It helps you take regular breaks from your Mac to rest your eyes, without breaking your flow.
Life Tracking, Journaling, and the Vision Pro with Devon Dundee 
This week, Federico and John are joined by Devon Dundee of the Magic Rays of Light podcast to talk about his approaches to life tracking and journaling and how the Apple Vision Pro has become his primary computer.
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Interesting Links Nathan Grigg has a fascinating blog post on the time zone discrepancies between his Sony camera and Apple Photos. (Link) The Pebble smartwatch is coming back, and honestly, I think it’s a great idea? With an always-on e-paper screen, how long will it be until we see someone rock an all-out e-paper setup with...
App Debuts Recordfy I recently came across this utility that launched last year, whose main purpose is to let you browse through the catalog of over 100 indie record stores. You can browse the inventory of different local shops, sign up for alerts to be notified when a particular record is back in stock, and even...
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Matt is unable to defend himself as he’s on the lamb, 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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Sigmund and Devon highlight the return of Mythic Quest for its fourth season on Apple TV+ and share their ideas for how Apple can improve gaming on Apple TV this year.
This week, Federico and I do some regional grocery shopping, Federico pursues pasta perfection, plus a documentary and podcast recommendation.
An AI Tool Check-In and Roundup I can’t think of any technology that I’ve ever felt more conflicted about than artificial intelligence. I’ve spent enough time with various LLMs and tools built on top of them to recognize that we’re witnessing the early days of a fundamental shift in computing. That’s exciting. AI has the potential to accelerate advances in a...
Last quarter, Apple reported revenue of $94.9 billion, which was a 6% year-over-year gain.
Today, first-quarter 2025 earnings are out and Apple reported record revenue of $124.3 billion, a 4% year-over-year gain. The diluted earnings per share was $2.40 a 10% year-over-year gain.
Today Apple is reporting our best quarter ever, with revenue of $124.3 billion, up 4 percent from a year ago. We were thrilled to bring customers our best-ever lineup of products and services during the holiday season. Through the power of Apple silicon, we’re unlocking new possibilities for our users with Apple Intelligence, which makes apps and experiences even better and more personal. And we’re excited that Apple Intelligence will be available in even more languages this April.
Going into today’s earnings call, Apple’s stock was downgraded by multiple analysts. Factors cited in the downgrades included weak sales in China, an expectation that Apple wouldn’t meet earnings expectations, and the the lack of any boost in iPhone sales from Apple Intelligence.
It’s possible that some of the most powerful Apple Intelligence features that have yet to debut will drive future sales of iPhones and other devices even further than last quarter. That’s not a bet I’d necessarily take, but irrespective of hardware sale accelleration, the volatility among the companies behind the leading artificial intelligence models may insure to Apple’s benefit as investors move their investments into stocks that are perceived as safer.
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This week, for episode 420 Federico and John are joined by Matt Birchler, co-host of Comfort Zone and many other projects to talk about web apps, email, AI, and more.
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It’s a packed episode with a post Switch 2 reveal vibe check and more on iPhone game controller innovation, plus John’s early impressions of the Ayn Odin2 Portal, Brendon’s review of the Miyoo Flip, and Federico’s long 2DS/3DS emulation journey.
Game Tracker is a new videogame tracking app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac from Simone Montalto, who is probably best known to MacStories readers for developing the excellent Book Tracker. In fact, Montalto has created an entire suite of tracking apps that also includes Movie Tracker, Music Tracker, and Habit Tracker. That experience with various tracking apps shows with Game Tracker, which does a fantastic job of tailoring to the particularities of videogames and leveraging metadata to allow users to make the app their own.
Let’s take a closer look.
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