This week Federico and John explore alternative Apple timelines by asking the question: What if?

• Dropzone 4 – The essential drag and drop productivity enhancer.

• What if the iPod had never been released?

• Apple Stops Production of iPods, After Nearly 22 Years

• The iPad at 10: A New Product Category Defined by Apps

• The iPad at 10

• On the Apple PiPP!N

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This week, Federico and John conclude their tour of their geeky holiday projects.

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• Federico’s iPad Keyboard Project

• Brydge iPad Pro 11 MAX+ Wireless Keyboard Case

• Amazon

• easystore 14TB drive

• Note: 18TB model is sold out

• GoodLinks

• Boox Tab Ultra

• Sequel

• Barbie

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This week, Federico and John share their geeky holiday season tech projects.

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• John’s 5th Generation iPod Video Restoration Project

• Apps mentioned:

• Longplay

• iFixit

• Screen

• Note: John mentions milliwatt hours in connection with the batteries he bought but meant milliamp hours.

• iFlash Quad

• Transparent Faceplate

• The Multi-Battery Lifestyle

• Convert Dock Mini by Genki

• Obsidian Plugins

• Dataview

• PlayStation Portal

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This week, Federico and John tackle the struggle with staying organized in the face of the never-ending stream of files and other information.

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• Apps Discussed

• Obsidian

• Building a Second Brain

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This week, Federico and John explore why there are so many good task managers, but none is a perfect fit with the way they work.

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This week, John is joined by Relay FM’s Stephen Hackett for a recap and thoughts on Apple’s Scary Fast event, which was recorded live in the Club MacStories+ Discord.

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• Apple Introduces the New MacBook Pro in Three M3 Chip Configurations

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This week, Federico and John cover the web apps they use and why they’re sometimes preferable to native apps.

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• The cult of Obsidian: Why people are obsessed with the note-taking app

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This week, John surprises Federico with a link gathering machine he designed for processing and reading the web.

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Hardware

John’s Boox Tab Ultra Home Screen

• Boox Tab Ultra

Core Apps

Reading in Matter in the Kiwi Browser

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Feedbin.

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Raindrop.io.

• Raindrop.io

My homegrown Obsidian and Moon+ Reader Pro read later setup.

• Obsidian

Other Apps Discussed

• Kindle

• Matter

• Obsidian Web Clipper

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This week, Federico and John spend time with the visionOS simulator and consider the design of the Apple Vision Pro system apps and what to expect from third-party developers.

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• Expanding the MacStories Team

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• Apple Vision Pro: A Watershed Moment for Personal Computing

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This week, Federico and John are joined by tvOS expert Sigmund Judge, who just finished writing his tvOS 17 review for MacStories, to understand what has changed in tvOS and where it might be heading.

TV Forecast – Track, Explore and Discover Your Favorite Shows and Movies

• tvOS 17: The MacStories Review

• Magic Rays of Light podcast

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