Today is an exciting day for Magic Rays of Light. We couldn’t be happier that our show is joining the MacStories family of podcasts. Before the first episode of this new era releases on Wednesday, we thought we’d take a moment to introduce ourselves…
Lees meerWe’re pleased to announce that starting today, Magic Rays of Light, the podcast hosted by Sigmund Judge and Devon Dundee is joining MacStories. Federico and I couldn’t be happier to be adding Sigmund and Devon’s expertise in all things Apple TV+, tv…
Lees meerIdeas are precious but fleeting. One moment, inspiration strikes, but if you don’t capture that lightning in a bottle, it’s gone before you know it. With Whisper Memos, you can harness the power of artificial intelligence to turn your ideas into ord…
Lees meerThreads has a problem. It was supposed to be the low-energy, wireless protocol that lets all of your smart home devices talk to each other no matter who built them. However, in practice, devices from different makers don’t play very well with each o…
Lees meer0:0025:37 This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico surprises John with his big holiday videogame project in the first part of what promises to be a fun Unwind miniseries. Sponsored By: Kolide – Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t a…
Lees meerSource: CES. We’re only two days into CES 2024, and something occurred to me in the aftermath of ASUS’s packed presentation. We’re in a new golden age of gadgets, the likes of which we haven’t seen in many years. The world seems ready for something …
Lees meerContinuity Camera is amazing. Since it was introduced in macOS Ventura, I’ve been using the feature almost daily. Continuity Camera is a native feature on macOS that lets you use an iPhone as your webcam. For it to work, you can either connect the i…
Lees meerSource: CES. After what already feels like a week of CES, it’s the official day one of the conference. There have been a ton of announcements already. As anticipated, gaming is very big this year, with new handhelds, laptops, and other devices annou…
Lees meerSource: CES. Every year, I dig into the press releases and reporting coming from the CES show floor, so you don’t have to. The pandemic took the wind out of CES’s sails for a few years, but the show and interesting gadgets have made a comeback for 2…
Lees meerThis week on AppStories, we pick two apps we’ve been enjoying recently. Sponsored by: Notion – Do your most efficient work with Notion AI. Try it free today. Subscribe here. On AppStories+, we share a grab bag of bonus app picks. We deliver AppStori…
Lees meerSource: Apple. Apple has announced that the Vision Pro will be available for pre-order beginning on January 19th at 5 am Pacific time with the device available on Friday, February 2nd at Apple retail stores and its online store. The Apple Vision Pro…
Lees meerIt seems like every company is scrambling to stake their claim in the AI goldrush–check out the CEO of Kroger promising to bring LLMs into the dairy aisle. And front line workers are following suit–experimenting with AI so they can work faster and d…
Lees meerZac Hall, writing for 9to5Mac, has a great analogy about the iPad platform that I wish I thought of before: Here’s the thing about the iPad line: it’s always being worked on, and that work is never complete. You know, like roadwork. As a kid, I reca…
Lees meerWinterFest 2023: The Festival of Artisanal Software is back with a fantastic collection of carefully crafted software for writing, research, thinking, and more at tremendous prices. Innovative software often comes from small teams, fired with imagin…
Lees meerRaymond Wong has an excellent story on Inverse about the Mac and gaming. Wong spoke to multiple Apple representatives about its push to build Macs that can handle the most demanding PC and console games, exploring the impact of Apple silicon on the …
Lees meerEver since Apple’s OSes were updated in the fall, I’ve been intrigued by the Home app’s new Clean Grid Forecast feature that predicts periods when the energy you use is ‘More Clean.’ The feature immediately reminded me of Clean Energy Charging, whic…
Lees meerSource: Apple. As a result of an International Trade Commission ruling banning Apple from importing Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches into the United States, the company told 9to5Mac on December 18th that it would pull the two models from its…
Lees meerWinterFest 2023: The Festival of Artisanal Software is back with a fantastic collection of carefully crafted software for writing, research, thinking, and more at tremendous prices. Innovative software often comes from small teams, fired with imagin…
Lees meer0:0037:15 This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and I recap our videogame hardware experiments of 2023 and pick our favorite games of the year. Hardware Picks Asus ROG Ally XG Mobile 4090 OLED Steam Deck Steam Clip Deckmate Allymate XREAL Air UVC…
Lees meerEvery time I open the Memories tab in Apple’s Photos app, I feel disappointed. The memories it surfaces always seem to rehash the same events in my life, and they never really achieve to put my photos back in context. This is a big reason why, for s…
Lees meerA scene from GTA: Vice City. Source: Rockstar Games. There’s been a lot of gaming activity on Apple platforms, with several big announcements in recent weeks. First off, Netflix continues to nab some big titles for its growing catalog of games on iO…
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