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Episodes (200)
Apple Frames 4 and the AI Multiplier
Amplifying Projects with Agentic Assistance
Apr 20, 202638 min
OpenAI’s Everything App Trap
When Everything Apps Work and When the Don't
Apr 13, 202638 min
Revisiting the Text Editor Landscape
What's New in Text Editors?
Apr 6, 202638 min
An Orchestra Without a Conductor, Apple’s AI Dilemma
Apple and Agents
Mar 30, 202635 min
Why Foldable Phones Matter: The Case for an iPhone Duo
Federico on Foldables
Mar 23, 202642 min
The Fractal Fragmentation of AI Tools
The Messy Development of AI Apps
Mar 16, 202651 min
Apple’s Big Neo Week
Thoughts on Apple's New Hardware
Mar 9, 202634 min
Our Apple Hardware Wish List for 2026
The Hardware We Expect and the Gear We Dare to Dream for
Mar 2, 202630 min
App Intents and the Road to a Smarter Siri
Putting All the Pieces Together
Feb 23, 202630 min
Pick a Pair: New Apps We’re Using
A grab bag of new apps we're using
Feb 16, 202638 min
One Notion: Two Approaches
How We Use Notion
Feb 9, 202630 min
The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World
The Impact of AI on the App Store
Feb 2, 202637 min
Terminal Tips and Claude Code Workflows
How We Use Claude Code and Codex
Jan 25, 202643 min
A Very ‘Just Build It’ Holiday
How We Spend Our Holiday Break, Part 2
Jan 18, 202642 min
A Very Nerdy Holiday Break
How We Spent Our Downtime
Jan 11, 202647 min
What’s Next for Apps in 2026
A Look Ahead to Next Year
Dec 21, 202528 min
The 2025 MacStories Selects Awards
The 2025 MacStories Selects Awards
Dec 16, 202557 min
Vibe Coding Your Own Productivity Tools
Our AI Automation Workflows
Dec 7, 202539 min
Designing for Liquid Glass: Outstanding Indie Apps
Great Liquid Glass Apps
Nov 30, 202526 min
The Ever-Changing App Store
How Subscriptions, Regulation, and AI Are Reshaping the World of Apps
Nov 23, 202532 min
Our Latest App and Automation Experiments
New Apps and Workflows for the holiday season
Nov 16, 202538 min
The Great Digital Declutter
Organizing Your Digital Life
Nov 9, 202531 min
Exploring AI Browsers
What's the Deal with AI Browsers?
Nov 2, 202538 min
The Potential and Limits of the M5 iPad Pro
Federico’s M5 iPad Pro Review
Oct 26, 202533 min
Apple’s Intelligence Quest: Beyond Smart Siri
Imagining and Apple AI Future
Oct 19, 202536 min
What Else Do We Want from Apple in 2025?
A Hardware and Software Wishlist
Oct 12, 202531 min
Making Sense of MCP: The Standard Connecting AI to Apps
MCP Demystified
Oct 5, 202538 min
AirPods Pro 3, iPhone Air, and a Cable Quest
A hardware update, Smart Stacks, and the quest to game on the Vision Pro
Sep 28, 202537 min
Fall Hardware: First Impressions
Thoughts on the iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and AirPods Pro 3
Sep 21, 202530 min
iOS, iPadOS, and macOS 26: The MacStories Reviews
The MacStories Annual Review Extravaganza
Sep 15, 202552 min
Apple Event Vibe Check
AirPods, iPhone 17 Air, and Federico's AirTag Mystery
Sep 7, 202541 min
Back From Break: Automation, AI, and IKEA
What We Did on Our Summer Breaks
Aug 31, 202547 min
Building a Better AI App
Combining the Best AI App Features Into One Super App
Aug 10, 202536 min
The iPadOS and macOS 26 Public Betas
Should you install iPadOS or macOS 26?
Aug 3, 202534 min
Gaming Sidekicks: Videogame Companion Apps with Brendon Bigley
Everything But the Games
Jul 27, 202543 min
A Secondary Device Check-In
John's iPad Use and Federico's Mac Use
Jul 20, 202528 min
Imagining Apple’s Next Big Thing
What We'd Like to See Apple Try Next
Jul 13, 202537 min
Inside our Summertime Review Toolkits
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Review Season
Jul 6, 202527 min
Our OS 26 Experiments: iPad Podcasting, Reminders, and More
Our Early OS 26 Testing
Jun 29, 202529 min
An iPad Pickle
Federico Rethinks His iPad Setup
Jun 22, 202529 min
A Behind the Scenes Peek at WWDC Week
WWDC Backstage
Jun 15, 202534 min
WWDC 2025: A First Look at Everything Apple Announced
A WWDC 2025 Recap
Jun 12, 202557 min
WWDC 2025: The AppStories Interviews with Apple Design Award Winners
The AppStories ADA Interviews
Jun 11, 202558 min
Sky and Our 2025 Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence WWDC Wishes
Our WWDC 2025 Automation Wishes
Jun 1, 202537 min
Our 2025 macOS and visionOS WWDC Wishes
OS Updates We're Hoping to See at WWDC
May 25, 202533 min
Airbnb 2025 Summer Release: An Interview with Jud Coplan and Teo Connor
A Conversation About App and Product Design
May 18, 202550 min
The Swift Student Challenge Interviews and watchOS and tvOS Wishes
An Interview with Apple's Apple's Susan Prescott and Students, Plus more OS Wishes
May 11, 202541 min
Our 2025 iOS and iPadOS WWDC Wishes
Our Annual OS Wishes
May 4, 20251h 3m
Tackling Trackers
Apps for Tracking Anything
Apr 27, 202535 min
How We’re Using AI
The AI Models We Use and How We Use Them
Apr 20, 202554 min
Time for Calendars
Keeping a Schedule
Apr 13, 202534 min
Return of the Utility Grab Bag
A Selection of Our Favorite Utilities
Apr 6, 202530 min
Pick 3: Automations
A Selection of Automations
Mar 30, 202539 min
From Dashboard Widgets to Breaking News: Mark Gurman’s Path to Bloomberg
An Interview with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman
Mar 23, 202546 min
Shortcuts Utility Apps Revisited
Filling the Gaps in Apple Automation
Mar 16, 202532 min
Our Self-Imposed Tech Deadlines
What Is Driving Our 2025 Tech Decisions
Mar 9, 202535 min
The Missing Middle
Why Aren't Developers Making Prosumer and Small Business Apps Anymore?
Mar 2, 202532 min
5 for 5: Five Predictions, Five Years
Looking Ahead to the App World's Next Five Years
Feb 23, 202529 min
A Classic Pick 2: Hidden Gems
Four Apps You May Not Know But Should Try
Feb 16, 202531 min
Thoughts on Covering AI Our Way
A Skeptical, Principled Approach to AI
Feb 9, 202535 min
Life Tracking, Journaling, and the Vision Pro with Devon Dundee
Living a Quality Quantified Life in VR
Feb 2, 202534 min
Three Browsers Are Better Than One with Matt Birchler
How the Web Is Changing the App Landscape
Jan 26, 202535 min
An Apple Intelligence Wish List
Where Apple Should Steer Its AI
Jan 19, 202530 min
Apple Prophecies and Predictions for 2025
What’s Next for Apple in the Year Ahead
Jan 12, 202528 min
Our Holiday Nerd Projects
How we plan to spend our downtime over the holidays
Dec 22, 202424 min
The AppStories Year in Review
A Look at What Shaped the App World in 2024
Dec 15, 202429 min
The 2024 MacStories Selects Awards
Celebrating the Best Apps of 2024
Dec 9, 202455 min
Assistive AI Automation Tools
Finding a Place for AI in Our Workflows
Dec 1, 202447 min
A Cavalcade of Nightmares
A Conversation with Brendon Bigley
Nov 24, 20241h 7m
What Kind of Person Are You?
A Conversation with Robb Knight
Nov 17, 202437 min
The Apple Version of Comic Sans
A Conversation with Chris Lawley
Nov 10, 202450 min
Wrist Browsing
A Conversation with Jonathan Reed
Nov 3, 202432 min
Raycast, Tailscale, and Day One with Comfort Zone’s Niléane Dorffer
The Apps We Use
Oct 27, 202441 min
iPad mini Review: The Third Place
Federico reviews the iPad mini (A17 Pro)
Oct 22, 202447 min
A Desk Setup Update
The Gear We Use
Oct 13, 202430 min
Our iPhone Lock Screen and Control Center Controls
How We're Using iOS 18's Customizable Controls
Oct 6, 202435 min
iOS 18 App Updates We Love
Great Apps That Take Advantage of Apple's Latest APIs
Sep 29, 202436 min
macOS Sequoia: The MacStories Review
It's Fine
Sep 22, 202426 min
iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Review
Federico Viticci's Annual iOS and iPadOS Review
Sep 16, 20241h 7m
Productivity Powerhouses (Part 2)
The Apps We Use to Be Productive
Sep 8, 202444 min
Productivity Powerhouses (Part 1)
That Apps We Use to Get Work Done
Sep 1, 202434 min
The Future of Apps
Celebrating Episode 400
Aug 25, 202435 min
Hardware Ideas Apple Should Steal
Hardware Innovation and Apple
Aug 18, 202443 min
Rethinking Podcast Apps
Imagining the Perfect Podcast App
Aug 11, 202433 min
watchOS 11 Preview
What to Expect This Fall
Aug 4, 202446 min
macOS Sequoia Preview
First Impressions of the Public Beta
Jul 21, 202436 min
iOS and iPadOS 18 Preview
What to Expect from the Public Betas
Jul 15, 202440 min
A Feature-Packed Fall
What API Changes Mean for Users
Jul 7, 202439 min
The Tip Jar
Top OS and App Tips
Jun 30, 202435 min
Rethinking Email
What's Next for Email Apps?
Jun 23, 202431 min
The Pizza Is the Model
WWDC Recap and Applebot
Jun 16, 202430 min
WWDC 2024: The AppStories Interviews with ADA and Swift Student Challenge Distinguished Winners
ADA and Swift Student Challenge Interviews
Jun 14, 202440 min
WWDC 2024: Intelligence Briefings
Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence
Jun 12, 202428 min
WWDC 2024: Keynote First Impressions
WWDC 2024 First Impressions
Jun 11, 20241h 3m
Final WWDC 2024 Preparations and Predictions
WWDC Predictions
Jun 9, 202438 min
Our 2024 watchOS and tvOS WWDC Wishes, Plus Two New Podcasts
watchOS and tvOS Wishes
Jun 3, 202439 min
Our 2024 macOS and visionOS WWDC Wishes
2024 macOS and visionOS Wishes
May 26, 202446 min
Our 2024 iOS and iPadOS WWDC Wishes
The iOS and iPadOS updates we'd love to see
May 19, 202439 min
The Trouble with iPadOS
How the iPad Is Held Back by Its OS
May 13, 202441 min
A Roomful of Suits: AltStore and Delta with Riley Testut
The Journey from Side Loaded App to Alternative App Marketplace
May 5, 202434 min
Apple’s Swift Student Challenge
Interviews with Apple's Susan Prescott plus past and present student winners
Apr 29, 202445 min
Obsidian Setup Check-In
The Themes, Plugins, and Systems We Use
Apr 21, 202437 min
A Classic Mac Pick 2
Mac Apps We Love
Apr 14, 202434 min
Are We Entering a Post-App World?
Apps Are So 2007
Apr 7, 202435 min
Why the DOJ Claims Apple Is a Monopoly
A Story 26 Years in the Making
Mar 31, 202445 min
Shortcuts Wishlist (2024 Edition)
The iOS 18 Shortcuts Features We Want to See
Mar 24, 202443 min
Why’d You Download That?
Recent App Downloads
Mar 17, 202435 min
Examining Apple App and OS Design Trends
Where Is App Design Headed?
Mar 10, 202434 min
Introducing the MacPad
How Federico Built a Hybrid Mac/iPad
Mar 4, 202451 min
Apple Vision Pro Entertainment Apps
visionOS Entertainment Apps
Feb 25, 202433 min
Exploring visionOS
visionOS
Feb 18, 202442 min
Apple Vision Pro: Hardware First Impressions
The Vision Pro Hardware Experience
Feb 11, 202450 min
Digging into the DMA
Apple's Response to the EU
Feb 4, 202441 min
Workflow Experiments
New Workflows
Jan 28, 202431 min
Apple Vision Pro Preparations, Questions, and Apps
Apple Vision Pro Prep
Jan 21, 202437 min
Magic Rays of Light Joins MacStories, Plus Our Favorite Media Tracking Apps
Welcome Magic Rays of Light
Jan 14, 202441 min
The Return of the Classic Pick 2
Apps We're Enjoying
Jan 7, 202435 min
Fixing the Share Sheet
How Could Apple Improve the Share Sheet?
Dec 17, 202332 min
The 2023 MacStories Selects Awards
Honoring Excellence in Apps
Dec 11, 202346 min
What If?: Exploring Alternative Apple Timelines
Imagining Alternative Apple Histories
Dec 3, 202334 min
Nerding Out for the Holidays (Part 2)
Holiday Tech Projects (Part 2)
Nov 26, 202334 min
Nerding Out for the Holidays (Part 1)
Holiday Tech Projects (Part 1)
Nov 19, 202334 min
Getting Your Digital Life in Order
Tips for Staying Digitally Organized
Nov 12, 202325 min
The Trouble with Task Management
Imagining an Extensible To-Do App
Nov 5, 202329 min
Apple’s Scary Fast Event with Stephen Hackett
Apple's Scary Fast Event
Oct 31, 202337 min
Web Apps and Services
Web Apps
Oct 22, 202338 min
Building a Link Gathering Machine
Reading the Web with the Boox Tab Ultra
Oct 15, 202338 min
Apple Vision Pro and Apps
Apple Vison Pro Apps
Oct 8, 202347 min
tvOS 17: The MacStories Review with Sigmund Judge
tvOS 17 Review
Oct 2, 202330 min
Widgets Everywhere
Interactive Widgets
Sep 24, 202326 min
iOS and iPadOS 17: The MacStories Review
iOS and iPadOS 17
Sep 18, 20231h 10m
Apple’s 2023 Watch and iPhone Event
Apple's Fall Media Event
Sep 13, 202359 min
Bookmarking Apps Revisited
Saving Links in 2023
Sep 3, 202345 min
Gadget Show & Tell
A Look at Our Summertime Gadget Collection
Aug 20, 202343 min
A Classic Pick 2
Four great apps
Aug 13, 202331 min
Why The Way Apps Are Made Has Changed
The Shift in How Apps Are Made
Aug 6, 202329 min
Where Is The App Economy Heading?
App Industry Trends
Jul 30, 202333 min
macOS Sonoma and iOS and iPadOS 17 Public Betas
The macOS, iOS, and iPadOS Public Betas
Jul 23, 202341 min
watchOS and macOS Sonoma Public Beta Previews
watchOS and macOS Public Beta Previews
Jul 16, 202354 min
The Web Apps We Use
Web Apps We Use
Jul 9, 202330 min
Do Wishes Come True? (Part 2)
Grading Our OS Wishes, Part 2
Jul 2, 202342 min
Do Wishes Come True? (Part 1)
Grading Our OS Wishes
Jun 25, 202340 min
The Impact of OS Updates on Third-Party Apps
OS Updates and Third-Party Apps
Jun 18, 202338 min
What’s Next for Notes, Reminders, and Macs
Notes, Reminders, and Macs
Jun 11, 202345 min
WWDC 2023: Swift Student Challenge Winners, The MacStories Interviews
2023 Swift Student Challenge Winner Interviews
Jun 9, 202332 min
WWDC 2023: Apple Design Awards: The AppStories Interviews
2023 Apple Design Awards Interviews
Jun 9, 202352 min
WWDC 2023: Federico’s Experience with Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro
Jun 7, 202338 min
WWDC 2023: A Stage Manager in iPadOS 17 Deep Dive, Plus Notes, Reminders, StandBy, and More
WWDC 2023 Stage Manager Deep Dive
Jun 7, 202340 min
WWDC 2023: Keynote First Impressions
WWDC 2023: Keynote First Impressions
Jun 6, 202337 min
WWDC 2023: Final Thoughts and Predictions
Final Pre-WWDC Thoughts
Jun 4, 202354 min
Our xrOS Wishes
Our xrOS Wishes
May 28, 202346 min
Our macOS Wishes
2023 macOS Wishes
May 21, 202341 min
Our watchOS 10 and tvOS 17 Wishes
watchOS 10 and tvOS 17 Wishes
May 14, 202344 min
Our iPadOS 17 Wishes
iPadOS 17 Wishes
May 7, 202341 min
Our iOS 17 Wishes
iOS 17 Wishes
Apr 30, 202354 min
Return to macOS
Federico's M2 MacBook Air Setup
Apr 23, 202355 min
Automation April: Third-Party Apps with Great Shortcuts Support
Apps with Great Shortcuts Support
Apr 16, 202336 min
Automation April: A Link Management Workflow and S-GPT
Linking and S-GPT
Apr 9, 202349 min
Automation April: Shortcuts Check-In
Shortcuts Check-In
Apr 2, 202336 min
A Classic Pick 2
Pick 2
Mar 26, 202344 min
Revisiting RSS
Revisiting RSS
Mar 19, 202351 min
Listener Q&A
Q&A
Mar 12, 202356 min
The Future of Web Browsers
The Future of Web Browsers
Mar 5, 202341 min
Apple Watch Ultra and the Watch Apps We Use
Apple Watch Ultra Apps
Feb 26, 202337 min
Artificial Intelligence and Apps (Part 2)
AI Apps
Feb 19, 202345 min
Artificial Intelligence and Apps (Part 1)
Artificial Intelligence, Part 1
Feb 12, 202351 min
Mastodon Web, Mac, and Utility Apps
Mastodon Apps Continued
Feb 5, 202346 min
Mastodon Clients for iOS and iPadOS
Mastodon Apps for iPhone and iPad
Jan 29, 202347 min
Imagining Apps for an Apple VR Headset
Imagining VR Apps
Jan 22, 202340 min
Read-Later Apps
Read-Later Apps
Jan 15, 202347 min
Gone but Not Forgotten: The Third-Party Apps (Part 2)
Gone but Not Forgotten: Third-Party Apps (Part 2)
Jan 8, 202345 min
The 2022 MacStories Selects Awards
2022 MacStories Selects Awards
Dec 21, 20221h 6m
Gone but Not Forgotten: The Third-Party Apps (Part 1)
Gone but Not Forgotten: Third-Party Apps (Pt. 1)
Dec 12, 202239 min
Gone but Not Forgotten
Apple Apps and Features that Didn't Make It
Dec 4, 202247 min
Nerding Out for the Holidays (Part 2)
Holiday Projects (Part 2)
Nov 27, 202234 min
Nerding Out for the Holidays (Part 1)
Holiday Projects (Part 1)
Nov 20, 202236 min
A Close-Up Look at Anybox and Spring
Anybox and Spring
Nov 13, 202239 min
Calendars, Communications, and More Revisited
Episode 200 Revisited
Nov 6, 202243 min
macOS Ventura: The MacStories Review
MacOS Ventura
Oct 30, 202245 min
Stage Manager in iPadOS 16
Stage Manager in iPadOS 16
Oct 24, 202256 min
The New iPad and iPad Pro Review: Mixed Signals
The New iPad and iPad Pro Review
Oct 24, 202239 min
App Trends Revisited and Reconsidered
App Trends
Oct 16, 202255 min
Return to the App Grab Bag
Return to the App Grab Bag
Oct 9, 202244 min
Widgets, iPhone Photography, and the Apple Watch Ultra with David Smith
An interview with David Smith
Oct 2, 202250 min
Lock Screen Widgets, Focus Filters, and Shared with You Apps
More iOS 16 Apps
Sep 25, 202237 min
iOS 16 Apps with Great Lock Screen Widgets
iOS 16 Lock Screen Widgets
Sep 18, 202237 min
iOS 16: The MacStories Review
iOS 16 Review
Sep 12, 202242 min
macOS Ventura with Jason Snell
macOS Ventura
Sep 4, 202255 min
Let’s Fix the Music App
Let's Fix Music
Aug 28, 202250 min
What Makes a Great Modern Shortcuts Action?
Modern Shortcuts Actions
Aug 21, 202243 min
2022 OS Preview: watchOS 9
watchOS 9 Preview
Aug 14, 202253 min
How iOS and iPadOS 16 Are Affecting Our Lives
The Daily Impact of iOS and iPadOS 16
Aug 7, 202248 min
Our ‘Recently Added’ Apps
Recently Added Apps
Jul 31, 202241 min
2022 OS Preview: The System Apps (Part 2)
OS Preview: System Apps Part 2
Jul 24, 202253 min
2022 OS Preview: The System Apps (Part 1)
OS Preview: System Apps Part 1
Jul 17, 202253 min
iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura Public Beta Previews
OS Public Beta Previews
Jul 11, 20221h 6m
Exploring Reading and Research Apps
Reading and Research Apps
Jul 3, 202245 min
Mac App Spotlight
Mac App Roundup
Jun 26, 202246 min
App Grab Bag
App Grab Bag
Jun 19, 202240 min
What WWDC 2022 Means for Apple’s Platforms
WWDC and the Future of Apple's OSes
Jun 12, 202248 min