Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
AppStories
This week, Federico and John discuss Apple’s latest hardware announcements.
Then on AppStories+, Federico explains Notion Agents and Workers and how he’s using them.
NPC: Next Portable Console
This week, more bad memory and storage news, followed by a conversation about Bloomberg’s report that Sony is withdrawing from the PC gaming market and a wild Lenovo handheld.
Then on NPC XL, John asks the question: did handhelds kill the Xbox?
First, Last, Everything
This time, Jonathan is joined by Becca Farsace. Becca is an Emmy and Webby award-winning tech creator. She was formerly the senior video producer at The Verge before going solo in 2024, primarily via her self-titled YouTube channel, where she aims to “take tech outside.”
Comfort Zone
Niléane is replacing Discord with Slack, Chris has the new iPad Air in hand, and everyone found something nice to say about password managers.
On Cozy Zone, we tier-list app icons, and opinions are stronger than anticipated. (Probably should have seen it coming.)
MacStories Unwind
This week, Federico shares his hands-on impressions of the MacBook Neo, John whips up an iPhone app when Shortcuts fails, and they both have media picks and an Unwind deal to start the weekend off right.
AppStories, Episode 475, ‘Apple’s Big Neo Week’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
Apple Takes the Wraps Off the MacBook Neo
Apple Reveals the New M5 MacBook Air
Apple Announces M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros
Apple Introduces Two New Studio Displays
Apple Unveils iPhone 17e
Apple Introduces M4-Powered iPad Air
AppStories+ Post-Show
Notion AI
Notion Agents
Notion Workers
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NPC, Episode 71, ‘Sony’s Grand PC Experiment Ends’ Show Notes
The Latest Portable Gaming News
Nintendo Switch 2 Users Face Storage Shortage as Memory Crisis Bites
Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC
Anbernic RG Vita Pro
Lenovo Legion Go Fold Concept
Resident Evil Requiem (RE9)
Subscribe to NPC XL
NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here.
First, Last, Everything, Season 2, Episode 1, ‘Becca Farsace – YouTube Creator’ Show Notes
Becca’s Videos
Why I left The Verge
I built an e-bike with unlimited range and tried to ride 450 miles on it…
I quit my job to become a YouTuber, here is how much $%$$ I made
How an iPod Nano became my favorite camcorder
Becca’s Videos at The Verge:
All Full Frame with Becca Farsace videos
Becca’s Picks
Becca’s ‘First’: 1st Gen iPod Touch
Becca’s ‘Last’: Projectors
XGIMI projectors
MoGo 4 projector
Becca’s ‘Everything’: Earbuds
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (the beans!)
nothing ear (open)
PowerBeats Pro 2
AirPods
‘Something’
First ever automatic car navigation system
Follow Becca
Website
YouTube
Instagram
Bluesky
Patreon
Download Jonathan’s App
The Slate
Watch the walkthrough video
Comfort Zone, Episode 91, ‘I Need My Turn to Pop Off’ Show Notes
Things Discussed
Back to Alfred
Apple Introduces M4-Powered iPad Air
mood.camera
KeePass
Bitwarden
Vivaldi
Cozy Zone
For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.
MacStories Unwind, ‘A Brave Neo World’ Show Notes
Federico’s First Days with the MacBook Neo
John Wonders About Shortcuts in an AI Coded World
Defuddle
Superpowers 5
Kokoro TTS: Advanced AI Text-to-Speech
A look at John’s listen later podcast feed app
Picks
Federico’s Pick:
Resident Evil Requiem
John’s Pick:
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Season 2 on Apple TV
Unwind Deal
Tom Hanks 4-Movie Collection for $9.99
Forrest Gump
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
Road to Perdition
MacStories Unwind+
We deliver MacStories Unwind+ to Club MacStories subscribers ad-free with high bitrate audio every week. To learn more about the benefits of a Club MacStories subscription, visit our Plans page.
MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.
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