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This week Federico shares thoughts from his review of iOS and iPadOS 27. Then in the AppStories+ post-show, he explains how he used agents to support the production of the review and Club MacStories extras. Also available on YouTube here . Sponsored By: Granola – The AI notepad for back-to-back days. Try for 3 months, for free, with code MACSTORIES. Links and Show Notes iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Review Federico's iOS and iPadOS 27 Review Our OS 27 Review Extras: eBooks, Shortcuts, and the Making of the iOS and iPadOS 27 Review On AppStories Next Week: macOS 27: The MacStories Review watchOS 27: The MacStories Review AppStories+ Post-Show: The Role Agents Played in Review Production Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy

This week on AppStories, we celebrate the 500th episode of the show with a look at the App Store's past, present, and future. On AppStories+, Federico and John pick some of their all-time favorite apps. Also available on YouTube here . Sponsored By: Claude : For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today. Gentler Streak – Move consistently, not constantly. AppStories listeners get an extended two-week free trial with the link above. Shipaton, from RevenueCat : The world's biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship. Links and Show Notes App Store History The App Store at 10 , MacStories' 2018 coverage of the App Store's 10th anniversary Apps Discussed From The Early App Store Era Instapaper Twitterrific Spotify WhatsApp AI and the Modern App Store Inside OpenAI's Codex with Andrew Ambrosino (MacStories) AppStories+ Post-Show: All-Time Favorite Apps Overcast Editorial Pythonista 3 Drafts Unread: An RSS Reader Working Copy Open Minis Launch Center Pro Screens 5: VNC Remote Desktop Mercury Weather CARROT Weather Alyx Caffeine Tracker Sequel Media Tracker LookUp Chronicling Jayson Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy

This week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by Andrew Ambrosino, the Codex team lead at OpenAI, to talk about the evolution of Codex, the unification of ChatGPT and Codex, Computer Use and Computer History, designing for user trust, and more. On AppStories+, Andrew shares some of his favorite Mac apps and his Mac origin story. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Finalist – A paper-inspired daily planner with notes for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and now Apple Watch. A day you design your way. For 50% off your first year use this link . Links and Show Notes Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino Introducing the Codex App (OpenAI) Codex CLI (GitHub) Codex Documentation (OpenAI Developers) ChatGPT Desktop App ChatGPT Work ChatGPT Is Now a Partner for Your Most Ambitious Work (OpenAI) Introducing ChatGPT Atlas (OpenAI) OpenAI Codex Lead on the New Shape of Product Work (Lenny’s Newsletter) Follow Andrew Ambrosino online Website X.com AppStories+ Post-Show Apps Mentioned: Things Craft Linear Sketch Figma Numbers Keynote Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, John and Federico check in on Apple’s betas with a close look at the new Siri app and how it compares to past-Siri and other chatbot products. On AppStories+, John and Federico explain how they manage multiple Macs for automation and coding tasks. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Finalist – A paper-inspired daily planner with notes for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and now Apple Watch. A day you design your way. For 50% off your first year use this link . Inoreader – Build your own newsfeed and cut through the noise. Links and Show Notes Beta Season macOS 27 Golden Gate iOS 27 Preview iPadOS 27 Preview macOS 27 Golden Gate: The MacStories Public Beta Preview Siri AI and Apple’s Trickle-Up Strategy Siri and Apple Intelligence Siri Apple Intelligence App Intents Chatbots and Models ChatGPT Improving GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT and expanding access to GPT-5.6 Luna for free users Claude Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 Gemini Grok Kimi K3 Open Minis Agents and Automation Claude Code Claude Cowork OpenAI Codex Shortcuts Playground RemCTL Local AI on the Mac MLX oMLX DeepSeek V4 Flash for MLX AppStories+ Post-Show: Multi-Mac Setup and Remote Access Tailscale Syncthing 1Password cmux Jump Desktop Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week, on AppStories, John is joined by Christoper Lawley to discuss uses for a folding iPhone and Parchment, Lawley’s daily agenda app. On AppStories+, John and Chris dig into audio and video workflows for podcasting and YouTube. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise Shipaton, from RevenueCat – The world’s biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship. Links and Show Notes The Foldable iPhone iPhone Fold: Everything We Know Logitech Keys-To-Go 2 Apple and the Creator Economy Apple Creator Studio Final Cut Pro for iPad Final Cut Camera Blackmagic Camera Pixelmator Pro Parchment and Other Agenda Apps Parchment: Agenda and Daily Note Parchment Christopher Lawley on YouTube Fantastical BusyCal EventKit TestFlight Automating Email and Support Spark Introducing Spark CLI: Your Inbox, Now Agent-Ready Codex Notion Follow Chris Lawley online YouTube Website Comfort Zone Parchment AppStories+ Post-Show Audio and Video Production Workflows Logic Pro Final Cut Pro Hush iZotope RX Clear Unsqueeze Detail FFmpeg Riverside Video on Apple Podcasts Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, Federico and John cover the app and agent experiments they’re both running. On AppStories+, John explores the sort of rapid workflow iteration enabled by agents. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise Shipaton, from RevenueCat : The world’s biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship. Links and Show Notes Summertime Projects John’s Logic to Final Cut Automation Logic Pro Final Cut Pro Riverside Federico Switches Email Clients Superhuman Spark ChatGPT Work Codex Federico Retests Dictation Apps Wispr Flow Monologue Aqua Voice Typeless Superwhisper T3 Code T3 Code T3 Code on GitHub Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben John’s Research System Parallel Firecrawl Defuddle AppStories+ Post-Show: Advancing Voice Intelligence With New Models in the API (OpenAI) Desert Ant Labs Pokémon Red & Blue mod turns the classic RPG into a sick 3D voxel game Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, John and Federico discuss the changing face of the AI-fueled App Store and questionable changes made to TestFlight before going into the nerdiest details of Open Minis, an iOS app that brings desktop-class agents onto the iPhone and iPad. Then on AppStories+, Federico and John explore Cmux, a Mac terminal app with an iPhone and iPad beta that makes it easier than ever to sync coding projects across devices. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise Claude – For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today. Scribe – AI-powered workflow documentation. Get your first month free. Links and Show Notes App Store Chaos App Store Chaos See also: A.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store TestFlight Woes TestFlight: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back See also: Apple just improved TestFlight for users with a lot of beta apps Open Minis Open Minis Is the iOS Agent I Wish Siri AI Could Be AppStories+ Post-Show: Cmux Founder’s Edition ($30) includes iOS beta CLIProxyAPI Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week, on AppStories, Federico and John look at what Siri AI is good at, where it needs improvement, and where it might be heading. On AppStories+, the conversation expands to Federico and John’s experiences with the betas of macOS Golden Gate, iOS 27, and iPadOS 27. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Daylite : The only made-for-mac CRM solution. Start your free trial today. Decagon : The AI concierge for every customer. Get a personalized demo. Links and Show Notes All About Siri AI Siri AI and Apple’s Trickle-Up Strategy Also: Apple introduces Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and personal assistant AppStories+ Post-Show: macOS 27 Golden Gate: The MacStories Public Beta Preview Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, Federico and John look at our experiences with Claude Fable 5 and how they differ from other models and break down the controversial changes made by OpenAI to its Mac’s ChatGPT app. Then on AppStories+, John and Federico contrast their experiences with Fable 5 and OpenAI’s new family of GPT 5.6 models. Also available on YouTube here or download the transcript here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Daylite : The only made-for-Mac CRM solution. Start your free trial today. Links and Show Notes App State Appalachian State University Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 Claude Fable What did OpenAI Do to ChatGPT? The New ChatGPT The ChatGPT “Super App” Sort of Super Sucks AppStories, Episode 483: Codex as a Productivity Super App AppStories+ Post-Show GPT 5.6 Announcement Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about the 10+ email apps they’ve used over the years and how their strategies for dealing with recent spikes in email volume has caused them to change their approaches. On AppStories+, Federico and John update listeners on their summertime agentic coding projects. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Decagon : The AI concierge for every customer. Get a personalized demo. Email Survival Guide Apps and Services Mentioned Spark Mimestream Superhuman Shortwave Missive Airmail Hey SaneBox Clean Email Dispatch Mailbox Inbox by Gmail Mailplane AI and Automation Tools Claude Code OpenAI Codex Raycast Notion Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about the state of AI aggregator apps and their future prospects before checking in on their current AI app setups for the AppStories+ post-show. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Mercury Weather : Forecasts, beautifully done. Download now for free. Claude : For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today. Links and Show Notes AI Aggregator Apps The Pros and Cons of AI Aggregator Apps Apps Mentioned Raycast Bolt AI Perplexity Notion Alter Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, John and Federico are back home and reflect on all the WWDC announcements, including Siri AI, Apple Intelligence, design changes, developer tools, and more. On AppStories+, we check in on our research setups and how they fared at WWDC. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Decagon : The AI concierge for every customer. Get a personalized demo. Mercury Weather : Forecasts, beautifully done. Download now for free. Links and Show Notes Apple Intelligence and Siri AI Apple Intelligence App Intents Private Cloud Compute iOS 27 Design This Is How Apple Rolls Xcode and Developer Tools Xcode Foundation Models Sqim Apple Photos and Image Playground Image Playground AppStories+ Post-Show: iOS Review Research Systems Notion Notion AI Notion Web Clipper Obsidian defuddle Firecrawl Hardware reMarkable Paper Pure Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

In a second special WWDC edition of AppStories, Federico and John interview Apple Design Award finalists and winners, including the developers of The Outsiders and Tide Guide and the publishers of Pine Hearts and BALL x PIT. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Sofa – Organize everything you watch, read, play, and do. AppStories listeners can get 25% off the first year of Super Sofa with the link above. Agenda – Date-focused notes deeply integrated with the Apple ecosystem. Dropzone 5 – The essential drag & drop productivity enhancer for Mac. AppStories listeners can get 50% off the usual $35 price of Dropzone 5 using the link above. Links and Show Notes Apple Design Award Winners Tide Guide (Visuals and Graphics) by Condor Digital Pine Heart (Inclusivity) by Hyper Luminal Games Limited Apple Design Award Finalists The Outsiders (Interaction) by Gentler Stories BALL x PIT (Delight and Fun) by Kenny Sun Studios MacStories Coverage of the ADAs 2026 Apple Design Awards Winners Announced Apple Announces Its 2026 Apple Design Award Finalists Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

Federico and John are joined this week by Myke Hurley and Chris Lawley to share their first impressions of the WWDC keynote and discoveries in the hours following the presentation. Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Albums – The app that cares about your music library as much as you do Controller for HomeKit – Master your Apple home with ease. RevenueCat – Join the mobile app hackathon that’s all about shipping Links and Show Notes MacStories’ WWDC 2026 Coverage macOS 27 Golden Gate: The MacStories Overview The Third Generation of Apple’s Foundation Models and AFM Core Advanced iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Overview Siri AI and the Latest in Apple Intelligence: The MacStories Overview WWDC 2026: Small Details and Compatibility Lists WWDC 2026: Apple Publishes Keynote Video Special Guests Myke Hurley Christoper Lawley Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, Federico and John share their WWDC automation wishes. Then on AppStories+, they share more details on their research setups for the summer. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Things : The award-winning to-do app. Links and Show Notes Our WWDC Automation Wish List Apple Intelligence and the Cloud Model Apple Intelligence Private Cloud Compute — Apple Security Research Google Gemini Model Context Protocol Siri and App Intents App Intents — Apple Developer Documentation Apps mentioned: Spark Working Copy GoodLinks Readwise Reader Shortcuts and Natural Language Automation Shortcuts Playground Developer Tools, APIs, and Agents WeatherKit — Apple Developer Xcode OpenAI Codex Claude Code Perplexity AI Security Research Simon Willison Google CaMeL AppStories+ Post-Show Research and Productivity Tools Discussed Obsidian Obsidian Web Clipper Obsidian Bases Feedbin Unread Defuddle Capture Monologue Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, Federico explains how he’s using the recently-released Notion developer platform before he and John share their wishes for macOS 27. On AppStories+, John asks Federico about the technical underpinnings and evolution of the Shortcuts Playground project that he published last week. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Steamclock – We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. — https://steamclock.com/appstories Links and Show Notes Notion Dev Platform Notion’s Announcement Learn more about the Notion Dev Platform Also mentioned: Cloudflare Workers Pushover Our macOS 27 Wishes Apps, APIs, and service mentioned Playwright GameHub by GameSir Matter Things 3 Raycast AppStories+ Post-show: Shortcuts Playground, Behind the Scenes Hopper Disassembler SF Symbols Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, we share our wishes for iOS and iPadOS 27, and for AppStories+ subscribers, we tackle Visual Intelligence and whether there are any use cases that aren’t creepy. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Steamclock : We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. Claude : For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today. Links and Show Notes Our iOS and iPadOS 27 Wishes Continuity Camera Siri and Apple Intelligence Apple Intelligence Siri App Intents Google Gemini Google I/O 2026 iPad Screen Sharing Jump Desktop Screens by Edovia AstroPad Workbench Reminders EventKit Apple CarPlay AppStories+ Post-Show Visual Intelligence and AirPods Cameras AirPods Pro Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses HomeKit Secure Video Parcel Sequel Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, John and Federico kick off the app swap challenge, with each of them giving the other three apps to use. We’ll be checking in on how it’s going each week with a final roundup of the results of the experiment after WWDC. On AppStories+, we each pick aspirational apps and OS features that we wish we used more but don’t. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Steamclock : We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. Links and Show Notes An App Swap Challenge: Pick Three apps for each other to try for a month and report back John’s Picks for Federico Dropzone 5 Zed PastePal Federico’s Picks for John Cora Subscription Day Habitify AppStories+ Post-Show Aspirational Apps and Features We’d Like to Use More John Bend Copilot Money Federico Apple Journal Home Screen widgets iPhone’s Stand By mode Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, John shares his tip for moving files with Taildrop before he and Federico dig into Codex and its unique capabilities. On AppStories+, Federico and John have both returned to Apple Reminders and discuss why and how they’re using it. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Mercury Weather : Forecasts, beautifully done. Download now for free. Follow-Up: Moving Files Between Devices Tailscale Taildrop Hyperduck Codex as a Productivity Super App Codex OpenAI acquires Software Applications Incorporated Sky Acquired by OpenAI Claude Code Issues An update on recent Claude Code quality reports (Anthropic) Claude Code Federico’s Codex Workflows Apple Frames CLI Cardmarket Monologue Matter Other Mac Dictation Apps Wispr Flow Aqua Voice Remote Codex on iPhone Remodex Remodex Is the Best Codex Remote Client for iOS Open-Source Personal AI Assistants OpenClaw AppStories+ Post-Show: Apple Reminders GoodTask Remind Me Faster Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month

This week on AppStories, John and Federico cover Apple’s executive transition, follow up on OpenAI’s super app, and share the apps they’re looking for and give each other suggestions on how to fill their app gaps. On AppStories+, we round up the tools we’ve built for ourselves that fill gaps, for which we haven’t found apps. Also available on YouTube here . Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our [Plans page]( macstories.net/appstories-plans/ , or read the AppStories+ FAQ . This episode is sponsored by: Steamclock : We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details. Claude : For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today. Links and Show Notes Links and Show Notes Apple Leadership Transition Apple’s Executive Leadership Transition Announced Community Letter from Tim OpenAI Codex and Computer Use Follow-Up OpenAI Codex Claude Code Filling the App Gap HomeKit Automation Controller for HomeKit Home Assistant Cross-Device Screenshot and File Transfer CleanShot X macOS Screen Sharing utility Workspace Management Workspaces+ Workspaces Calendar Apps Notion Calendar Fantastical Calendar 366 Dot Bookmarking and Read-It-Later Shiori , by Brian Lovin Readwise Reader Matter AppStories+ Post Show: Self-Built Tools and the Services Behind Them ElevenLabs Buffer Google Gemini Kokoro TTS Defuddle CrossPost (John’s cross-platform social media posting tool) Research Feed (John’s ranked, filtered social media reader) Dialog (John’s article-to-podcast converter using Defuddle, Claude, and Kokoro TTS) Daily Star (John’s twice-daily magazine-style digest from Notion , RSS, and Matter ) Notion Daily Notes Appender (Federico’s quick-capture web app) Notion Daily Notes Viewer (Federico’s horizontal tray viewer for open daily notes) Ghost Reader (Federico’s Readwise Reader audio-preview tool using ElevenLabs) CLI Chats (Federico’s session-log viewer for Claude Code and Codex) Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon AppStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky AppStories MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Join Annual $50/year Join Monthly $5/month