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.

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• Apple’s Executive Leadership Transition Announced

• OpenAI Codex

• HomeKit Automation

• Controller for HomeKit

• CleanShot X

• Workspaces+

• Notion Calendar

• Shiori, by Brian Lovin

• ElevenLabs

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This week on AppStories, we draw from Federico’s experience creating the Apple Frames 4 shortcut and CLI to discuss the multiplier effect that AI agents can have in the hands of someone with deep domain expertise.

On AppStories+, we share our AI agent mishaps and horror stories along with additional details on a John’s ongoing HomeKit makeover project.

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• Mercury Weather – Forecasts, beautifully done. Download now for free.

• Introducing Apple Frames 4: A Revamped Shortcut, Support for Frame Colors, Proportional Scaling, and the Apple Frames CLI for Developers

• Agent mishaps and horror stories, plus a peek at John’s ongoing HomeKit makeover.

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This week, on AppStories, we return to a topic that’s an old favorite: the Everything App in honor of OpenAI’s announcement that they are building a Super App.

On AppStories+, Federico consolidates the tools and services he uses.

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• Mercury Weather: Forecasts, beautifully done. Download now for free.

• OpenAI raises $122 billion to accelerate the next phase of AI

• OpenAI Bets Big on Building an Everything App

• Federico’s AI Tool Consolidation

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This week on AppStories, John and Federico revisit the state of text editors on Apple platforms and how they use them.

On AppStories+, John and Federico dig deeper into their writing workflows and the apps they’re using to write.

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• Steamclock – We make great apps. Design and development, from demos to details.

• Obsidian

• Obsidian CLI

• Drafts Action Directory

• iA Writer

• TextBundle

• Claude Code

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This week on AppStories, Federico and John draw from their experiences using AI agents to imagine the sort of agent Apple could build with tight hardware and software integration if it had a LLM to orchestrate the pieces already in place.

On AppStories+, John asks where artificial intelligence falls on the spectrum of historical technology milestones.

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• Vitally – Your Copilot for AI-Powered Customer Success. Get a free pair of AirPods Pro when you book a qualified meeting.

• OpenClaw

• OpenClaw, OpenAI and the Future — Peter Steinberger

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• Where does AI rank as a tech innovation?

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This week on AppStories, Federico shares his experiences with foldable Android phones and what Apple might do for its first foldable hardware and its software.

On AppStories+, Federico shares his experience using Samsung DeX.

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• Claude – Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.

• In a Surprise Move, Apple Announces AirPods Max 2

• Will the iPhone Fold be a phone you open, or an iPad you close?

• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

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This week on AppStories, Federico and John look at the confusing array of tools and naming conventions used by Anthropic and OpenAI.

On AppStories+, John explains how he automated two unautomatable Mac apps.

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• Anthropic’s Claude

• Claude for Mac

• ChatGPT for Mac

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This week on AppStories, Federico and John discuss Apple’s latest hardware announcements.

Then on AppStories+, Federico explains Notion Agents and Workers and how he’s using them.

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• Apple Takes the Wraps Off the MacBook Neo

• Notion AI

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This week on AppStories, Federico and John cast our wishes for Apple hardware in 2026, covering everything from the latest rumored gear to more outrageous hopes.

On AppStories+, John and Federico share their top three everyday uses of AI tools.

• Claude – Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.

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• Daring Fireball: One More Spitball Idea for Apple’s March 4 Media Event ‘Experience’

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• Who needs a laptop when you have a folding phone?

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This week, Federico and John revisit App Intents to discuss where it came from, what it can do today, and the challenges Apple faces in integrating it with Apple Intelligence.

On AppStories+, John and Federico migrated their server setups and found themselves playing IT administrator.

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• Claude (Anthropic)

• OpenAI Codex models (5.2 and 5.3)

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• Todoist

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