Podcast Rewind: Digital Decluttering and Liquid-Cooled Mobile Gaming

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

AppStories

This week, John and Federico spin a Saturday morning of iPhone app cleanup into a full blown digital declutter across all devices with the help of some of their favorite apps.

Then on AppStories+, Federico has more to share from his ongoing Typing Mind experiments, and John explains how he’s using Claude Code to crunch spreadsheets with one million rows.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week on NPC, Brendon, Federico, and John explore where mobile phone gaming is heading and reflect on what Nintendo’s latest earnings report means for the Switch 2, before Brendon shares his first impressions of the Miyoo Mini Flip

On NPC XL, Federico, John, and Brendon explore what’s behind the sudden surge of innovation in mobile phone controllers and where mobile gaming may be heading.

AppStories, Episode 460, ‘The Great Digital Declutter’ Show Notes

Digital Decluttering

Backups

Backblaze

Arq

Carbon Copy Cloner

Samsung T9 SSD

Finder Alternatives

Bloom

Forklift

Hazel’s App Sweep feature

File Management Apps

CleanMyPhone

CleanMyMac

Shutter Declutter

Daisy Disk

Fluent – similar to Sky

Federico’s Sky Preview

AppStories+ Post-Show

Typing Mind

Kimi K2

MiniMax M2

Exa Search

Cloudflare workers

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NPC, Episode 56, ‘Can RedMagic Shake Up Mobile Gaming with a Liquid-Cooled Phone?’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

OneXFly Apex and AYANEO Pocket Vert Follow-Up

OneXFly Apex Strix Halo handheld gaming PC to sell for $1399 and up during crowdfunding

AYANEO Releases Details on the Pocket VERT

Redmagic’s Liquid-Cooled Phone

Redmagic’s liquid-cooled gaming phone starts at $749

Nintendo is Killing It

Nintendo is raising its Switch 2 sales expectations

Nintendo is getting the Switch ready for retirement

In Other News

Valve will finally turn off the Steam Deck’s screen while it’s downloading games

Samsung has a new line of microSD Express cards for the Switch 2

Miyoo Mini Flip

The Miyoo Mini Flip might be what everyone has been asking for all along

Miyoo Mini Flip Review: STILL GOT IT

Subscribe to NPC XL

NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month.

Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes.

You can subscribe here.

MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.

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