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.

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AppStories Episode 501 - iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Review

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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.

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AppStories Episode 500 - The Once and Future App Store

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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.

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AppStories Episode 499 - Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino

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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.

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AppStories Episode 498 - How Should the Siri App Be Graded?

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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.

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AppStories Episode 497 - Folding the iPhone into the Creator Economy

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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.

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AppStories Episode 496 - Summer Projects: Automation, Email, and Dictation

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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.

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AppStories Episode 495 - Open Minis Turns iOS into an Agent Playground

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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.

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AppStories Episode 494 - All About Siri AI

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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.

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AppStories Episode 493 - Fable 5 and OpenAI’s Curious ChatGPT Update

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