Niléane built an awesome Mac app, Chris bought a new monitor (but it's not what you thiiiiink), and Matt grills the group on what they'd install if they could only install 3 new apps on their Mac.

This week's Cozy Zone, the gang has to guess what Matt subscribes to on YouTube by just the thumbnails.

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• TinyStart
• ROG something something full gamer monitor
• Vivaldi for iOS

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

Matt poisons the show with Android, Niléane brings us back with Forkflift, and everyone finds a really great Mac app they've never used before.

This week's Cozy Zone, we discovered who has a good backup system, who has a robust backup system, and who basically doesn't care about their data.

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• Charjen AirFoams Pro v30 Ear Tips
• Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
• Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro
• Forklift
• Bloom
• Transmit
• Moonshine
• Tuna
• Thaw

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

A budget laptop is the hot tech product of 2026, and the whole gang has thoughts. Then, everyone evangelizes Vivaldi with varying levels of success.

This week's Cozy Zone, Chris and Matt teach Niléane the real rules of the road right before her driver's test. They're pretty sure it was a lot of help.

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• First, Last, Everything Season 2
• MacBook Neo
• Niléane pitches Vivaldi
• Matt pitches Vivaldi
• Chris pitches Vivaldi

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

Niléane is replacing Discord with Slack, Chris has the new iPad Air in hand, and everyone found something nice to say about password managers.

This week's Cozy Zone, we tier-listed app icons, and opinions were stronger than anticipated (probably should have seen it coming).

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• Back to Alfred
• Apple Introduces M4-Powered iPad Air
• mood.camera
• KeePass
• Bitwarden
• Vivaldi

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

Matt demands we roast his home screen, Niléane drops some knowledge on SSDs, and (almost) everyone has fun with Pokémon.

This week's Cozy Zone, we played Geoguesser, and it has a better ending than we could have even scripted.

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• Swipe to type on the Mac
• Sharge USB-C cable
• BILRESA Ikea buttons

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

Chris has a Mac-related confession to make, Matt has to admit something about his Apple Watch, and Niléane is like, "boys, I don't think you can even handle taking your phones off silent." (She was not wrong.)

This week's Cozy Zone, we roast home screens again, and this time there weren't any hidden codes…we think.

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• Helium
• Apple will kill iPadOS
• Quick Subtitles

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

Chris wants to know what the heck is going on with Discord. Niléane has a massive backlog of things to talk about now that she's back. And everybody does their best with Apple's Creator Studio.

This week's Cozy Zone, the gang discusses what they'd do if they couldn't use Apple products anymore. We are releasing this just days after ATP did the exact same thing, but we swear we recorded this a couple weeks ago!

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• Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
• iPhanpy for iPhone
• Vivaldi
• Thaw
• Itsyhome
• Our pitch deck

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

Matt wants to do an AI check in, Chris serves a master class on getting started with 3D printing, and Niléane is away, so the dads talk a little Formula 1…just a little.

This week's Cozy Zone, Chris gets a brand glow up!

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• Two wolves
• Claude Code
• OpenClaw
• Bambu Lab A1 (and A1 mini)
• Gridfinity
• MakerWorld
• Printables
• Thangs

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

Matt wants to talk about his (quick) notes, Niléane brings 3(!) topics, and everyone brings old(?) tech back from the dead.

This week's Cozy Zone, we tier listed Star Wars. All of it. Yes, even that one. If there was ever a time to give Cozy Zone a shot, it's now.

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• Quick Notes 2
• NuPhy Air75 V3
• Meze 99 Neo Ear Pads

• Rubber ruck debugging
• Fraunces font
• Klack!
• Enable ProMotion ion Safari
• The new unified MacStories site
• GameHub on Android

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

Chris has a Creator Studio, Matt has a less official Creator Studio, and the whole gang shows off their Minecraft houses.

This week's Cozy Zone, we tier listed iPads. Chris has never been more in his element than in this one!

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• Apple Creator Studio
• Aqua Voice
• Framous
• DevCleaner
• balenaEtcher
• Sparkle
• Ghostty
• Zed

• Hand Mirror 4 is cute!
• The Secrets of the Apple Creator Studio
• Niléane's Minecraft House 1
• Niléane's Minecraft House 2
• Niléane's Minecraft House 3
• Niléane's Minecraft House 4
• Niléane's Minecraft House 5
• Niléane's Minecraft House 6
• Matt's Minecraft House 1
• Matt's Minecraft House 2
• Matt's Minecraft House 3
• Matt's Minecraft House 4
• Matt's Minecraft House 5
• Matt's Minecraft House 6

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