Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Comfort Zone
Niléane is back and she’s brought the long-awaited Mastodon 4.3 update, Matt brought Omnivore, and Chris rounds out his new Apple product reviews with the Apple Watch Series 10. Then we see who took the best photo with an iPhone and introduce a fun new, accessible challenge.
Magic Rays of Light
Sigmund and Devon discuss Sigmund’s experience at London Film Festival, including the world premiere of Blitz. They also highlight this week’s release of Disclaimer and dive deep into Submerged, the first Apple Immersive Video scripted film.
MacStories Unwind
This week, John shares a spooky story, Federico and he both have TV show picks, and they update listeners on their progress in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Comfort Zone, Episode 19, ‘Oh, I’m A Limb!’ Show Notes
Weekly Topics
Mastodon 4.3 is out
Omnivore
Apple Watch Series 10
Other Stuff We Discussed
Niléane’s photo
Matt’s photo
Chris’s photo
Tangerine UI 2.0
Chris’s Nomad watch band
Matt’s Nomad watch band
MacStories watchOS 11 review
Follow the Hosts
Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
Magic Rays of Light, Episode 140, ‘London Film Festival Special: Blitz, Submerged, and Disclaimer’ Show Notes
Highlights
Apple Original News
Apple Releases Immersive Short Film Submerged and Announces Upcoming Immersive Content
Severance: Season 1 on Blu-ray
Releases
The Last of the Sea Women
NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition
Food Truck Pup+
Furistas Cat Cafe+
Smash Hit+
Balatro+
Extras
The Making of Submerged
Bad Monkey (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
Wolfs: Behind the Scenes of the Car Stunt Scene with Austin Abrams l Another Take
Pachinko: Lee Minho and Kim Minha Revisit Moments from Season 1
Shrinking: Actually Helpful Recap with Lukita Maxwell
Up Next
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The Floor
Steve McQueen
Alien: Romulus
Small Axe
Nobody Wants This
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MacStories Unwind, ‘Hot Rabbi’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
A Spooky Story
Brightwurks Debuts ‘Here’s to the Crazy Ones’ Letterpress Poster for Charity [Update: Pulled]
Picks
John’s Pick:
Slow Horses on Apple TV
Trailer
The Legend of Zelda: Echos of Wisdom Check In
Federico’s Pick
Nobody Wants This on Netflix
Trailer
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