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New Year, New Audio Setup: SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba [Sponsor]

If better Mac audio is on your list of resolutions for 2026, the folks at Rogue Amoeba have you covered with SoundSource, their essential audio control app.

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Our thanks to Rogue Amoeba for sponsoring MacStories this week.


This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John complete their tour of holiday projects with a look at the tools both of them built with the help of Claude Code, Codex, and other tools. On AppStories+, John pushes Claude Code by building a Safari web extension that integrates with Notion. Listen on:...


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In This Issue

This week, John steps into developers’ shoes to better understand the API limitations they face, Jonathan has mixed feelings about AI, and Federico finds a practical use case for agentic browsers, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s...


In This Issue

This week, Jonathan recommends a handful of Mac apps, and John offers pointers on how to get started with Claude Code by building PopClip extensions, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and a recap of MacStories articles and this week’s episodes of MacStories podcasts....


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This Week on MacStories Podcasts

This week on MacStories podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John are back from their holiday break, which included so many hardware and automation projects that this is part one of a two-part episode regarding Federico’s networked music automation setup and John’s new research tool. On AppStories+, Federico shares his foldable phone experiments. Listen on:...


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Our thanks to Copilot Money for sponsoring MacStories this week.


In This Issue

This week, Federico saves hundreds of gigabytes of storage with the help of Claude Code, John marks the 25th anniversary of iTunes, and Jonathan looks ahead to what he hopes is in store for the Apple Watch in 2026, plus the usual Links, App Debuts, the latest happenings in the Club MacStories+ Discord community, and...