The Shortcuts Corner section of MacStories Weekly has been a staple of the newsletter for almost a decade at this point. With today’s 500th (!) issue of MacStories Weekly, I thought I’d share a glimpse of what I strongly believe will be the future of automation on Apple devices. It just so happens that it’s...
One Notion: Two Approaches
JohnThis week on AppStories, John and Federico share the very different ways they use Notion.
On AppStories+, we follow up on OpenClaw security concerns and explore the ways Federico is using it.
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AppStories Episode 471 - One Notion: Two Approaches
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Advanced Tips for OpenClaw: Credentials, Proactive Work, Automating Tasks, Memories, and More
Since I first wrote about ClawdBot MoltBot OpenClaw three weeks ago, I’ve only come to rely on this personal assistant more and more each day. My OpenClaw still runs on its own dedicated Mac mini (although I’m considering swapping it for my M3 Ultra Mac Studio to give it access to local AI models), it’s...
The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World
This week, Federico and John update listeners on the ClawdBot-MoltBot-OpenClaw saga before digging into how AI will affect apps and app developers.
On AppStories+, John covers why Creator Studio is such a fundamental shift in Apple’s approach to ‘Pro’ apps.
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AppStories Episode 470 - The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World
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Pardon Our Dust
Yesterday was a big step forward for MacStories and the Club. If you haven’t read Federico’s story about what we’re doing and why, it’s worth checking out because it’s not just that the Club is now on macstories.net. We’re taking an entirely new approach to MacStories that, in time, will touch everything we do on...
How I Use Claude Code Running on My Mac mini From the iPhone and iPad
Given what we’ve discussed on AppStories lately, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that I’ve been using Claude Code on my Mac mini home server a lot. And if you know me, you shouldn’t be surprised by the fact that I’ve been looking for ways to access the desktop version of Claude Code from...
Welcome to the New, Unified MacStories and Club MacStories
Today, I’m pleased to announce something we’ve been working on for the past two years: MacStories and Club MacStories are now one website. If you’re a Club MacStories member, you no longer need to go to a separate website to read our exclusive columns and weekly newsletters: everything has been unified into the main MacStories.net website you know and love. The subscription plans are the same. We’ve imported 11 years of Club MacStories content into MacStories, with everything running on a new foundation powered by WordPress; going forward, all member content – including AppStories – will be published directly on MacStories.
To get started, simply log into your existing Club MacStories account on the new MacStories Plans page or by clicking the Account icon in the top toolbar. Members can still access a special homepage of Club-only content at macstories.net/club or club.macstories.net – whatever you prefer. A few things will be different as part of this transition, and some parts of the previous Club MacStories experience haven’t been migrated yet, which I will explain in this story.
The short version of this announcement is that this has been a massive undertaking for me, John, and our new developer Jack. We’ve been working on this project in secret for months, and our goal was always to ensure a smooth, relatively pain-free migration for our members and MacStories readers. Now more than ever, the Club MacStories membership program is a core component of the entire MacStories ecosystem of articles, exclusive perks, and podcasts; it’s only thanks to the Club that, in this day and age, MacStories can continue to thrive with its editorial independence, vibrant community of members, and focus on producing high-quality, well-researched content written and spoken by humans, not AI.
The longer version is that the last few years have been complicated. We faced some challenges along the way, made some wrong technical calls, and have been working to rectify them – with the ultimate goal of propelling MacStories into its third decade of existence on the Open Web. We’re turning MacStories – the website that millions of people visit every year – into a destination that (hopefully!) will put a stronger spotlight on all the things we do. But to get to this point, we had to break a few things, iterate slowly, start over, and refine until we were happy with the results.
If you’re a Club member: thank you, and we hope you’ll enjoy the more intuitive and integrated experience we’ve prepared. If you’re not, I hope you’ll consider checking out the (many) exclusive perks of a Club MacStories subscription.
And if you’re curious to learn more about what we’re launching today and how we got to this point…well, do I have a story for you.
Terminal Tips and Claude Code Workflows
This week, Federico and John share their workflows and tips on how they use Claud Code and Codex to build automations.
On AppStories+, John and Federico explore the Apple and Google Gemini deal and the end of Shortcuts as we know it.
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AppStories Episode 469 - Terminal Tips and Claude Code Workflows
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An Actually Productive Experience with “Agentic” AI Browsers…?
As I shared on AppStories a few months ago, I’m very skeptical of this new wave of “agentic” AI browsers that promise to take interactions with webpages off users’ hands and into their LLMs. They’re slow and riddled with security risks for prompt injection and data exfiltration attacks, and – honestly – most of the...