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This week, Federico and I celebrate episode 400 by considering what the future will hold for apps 400 more episodes from now.
On AppStories+, Federico reveals why he’s using the third generation AirPods.
- Balance – A thoughtfully designed personal finance and budgeting app from one of our own Club MacStories members.
On NPC, Brendon, Federico, and I cover newly announced handhelds, a gaming pillow, and other news before covering how Federico is dual booting Windows and SteamOS on his ASUS ROG Ally X and an update on retro handhelds from Brendon and me.
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Apple has announced that CFO Luca Maestri will leave that position effective on January 1, 2025, but continue at Apple to lead Corporate Services. Maestri will be replaced by Kevan Parekh, Apple’s Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, who has been at Apple for 11 years. Maestri has been Apple’s CFO for a decade.
In a press release issued by Apple, Tim Cook had this to say about Maestri and Parekh:
Luca has been an extraordinary partner in managing Apple for the long term. He has been instrumental in improving and driving the company’s financial performance, engaging with shareholders, and instilling financial discipline across every part of Apple. We’re fortunate that we will continue to benefit from the leadership and insight that have been the hallmark of his tenure at the company.
During his time as CFO, Maestri enabled essential investments and practiced robust financial discipline, which together helped the company more than double its revenue, with services revenue growing more than five times.
More details on Apple’s CFO transition are available in its press release.
A short time ago, Apple announced that it will hold an event on September 9, 2024, at 10 AM Pacific time with the tagline “It’s Glowtime.” Glowtime is likely a reference to the new capabilities coming to Siri with the updates coming to the company’s OSes. If history is any indication, in addition to a recap of changes to Apple’s OSes, we’ll also see new iPhones and revised Apple Watches. Rumors point to new AirPods too.
You’ll be able to watch the event from home at apple.com/apple-events/.
As always, the MacStories team will be covering every aspect of the event.
This week, Federico and John celebrate episode 400 by considering what the future will hold for apps 400 more episodes from now.
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Tameno 1.1 Tameno is a timer app for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS that lets you set up repeating timers that use haptics or visual cues to alert you each time they count down. From the developer of Yoink and ScreenFloat, the app also includes excellent Shortcuts and widget support. This week, Tameno...
Today, I thought I’d explore some of the best ways I’ve found to keep up with videogames, so you can spend less time researching games and more time playing. What makes tracking games more difficult than it should be is that the industry is fractured across multiple platforms and services. Games are available on consoles,...
With an Apple event and review season around the corner and the summer coming to a close, we’re taking next week off from publishing MacStories Weekly. We do this every summer as a way to carve out some more time to work on our reviews and relax a little before the busy fall. The Monthly...
Sarah Jeong at The Verge has an excellent story about the Pixel 9’s Magic Editor and what it means for our assumptions about photos and the reality they depict. (Link) MacRumors’ Tim Hardwick reports on the new Apple Park backgrounds for FaceTime calls that were added to the macOS Sequoia beta. (Link) Epic Games...
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Sigmund and Devon highlight the return of Pachinko and share their earliest experiences with Apple TV.
The gang shares their very sane, and not at all controversial ???? notification preferences. Then they explore some new and interesting Obsidian plugins you might not have heard of.
This week, John and Federico discuss peanut butter, the limits of testing gadgets in public, and Federico’s latest Spotify experiment before turning to a movie and two music recommendations.
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