Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Comfort Zone
Niléane has taken to the skies in Flight Simulator, Chris wants to talk about yet another Mac, and the gang all looks for the best open source app (or web app!) they can find.
Magic Rays of Light
Sigmund and Devon preview the new features coming in tvOS 18.2. Then, they recap the first German-language Apple Original series, Where’s Wanda?, and Spanish-language medical drama series Midnight Family.
MacStories Unwind
This week on MacStories Unwind, kick off the first of our annual ‘best of’ Unwind recaps with the best music releases of 2024.
Comfort Zone, Episode 27, I’m Knee-Deep in Turkey Show Notes
Weekly Topics
Flight Simulator 2024
M4 Mac mini
Other Things Discussed
Flight Simulator documentary
Shadow PC Gaming
BetterTouchTool
Accents
CleanShot X
Klack
Ghost
Kodi
Ice
Raindrop.io
Readwise Reader
Follow the Hosts
Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Bluesky
Magic Rays of Light, Episode 148, ‘tvOS 18.2 Preview and a Look Back at Where’s Wanda? and Midnight Family’ Show Notes
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Recaps
Where’s Wanda?
Midnight Family
Apple TV News
Simply Piano
Story: Spatial Storytelling
NowPlaying
Apple Music Replay
Super League: The War for Football
Trailer Talk
Apple Original News
Severance: 1 Blu-Ray (UK)
Severance: Season 1 Blu-Ray (U.S.)
See Complete Series Blu-Ray (UK)
Surface — Season 1 Recap
First Look at Surface Season Two
Releases
Fly Me to the Moon
MLS Cup
Talking Tom Blast Park
Boggle: Arcade Edition
PAC-MAN 256+
Hot Wheels™: Race Off+
Barbie Color Creations+
Little Cities: Diorama
FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+
FF IV: THE AFTER YEARS+
Extras
Pachinko — Coming Together Through Food
Blitz — “Winter Coat” Performed by Saoirse Ronan and Nicholas Britell
The Cast of Fly Me to the Moon Taste Test Space Food
A Conversation with Dan Taberski, Creator of Apple Podcasts Show of the Year Hysterical
TV App Highlights
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Juror #2
Light Shop
Good One
The Sticky
The Great Christmas Light Fight
Secret Level
Heretic
Sugarcane
Up Next
West Side Story
Wallace & Gromit
Wallace and Gromit Video Shot on iPhone and Projected onto Battersea Power Station
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MacStories Unwind, ‘The Best Music of 2024’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
Songs from our picks and more:
The MacStories Unwind 2024 Apple Music Playlist
Picks
Federico’s Pick 2024 Music Picks:
Album of the Year: All Hell by Los Campesinos
Top 5:
All Hell by Los Campesinos
Forever by Charly Bliss
POST HUMAN: NeX GEn by Bring Me The Horizon
From Zero by Linkin Park
Moon Music by Coldplay
Honorable Mentions:
Songs of a Lost World by The Cure
BRAT by Charli XCX
F-1 Trillion by Post Malone
No Name by Jack White
John’s Pick:
Album of the Year: The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh
Top 5:
The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh
Songs of a Lost World by The Cure
BRAT by Charli XCX
Forever by Charly Bliss
No Shame No Fame by Kindsight
Honorable Mentions:
Neon Pill by Cage the Elephant
Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations by The Vaccines
F-1 Trillion by Post Malone
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