John Voorhees

5890 posts on MacStories since November 2015

John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John also co-hosts four MacStories podcasts: AppStories, which covers the world of apps, MacStories Unwind, which explores the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommends media to listeners, Ruminate, a show about the weird web and unusual snacks, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about the games we take with us.

Previously, On MacStories

How I Used Notion, Agents, and Local AI to Research and Organize My iOS 27 Review Frames CLI 1.5.0, Now with iPhone 18 Pro and (Experimental) iPhone Duo Support...


Interesting Links

Sonos’s Ace Ultra headphones were released this week. They add Wi-Fi music streaming and appear to be a nice upgrade from the original Ace headphones. The Verge’s John Higgins reviewed the Ace Ultra headphones noting the improved sound and noise cancellation, along with a couple of early-access catches, including lossy Wi-Fi audio and the...


How Agents Changed The Way I Manage Email

Email is a problem that never goes away and is made worse when you’re busy on other things. I’ve never been great at keeping up with email, but my past email struggles were nothing compared to this year when a tidal wave of AI-generated pitches hit my inbox. By summer, I’d reached the point where...


A Podcast Update

I wanted to share an update about the MacStories podcasts with everyone. Over the past several weeks, we’ve been migrating our shows to a new hosting service, which has several benefits for us internally and will allow us to do more for listeners, too. Moving Our Shows to Transistor After nearly a decade using Libsyn...


Encountering the Builders of DevDay

I spent yesterday at Fort Mason in San Francisco at OpenAI’s DevDay, the company’s annual developer conference. Going in, I didn’t know what to expect. Part of me wondered if it would be the tech bro equivalent of Coachella or a VC-sponsored startup cage match. The reality was surprisingly grounded, and far more interesting. From...


They Only Made 20

This week on Next Portable Console, FunnyPlaying’s very exclusive edition handheld, Retroid’s forgotten middle child, and Anbernic’s RG DS Plus gets 2x scaling.

Then for Patreon members, Federico and John share their hottest takes about Nintendo’s future.

Also available on YouTube here.


They Only Made 20

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What’s New in macOS and watchOS 27

This week on AppStories, John shares his favorite parts of macOS and watchOS 27 from his reviews of both.

On AppStories+, Federico and John begin revisiting new their long lists of automation projects.

Also available on YouTube here.


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AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

AppStories Episode 503 - What’s New in macOS and watchOS 27

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AppStories+ Deeper into the world of apps

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This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week on AppStories, John interviews Federico about his review of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio and it local AI capabilities. On AppStories+, Federico takes listeners behind the scenes on how he tested the M5 Ultra Mac Studio. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Overcast Pocket Casts Castro Spotify YouTube NPC:...