12th
We’ll also be hosting several special evening activities beginning at 7:30pm each night including An Evening with David Pogue on Friday, a special “Super Session” on troubleshooting with Marty Jencius Saturday, and a TBD event I’ve got in the works for Sunday (more on that next time)!
Ecamm’s Creator Camp: Macstock Edition (Thursday)
Sessions will be held from 9:00am – 5:45pm on Thursday, July 9th
Ecamm will be hosting “Campfire Chats” from 8:00-9:00pm Thursday evening
(sorry, no actual campfires are allowed within the hotel 🏕)
Check out Macstock’s Schedule of Talks Here
and Creator Camp: Macstock Edition’s Schedule can be found Here
by Mike | Jun 11, 2026 | Macstock News, Macstock X
Have you recovered from WWDC yet? I hope you’re getting nice and rested from Apple’s announcements, because Macstock X’s weekend begins (checks calendar) wait … is that right?? Four Weeks from Today!
Holy Dogcow!
Yep, Macstock is coming up quickly and I know the weeks are going to just fly by until we all see each other again at the Elara Conference Center for our 10th Year of Macstock! But the good news — or perhaps the surprising news to those who know me 😎 — is that I think I may, actually, possibly have everything darn near done that I need to do to be ready to greet you all at Macstock!
Oh, sure, I can think of a couple things here and there. Minor things. You know … like getting my two(!!) talks ready to go (I’m working on them, promise!). But, in a surprising twist of annual tasks from my Reminders list, the t-shirts are off at the screen printer, other swag is either stacked in boxes in the foyer at our home or currently toolin’ it’s way to me on a brown truck, copies of David’s book for Friday’s book signing are also stacked in our foyer, the schedule is pretty much complete, and, here’s the most important part: Janet and I met with the conference center just this week and this year’s food selections have been made! So, the best news of all, perhaps, is that I can feed you lunch each day!
You know what else? If you don’t have your Weekend Pass for Macstock X, there’s still time to join us!
Looking to learn something new about your Apple devices? Love to travel? How about a little getaway with 100 of your closest Mac-using friends? Whatever the reason you have for joining us, please do! We’re going to have a blast and we’d love to have you with us!
And if you’re looking to expand your Macstock Weekend goodness just a little bit further (and who wouldn’t want to?), you can also take part in Creator Camp: Macstock Edition on Thursday, July 9th!
That’s up to 4 days of fantastic sessions on all things Apple…and all things Macstock!
There will be some more Newsletters before Macstock weekend with a bunch of last-minute super important information you’ll want to know when you get there, especially if you’re new to Macstock, so please keep an eye out for those!
Welcome to Another Year of Macstock!
by Mike | Apr 6, 2026 | Macstock News, Macstock X
Immediately following,”An Evening with David Pogue” Friday night, we’ll be hosting a book signing with David!
To make that happen, we’ve been working with a local independent bookstore that has committed to reserving enough copies of his book for the signing, but it will help a ton if you can pre-order your copy now so we know that we’ll have enough on hand for all Macstock attendees who’d like to have one.
To reserve your copy, I’ve got a Book Signing Edition of “Apple: The First 50 Years” on the Macstock site at a special discounted pre-order price and you can get it right now using the link below.
Pre-ordered copies will not be shipped. Instead, we’ll have it ready and waiting for you — and for David’s autograph — at Macstock!
by Mike | Apr 6, 2026 | Macstock News, Macstock X, Road to Macstock
Last week Chuck officially kicked off his annual Road to Macstock series on MacVoices.
If you’re not familiar with it, on each episode of The Road to Macstock, Chuck has a conversation with the presenters, volunteers, organizers, and others who put so much time and effort into making Macstock Weekend a fantastic time for all.
Chuck really does an amazing job helping us get to know Macstock’s Speakers a little better with The Road to Macstock, so if you don’t follow his podcast already, please visit MacVoices.com, subscribe to his MacVoices Dispatch Newsletter, or click to get the latest on his YouTube channel because the best installments are still to come as Chuck introduces you to old friends and new that he’s meeting all along the Road to Macstock X!
by Mike | Apr 6, 2026 | Macstock News, Macstock X
Did you hear our One More Thing for Macstock X this July? During last week’s live stream, after much rumor and a ton of speculation, we broke the news…
I’m super excited to announce that David Pogue is going to join us Friday night at Macstock for “An Evening with David Pogue”, a lively show taking us through the first 50 years of Apple with original music, including his new song parody, “Clap Along”, some video, and a little Q&A! (on the live stream David referred to it as Apple the Musical — How awesome is that?)
And your ticket for the Friday Night Fun? All you need is your Macstock Weekend Pass!
On top of all that, you may have heard that David just released a new book called Apple: The First 50 Years. Well, immediately following our evening of fun and song Macstock will be hosting a book signing with David!
Have you recovered from WWDC yet? I hope you’re getting nice and rested from Apple’s announcements, because Macstock X’s weekend begins (checks calendar) wait … is that right?? Four Weeks from Today!
