Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 346

The Twelve South HoverBar Tower.

• A review of the HoverBar Tower iPad stand
• A collection of photo project apps for holiday gift giving
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

MacStories Selects Town Hall

• On Tuesday, we held a special MacStories Selects Town Hall in the Club MacStories Discord community where we talked about preparations for MacStories Selects 2022, shared some of the things on which we’ve been working, and took questions from Club members.

This week on MacStories Unwind, I recommend Atari 50, and Federico shares the tools he uses to discover new music.

Links and Show Notes

John’s Pick:

• Atari 50
  • Trailer

Federico’s Picks:

• Websites
  • Chorus.fm
  • Pitchfork
• Apps
  • MusicHarbor
  • MusicSmart

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John kick off the MacStories Selects awards season with nominations for the Readers’ Choice award before taking a first look at Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Links and Show Notes

• MacStories Selects Readers’ Choice award
  • Coming Soon: The Fifth Annual MacStories Selects Awards, Readers’ Choice Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Club MacStories members can find a link to nominate their favorite app in MacStories Weekly, Issue 345
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico loves God of War Ragnarök, and John recommends Isle of Arrows.

Links and Show Notes

Federico’s Pick:

• God of War Ragnarök
  • Trailer

John’s Pick:

• Isle of Arrows
  • Trailer

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John talk about the new Apple TV 4K, changes to the TV app, and Taylor Swift’s latest album, Midnights.

Links and Show Notes

• Apple TV 4K
• Apple TV app now hides ‘Up Next’ row, making it harder to find what you want to watch
• Midnights (3 am Edition) by Taylor Swift

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico is rewatching Breaking Bad having recently finished Better Call Saul, and I share what the Metal 3 frameworks could mean for Mac gaming having tested Resident Evil Village, the first Metal 3 game released on the Mac App Store.

Links and Show Notes

Federico’s Pick:

• Breaking Bad

John’s Pick:

• Resident Evil Village, Featuring Metal 3, Debuts on the Mac App Store
• Details on Metal 3
• Resident Evil Village on the Mac App Store

This week on MacStories Unwind, John is joined by Alex Guyot to talk about the third-generation Apple TV 4K, how they use their Apple TVs and what the new hardware might mean for streaming content in the future.

Links and Show Notes

• Apple TV 4K (3rd Generation)
• Apple TV 4K Updated with an A15 Bionic Chip, HDR10+, and a Lower Starting Price
• Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile gaming store to take on Apple and Google
• Original Apple TV intro video

This week on MacStories Unwind, I pick a spooky special from Disney+, Werewolf by Night, and Federico has two weekend videogame projects: openFPGA for the Analogue Pocket and setting up the Epilogue GB Operator with the Steam Deck.

Links and Show Notes

John’s Pick:

• Werewolf by Night
  • Trailer

Federico’s Pick:

• openFPGA for Analogue Pocket
• Epilogue GB Operator plus the Steam Deck
  • Tweet

This week on MacStories Unwind, I unleash a tech gripe about an otherwise excellent product and recommend The Beth’s latest album, Expert in a Dying Field. Plus, Federico has finished Better Call Saul, so he revisits the show which he originally covered last month.

Links and Show Notes

John’s Gripe:

• Logitech MX Master Mouse 3S for Mac

John’s Pick:

• Expert in a Dying Field by The Beths
• Knees Deep video

Federico’s Pick:

• Better Call Saul
  • Trailer for Season 6
  • Available on:
    • Netflix
    • iTunes Store
• MacStories Unwind: Belfast and Better Call Saul