Darth Chris makes an appearance, Niléane has an exclusive first look at…checks notes… the iPhone 16 Pro, Matt insists on talking about MacWhisper even more, and the crew actually all followed the rules in this week’s challenge (a miracle!).

• iPhone 16 Pro
• MacWhisper

• Niléane’s Nomad case
• Doppler music app
• Stephen Hackett’s macOS wallpaper collection
• Keyboard Maestro
• Chris’s automated wallpaper
• Calendar and Reminder Wallpaper shortcut
• GeekTool

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

Matt and Chris have all the new Apple hardware, and Niléane takes the challenge to the next level.

• iPhone 16e
• iPad Air (M3)
• MacBook Air (M4)

• Niléane’s brilliant Touch ID setup
• TP-Link Deco Wi-Fi 7 router
• Goodbye (for now?), Superhuman
• Raycast
• Hazel
• Keyboard Maestro
• Doppler
• Calendar 366 II

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

Niléane has entered her keyboard era, Chris has a consumer warning as well as a really good macropad, and then we find the best games on the Mac.

• Logitech MX Keys Mini
• Volt Plus+ numberpad (but probably don’t buy it)
• BNK8 macropad
• Stream Deck

• Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!
• Adobe Enhance Speech
• Crazy weather in France
• Neva
• OpenEmu
• How to emulate on the Mac
• Civilization VII

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

Chris has a first look at a new iPad stand, Matt is ready to drop out and have some fun, and a our Coldplay challenges pushes some of the gang to their limits.

• MagFlött Pro
• Dropout

• Paul F. Tompkins on Make Some Noise
• Christmas Lights by Coldplay (YouTube)
• The Scientist by Coldplay (on YouTube)

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

Matt has a lot of feelings about podcast players, Niléane has gone on an adventure where the sounds are just warmer and somehow better but she can’t quite explain why, and Chris tries to make an all-out war break out

• Castro, Overcast, and Apple Podcasts
• Niléan’s MacStories article about vinyl

• Using Tot as sticky notes
• ChatWise
• Podcasts app not working well with chapter markers
• AirFoil
• Quanta
• KBD8X MKIII keyboard
• BCKeys×HMX Gulf Linear Switches
• Dybox Stablizers
• PBTfans Pastel Grey
• Mode Envoy keyboard
• Apple Magic Keyboard
• BetterTouchTool

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

Niléane is developing an obsession with remotes, but she swears she’s finally got The One, Chris has found a box that lets him store anything, and another color-based challenge leads to controversy (who saw that coming???).

• Deutsche Telekom’s Apple TV Remote
• Anybox

• “Democracy”
• The terrible remote Matt & Chris ordered
• Castro’s blue icon
• Copilot
• Discord’s “blue” icon
• “Files” icon
• Weathergraph
• FediFetcher
• Chris’s Defer Reminders shortcut

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

Matt made an app and brings a very, very unbiased take on it, Chris has solved some of his tech paper cuts, and Niléane probably won yet another challenge by bringing a really rad Apple TV remote.

• Quick Reviews on the App Store
• Announcing Quick Reviews
• AirPods Max charging dock

• Cheerwine
• Chris’s new USB-C cable
• Old Salt Apple TV remote
• New Salt Apple TV remote
• Matt’s TV
• GameTrack
• Linear

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

Matt is unable to defend himself as he’s on the lam, Chris is exploring that Mac life, and Niléane has some snazzy new headphones. Then Chris edited with AI to pretty good effect and Niléane tried using an AI search engine to much less success.

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• Samson SR850 headphones
• SKÅDIS

• Matt was on AppStories
• Samsung uses AI to invent…screen recording?
• focussedOS
• Dark Noise
• Hyperkey
• Raycast
• Text Snipper
• CleanShot X
• Pixel Perfect
• Final Cut Pro
• Riverside
• ChatGPT Search

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

Matt has an announcement to make (and a cool app to talk about), Chris brought a bag of goodies, and Niléane brought a fun challenge around using our mice in interesting ways.

• Cursor
• Kobo Clara BW
• Cal Digit TS4 Dock
• Tomtoc Shoulder Bag
• James Brand Folsom Pocket Knife

• HelloQuitX
• Filter subscribed languages from individual persons you follow
• Federico is using Superhuman
• Quick Reviews coming to iOS
• Wii cursor
• Wii cursor demo GIF 1
• Wii cursor demo GIF 2
• Logitech MX Master 3S

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

In this very special episode, the gang makes their “Pro” and “Pro Max” predictions for tech in 2025 and oh my, does it get wild! Who’s best clued into the tech coming this year? Who is just wish-casting their way to third place? We’ll have to wait to find out.

• Nothing, just 2025 predictions!

• MacStories left Meta platforms
• Niléane’s reporting from last year about Meta’s moderation failings
• DLC podcast

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