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Today's the last day to vote for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award.
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Just like last year, the counts are very close, so be sure to vote to be heard.
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Just like last year, the counts are very close, so be sure to vote to be heard.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today's the last day to vote for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award.
You have until 5:00 pm Eastern U.S. time today to get your votes in.
Just like last year, the counts are very close, so be sure to vote to be heard.
There are more details in the quoted post below.
You have until 5:00 pm Eastern U.S. time today to get your votes in.
Just like last year, the counts are very close, so be sure to vote to be heard.
There are more details in the quoted post below.
In just under an hour, voting for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award will begin.
It's not too late to nominate your favorite app for consideration, though.
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It's not too late to nominate your favorite app for consideration, though.
There's a link in the first section of the newsletter you can use for nominations: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In just under an hour, voting for the 2025 MacStories Selects Readers' Choice Award will begin.
It's not too late to nominate your favorite app for consideration, though.
There's a link in the first section of the newsletter you can use for nominations: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
It's not too late to nominate your favorite app for consideration, though.
There's a link in the first section of the newsletter you can use for nominations: club.macstories.net/posts/macsto...
Of all the MacStories recommendations in October, these 4 were the most popular...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Episode 6 is out with @robinkanatzar.bsky.social. Robin has been developing apps since 2016, focusing on accessibility. She also gives talks on the subject, educating devs on how to make their apps more accessible.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Episode 6 is out with @robinkanatzar.bsky.social. Robin has been developing apps since 2016, focusing on accessibility. She also gives talks on the subject, educating devs on how to make their apps more accessible.
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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Devon gets an Alien intervention, and Sigmund shares his custom art project for increasing media browsing legibility – plus, the return of the hilarious Platonic, and Chief of War reveals itself as the surprise epic no one expected!
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Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45ins3D
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, Devon gets an Alien intervention, and Sigmund shares his custom art project for increasing media browsing legibility – plus, the return of the hilarious Platonic, and Chief of War reveals itself as the surprise epic no one expected!
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45ins3D
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45ins3D
Comfort Zone, Episode 61: Big Business Boi
@chrislawley.me wants to talk about OS 26, but Liquid Glass is OFF LIMITS, @birchtree.me found a slick new security camera, and @nileane.fr challenges the gang to downgrade their audio setups.
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@chrislawley.me wants to talk about OS 26, but Liquid Glass is OFF LIMITS, @birchtree.me found a slick new security camera, and @nileane.fr challenges the gang to downgrade their audio setups.
🎧 www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
▶️ youtu.be/rP7LyQI8jHc
August 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Comfort Zone, Episode 61: Big Business Boi
@chrislawley.me wants to talk about OS 26, but Liquid Glass is OFF LIMITS, @birchtree.me found a slick new security camera, and @nileane.fr challenges the gang to downgrade their audio setups.
🎧 www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
▶️ youtu.be/rP7LyQI8jHc
@chrislawley.me wants to talk about OS 26, but Liquid Glass is OFF LIMITS, @birchtree.me found a slick new security camera, and @nileane.fr challenges the gang to downgrade their audio setups.
🎧 www.macstories.net/comfort-zone/
▶️ youtu.be/rP7LyQI8jHc
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This week on Magic Rays of Light: with tvOS 26 now in public beta, we preview Apple TV’s next major software update coming this fall and recap Stick, an Apple Original hole-in-one! Plus, calling Pluribus, release news, and the week in Apple TV.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light: with tvOS 26 now in public beta, we preview Apple TV’s next major software update coming this fall and recap Stick, an Apple Original hole-in-one! Plus, calling Pluribus, release news, and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3U5wf2o
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3U5wf2o
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July 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This week on Magic Rays of Light:
Danny Boyle has us reflecting on the shared cinematic experience, and an Apple image sensor patent has us wondering if we could end up inside the screen. Then, we recap Carême and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3Goy1bz
Danny Boyle has us reflecting on the shared cinematic experience, and an Apple image sensor patent has us wondering if we could end up inside the screen. Then, we recap Carême and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3Goy1bz
July 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light:
Danny Boyle has us reflecting on the shared cinematic experience, and an Apple image sensor patent has us wondering if we could end up inside the screen. Then, we recap Carême and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3Goy1bz
Danny Boyle has us reflecting on the shared cinematic experience, and an Apple image sensor patent has us wondering if we could end up inside the screen. Then, we recap Carême and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3Goy1bz
This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon are joined by Jonathan Reed and Benjamin Mayo to highlight the theatrical debut of F1: The Movie – plus, the iPhone camera technology behind the film’s racing scenes and Friday’s streaming premiere of Smoke.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4k6J1rG
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4k6J1rG
June 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon are joined by Jonathan Reed and Benjamin Mayo to highlight the theatrical debut of F1: The Movie – plus, the iPhone camera technology behind the film’s racing scenes and Friday’s streaming premiere of Smoke.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4k6J1rG
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4k6J1rG
Sigmund and Devon break down Apple’s tvOS and visionOS announcements from WWDC25, grade their predictions, and highlight the new Michael Pearce directed Apple Original film Echo Valley.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45TzCAq
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45TzCAq
June 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sigmund and Devon break down Apple’s tvOS and visionOS announcements from WWDC25, grade their predictions, and highlight the new Michael Pearce directed Apple Original film Echo Valley.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45TzCAq
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/45TzCAq
This week on Magic Rays of Light:
@sigjudge.bsky.social and @devondundee.com highlight new sci-fi series Murderbot, and discuss the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on international film productions – plus trailer talk, accessibility awareness, and more.
Listen now 🟣 apple.co/3YNNpnU
@sigjudge.bsky.social and @devondundee.com highlight new sci-fi series Murderbot, and discuss the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on international film productions – plus trailer talk, accessibility awareness, and more.
Listen now 🟣 apple.co/3YNNpnU
May 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light:
@sigjudge.bsky.social and @devondundee.com highlight new sci-fi series Murderbot, and discuss the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on international film productions – plus trailer talk, accessibility awareness, and more.
Listen now 🟣 apple.co/3YNNpnU
@sigjudge.bsky.social and @devondundee.com highlight new sci-fi series Murderbot, and discuss the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on international film productions – plus trailer talk, accessibility awareness, and more.
Listen now 🟣 apple.co/3YNNpnU
Comfort Zone, Episode 49: It’s a French Thing
@birchtree.me's phone is folding more than usual, @nileane.fr has blown up her window management system again, and the whole gang learns about themselves in the challenge.
🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 youtu.be/GU01zudnYk0
@birchtree.me's phone is folding more than usual, @nileane.fr has blown up her window management system again, and the whole gang learns about themselves in the challenge.
🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 youtu.be/GU01zudnYk0
May 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Comfort Zone, Episode 49: It’s a French Thing
@birchtree.me's phone is folding more than usual, @nileane.fr has blown up her window management system again, and the whole gang learns about themselves in the challenge.
🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 youtu.be/GU01zudnYk0
@birchtree.me's phone is folding more than usual, @nileane.fr has blown up her window management system again, and the whole gang learns about themselves in the challenge.
🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 youtu.be/GU01zudnYk0
Comfort Zone, Episode 48: Raycast Does This
@birchtree.me @chrislawley.me and @nileane.fr get to work defending their Mac login items. This episode has more new apps mentioned in any episode of Comfort Zone ever 🔥
🎧 Listen: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/NGqPX623KPk
@birchtree.me @chrislawley.me and @nileane.fr get to work defending their Mac login items. This episode has more new apps mentioned in any episode of Comfort Zone ever 🔥
🎧 Listen: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/NGqPX623KPk
May 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Comfort Zone, Episode 48: Raycast Does This
@birchtree.me @chrislawley.me and @nileane.fr get to work defending their Mac login items. This episode has more new apps mentioned in any episode of Comfort Zone ever 🔥
🎧 Listen: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/NGqPX623KPk
@birchtree.me @chrislawley.me and @nileane.fr get to work defending their Mac login items. This episode has more new apps mentioned in any episode of Comfort Zone ever 🔥
🎧 Listen: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/NGqPX623KPk
This week, @chrislawley.me achieves a new level of focus on the Mac, @birchtree.me finds comfort for his sore fingers, and @nileane.fr leads the hardest challenge ever.
🎧 Listen in your podcast player of choice: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/EbShYFfbnzM
🎧 Listen in your podcast player of choice: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/EbShYFfbnzM
May 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This week, @chrislawley.me achieves a new level of focus on the Mac, @birchtree.me finds comfort for his sore fingers, and @nileane.fr leads the hardest challenge ever.
🎧 Listen in your podcast player of choice: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/EbShYFfbnzM
🎧 Listen in your podcast player of choice: macstories.net/comfort-zone
🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/EbShYFfbnzM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, we revisit Napoleon-era France with the seductive debut of Carême and look back at ten years of Apple Watch – plus, Dope Thief, outdoor home theaters, and the week in Apple TV.
🎧 overcast.fm/+AA4dUvfdZk0
📺 youtu.be/n3wAmsCPT-w
🎧 overcast.fm/+AA4dUvfdZk0
📺 youtu.be/n3wAmsCPT-w
April 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, we revisit Napoleon-era France with the seductive debut of Carême and look back at ten years of Apple Watch – plus, Dope Thief, outdoor home theaters, and the week in Apple TV.
🎧 overcast.fm/+AA4dUvfdZk0
📺 youtu.be/n3wAmsCPT-w
🎧 overcast.fm/+AA4dUvfdZk0
📺 youtu.be/n3wAmsCPT-w
This week on Magic Rays of Light, we share our hopes for the Siri Remote’s fourth generation and recap Apple Original medical drama Berlin ER – plus, Earth Day recycling, TV app highlights, and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4lShlt1
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4lShlt1
April 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, we share our hopes for the Siri Remote’s fourth generation and recap Apple Original medical drama Berlin ER – plus, Earth Day recycling, TV app highlights, and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4lShlt1
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4lShlt1
This week on Magic Rays of Light: the debut of Government Cheese, Sigmund and Devon’s pitches for TV show finales we never got to see, and a recap of Surface’s second season – plus, a preview of this summer’s Apple Originals and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3GcIN4k
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3GcIN4k
April 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light: the debut of Government Cheese, Sigmund and Devon’s pitches for TV show finales we never got to see, and a recap of Surface’s second season – plus, a preview of this summer’s Apple Originals and the week in Apple TV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3GcIN4k
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3GcIN4k
This week on Magic Rays of Light, @devondundee.com and @sigjudge.bsky.social go Hamm for Your Friends & Neighbors and look at the latest developments in Apple Immersive Video filmmaking with Blackmagic Design at NAB – plus, VIP: Yankee Stadium, GPMI, and more.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4je2zuA
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4je2zuA
April 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, @devondundee.com and @sigjudge.bsky.social go Hamm for Your Friends & Neighbors and look at the latest developments in Apple Immersive Video filmmaking with Blackmagic Design at NAB – plus, VIP: Yankee Stadium, GPMI, and more.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4je2zuA
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4je2zuA
This week on Magic Rays of Light:
Ambition, community, and raiding with Side Quest and a review of Mythic Quest's fourth season – plus, Apple TV's place in the streaming hardware landscape and the week in Apple Originals.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4cfAosz
Ambition, community, and raiding with Side Quest and a review of Mythic Quest's fourth season – plus, Apple TV's place in the streaming hardware landscape and the week in Apple Originals.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4cfAosz
April 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light:
Ambition, community, and raiding with Side Quest and a review of Mythic Quest's fourth season – plus, Apple TV's place in the streaming hardware landscape and the week in Apple Originals.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4cfAosz
Ambition, community, and raiding with Side Quest and a review of Mythic Quest's fourth season – plus, Apple TV's place in the streaming hardware landscape and the week in Apple Originals.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/4cfAosz
This week on Magic Rays of Light, we ride the lighting with Metallica Immersive on Apple Vision Pro, get excited for tandem OLED TVs, and go Hamm in this week's trailer talk – plus, Love You to Death, Ted Lasso, F1, and the week in #AppleTV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3DS6sWM
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3DS6sWM
March 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This week on Magic Rays of Light, we ride the lighting with Metallica Immersive on Apple Vision Pro, get excited for tandem OLED TVs, and go Hamm in this week's trailer talk – plus, Love You to Death, Ted Lasso, F1, and the week in #AppleTV.
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3DS6sWM
Listen now 🟣: apple.co/3DS6sWM