Niléane has a new webcam, Chris is drowning in keyboards, and everyone installs some web-ass web apps.

• Insta360 Link 2C
• Keychron Q1 HE
• Keychron K2 HE
• Nada Panda 65

• BusyCal
• Niláne’s camera setup Photo 1
• Niláne’s camera setup Photo 2
• The Continuity Camera and ‘Unlock With Apple Watch’ Conspiracy
• Lemokey L4 keyboard

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Matt felt like bringing an intentionally controversial topic, Niléane refuses to admit she’s created a sticky note-based task manager, and everyone gives the iPad some much needed love.

• Raycast
• CleanShot X
• Final Cut Pro
• Google Chrome
• Stickies app
• Audio balance feature

• MacStories Selects 2024
• Delta skins commissioned by MacStories
• Ice development is slowing down
• Timery
• Procreate
• focusedOS
• Ferrite

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Niléane has taken to the skies in Flight Simulator, Chris wants to talk about yet another Mac, and the gang all looks for the best open source app (or web app!) they can find.

• Flight Simulator 2024
• M4 Mac mini

• [Flight Simulator documentary](URL
• Shadow PC Gaming
• BetterTouchTool
• Accents
• CleanShot X
• Klack
• Ghost
• Kodi
• Ice
• Raindrop.io
• Readwise Reader

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

The gang has so much to be thankful for, including you, dear listeners. ❤️

Oh yeah, and they find new ways to listen to music before being revealing their absolute favorite Apple app.

• M4 iPad Pro
• M2 MacBook Air
• Libby
• hoopla
• Legion Go
• Steam Deck
• AirPods Max
• Sony WH-1000XM5
• Peloton Row

• Meross
• Find a library near you
• YouTube Music
• Bandcamp
• Nintendo Music
• Spotify

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Matt brings his latest obsession, Niléane wants to talk about Bluesky, and Chris challenges the gang to automate something.

• Supercharge
• Bluesky

• Comfort Zone Podcast
• Niléane
• Chris
• Matt
• MacStories starter pack

• Matt’s first Supercharge video
• Matt’s second Supercharge video
• Deckblue is Tweetdeck for Bluesky
• Tech Press Bluesky starter pack
• Pic of Chris’s “on-air” sign
• Pic of Chris’s smart plug
• Tim Cook “Good morning!” shortcut
• Hyperduck

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Bluesky

Niléane has a fancy new way to block ads and annoyances, Chris has our first look at a bunch of Final Cut Pro updates, and then we all judge the best apps on the App Store with Orange icons.

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• Wipr 2
• Apple announced new Final Cut Prto updates

• Chris on AppStories
• Calendr Mac menu bar app
• Waterfield’s new Vision Pro case
• 1Blocker
• Synology Photos
• Home Widget
• HomePaper
• Comet

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Chris breaks down Apple Intelligence, and while Matt is under the weather, he brings the good Nintendo vibes. Then we all do our best to speak a different language, with delightful results.

• Apple Intelligence
• Nintendo Music

• Niléane’s AppStories appearance
• Omnivore is shutting down
• The Verge full-text RSS feed
• Lego mugs
• Nintendo Alermo
• Apple Translate app
• Duolingo

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Matt buys his first ereader, Niléane has moved to a new calendar app, and for the challenge everyone did something with Stage Manager.

• Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
• Fantastical

• The House on Mango Street
• Kobo ereaders
• Phanpy for Mastodon
• Libby
• Goodreads
• Readwise
• Dato menubar calendar (Mac App Store)

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Chris has the brand new iPad mini, Matt made a big change to his RSS, and Niléane introduces a new segment: Our Tech Stories. Then we get fun, weird, and thirsty in the game picks.

• The new iPad mini

• Okay…?
• Vampire Survivors
• Gubbins

• Lichess
• Balatro
• Zenless Zone Zero
• Sonos updates the Arc and Sub
• The Apple Pencil situation is healing
• BasicAppleGuy’s colorful MacBook Air concept
• “Margin” blog post
• Razor Kishi Ultra

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Niléane is fired up about the state of tech, Chris is enjoying the sweet, sweet sounds of a V12 engine, and Matt is really into a new web browser.

Some general examples of things sucking.

• Sonos Arc
• Sonos Sub
• Zen Browser

• Matt’s northern lights over NYC photo
• Sonos Beam
• Arc browser -Amazon Astro

• Chris on YouTube
• Matt on Birchtree
• Niléane on Mastodon
• Comfort Zone on Mastodon