Podcast Episodes

The 2025 MacStories Selects Awards

Episode 465

This week, Federico and John reveal the winners of the 2025 MacStories Selects Awards, which celebrate the exceptional design, innovation, and creati…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

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Vibe Coding Your Own Productivity Tools

Episode 464

This week, Federico and John explain how they go about creating personal productivity tools with the assistance of AI and walk through some of what t…

10 months, 1 week ago

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Designing for Liquid Glass: Outstanding Indie Apps

Episode 463

This week, Federico and John dig into some of their favorite apps that have adopted Apple’s Liquid Glass design language. On AppStories+, it’s John’s…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Ever-Changing App Store

Episode 462

This week, Federico and John explore current changes to the world of apps through the lens of its past evolution. On AppStories+, we build “money’s n…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Our Latest App and Automation Experiments

Episode 461

This week, Federico and John kick off their holiday app and automation experimentation season a little earlier than usual with a mix of apps, automat…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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The Great Digital Declutter

Episode 460

This week, Federico and John clean house, deleting old apps, screenshots, half-built shortcuts, huge downloads, and more. A look at the workflows and…

11 months ago

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Exploring AI Browsers

Episode 459

This week, Federico and John look at the hype surrounding AI browsers to see if there’s any there there. Then, on AppStories+, Federico explains his …

11 months, 1 week ago

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The Potential and Limits of the M5 iPad Pro

Episode 458

This week, Federico and John consider whether Apple made the case for running local LLMs and gaming on the M5 iPad Pro and discusss who should consid…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Apple’s Intelligence Quest: Beyond Smart Siri

Episode 457

This week, Federico and John discuss what might be next for Apple Intelligence and how it fits into the broader AI market. On AppStories+, Federico a…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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What Else Do We Want from Apple in 2025?

Episode 456

This week, with rumors of more products in the pipeline, Federico and John share what they want most from Apple before the end of the year. On AppSto…

1 year ago

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