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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 they have created.
On AppStories+, we talk about our Black Friday tech purchases.
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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 10th anniversary at MacStories, so he and Federico look back at the last decade.
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Liquid Glass Apps
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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 no object” holiday wish lists for ourselves.
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The Evolving App Store
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This week, Federico and John kick off their holiday app and automation experimentation season a little earlier than usual with a mix of apps, automations, and services.
On AppStories+, Federico and John look ahead, considering the future of Shortcuts and automation.
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App and Automation Experiments
Follow Up
Federico’s Ongoing AI Testing
John’s App Experiments
Federico’s Service Experiments
John’s Claude Code - Python - Notion Experiments
Federico’s Drafts and Readwise Reader workflow
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This week, Federico and John clean house, deleting old apps, screenshots, half-built shortcuts, huge downloads, and more. A look at the workflows and apps we use to stay organized and clean up our digital messes.
On AppStories+, Federico’s Typing Mind experiments continue, while John shares his experience of Claude Code to build tools to run MacStories.
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Tackling Digital Clutter
Backups
Finder Alternatives
Hazel’s App Sweep featureFile Management Apps
Fluent - similar to Sky
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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 experiments with lightning fast alternative AI models in Typing Mind.
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What’s the Deal with AI Browsers
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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 consider buying it.
On AppStories+, we explain how Claude Skills work and why they are one of Anthropic’s most exciting features in a while.
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Federico’s M5 iPad Pro Review
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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 and John cover the fallout from the Sora app and why AI can’t replace human creativity.
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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 AppStories+, Federico experiments with lightning fast inference and iteration using Cerebras for scripting.
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iOS 26.1 wishes
Final Cut Pro for iPad plugins
A new iPad Pro
A new Studio Display
An Apple TV with upscaling
AirTags
Thunderbolt 5 cable
M5 MacBook Pro
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