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This week, Federico and John share their favorite app updates that take advantage of what’s new in iOS 18.

On AppStories+, John expands on his first look at the Logitech MX Creative Console, and Federico and John discuss Orion, the prototype AR glasses that Meta showed off last week.

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• Karo – The first of its kind task manager focused on delegating tasks via messaging apps. The first 50 listeners can get 50% off a 1-year subscription here.
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Ruminate

A final update on the St Jude campaign, an overflowing snack corner, and Hurricane Helene.

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This week, Federico and John tackle Apple’s updates to iOS and iPadOS 18 and Federico’s review of both.

In a special AppStories+ segment available as a special review season perk to all listeners, Federico explains what led him to take a different approach to this year’s annual review.

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Robb goes on an epic quest and fails, John has been writing reviews, and the they discuss Astro Bot.

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On AppStories+, John explains how Apple is working to make the Apple Pencil more useful to a wider audience with Smart Script.

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• Sentry – Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. Try it for free.

John hits some limitations of Sequoia, Robb isn’t playing anything but John is, and they both bring some chili snacks

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This week, Federico and I look at the gadget landscape to find inspiration for expanding Apple’s hardware lineup.

On AppStories+, a behind-the-scenes look at our expansion into video and a conversation about the Vision Pro.

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The snack cup overfloweth this week with chips, seasoning, and a very blue beverage. The onto the App Store and finally a new Ruminate family member has joined.

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This week, I am joined by Jonathan to preview watchOS 11, which is one of the most feature packed OSes being updated this fall.

On AppStories+, John reports on how his travel tech setup fared.

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This week, Robb is this snackplier this week, and I had a sour patch kids situation, and we both discuss Samsung’s renaming of a train station.

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This week, John tours the highlights of the macOS Sequoia public beta.

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• Setapp – the place to get apps. Use the code appstories20 at checkout for 20% off.

This week, Robb located some pizza snacks, John visited a QuikTrip, and they both have some mild takes.

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This week, Federico and I cover the developer features we’re excited to see come to third-party apps later this year.

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This week, I tried fruit popcorn, Robb has an EchoFeed and Threads update, then we discuss some new tech that’s actually interesting.

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This week, Federico and John attempt to clear up confusion about MacStories’ position on AI web crawlers before rethinking email apps in light of the update to Apple’s Mail app coming this fall.

On AppStories+, Federico and John preview their fall review research setups and consider the impact of Apple Intelligence on the Shortcuts app.

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On Ruminate, I tried a pork rind and then we get into the drama of the week: AI.

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