Podcast Rewind: Text Editors, the Pocket Taco, Photo Backups, an Apple Frames Preview, and an Interview with Evan Ratliff

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

AppStories

This week, John and Federico revisit the state of text editors on Apple platforms and how they use them.

On AppStories+, John and Federico dig deeper into their writing workflows and the apps they’re using to write.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week, Brendon reports back on the hardware he saw at PAX East, John gives the Pocket Taco a try, and with Federico, they cover the latest handheld news.

On NPC XL, Federico shows off the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3, and Brendon shares the SuperStation One.

First, Last, Everything

Jonathan is joined by Evan Ratliff, an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, and podcast host, known for his reporting on technology, crime, and online identity.

Comfort Zone

Chris has some new headphones, Matt wants to talk about why development is still complex in the AI age, and everyone tries to find the most clever way to back up their photos.

On Cozy Zone, the game roasts each other’s ten-year-old Home Screens.

MacStories Unwind

This week, Federico has a sneak peak at a big update to his Apple Frames shortcut, and both he and John share a couple of their favorite Apple TV shows.

AppStories, Episode 479, ‘Revisiting the Text Editor Landscape’ Show Notes

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Text Editors Discussed

Obsidian

Obsidian CLI

Obsidian Sync

Drafts

Drafts Action Directory

Drafts MCP Server

Notion

Panda

Bear

Zed

Other Markdown and Plain Text Editors

iA Writer

Ulysses

Typora

MarkEdit

Clearly Markdown

Atlas

Runestone

FSNotes

File Formats

TextBundle

AppStories+ Post-Show: Writing Workflow Tools

Claude Code

DropOver

Pandoc

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NPC, Episode 75, ’ PAX, the Pocket Taco, and a $900 PlayStation’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

More videos of the Anbernic “RG Flic”

AYANEO Pauses More Handhelds

More PlayStation Handheld Rumors

Dolphin Now Supports Game Boy Player

Brendon on PAX East

John Reviews the GameSir Pocket Taco

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.

First, Last, Everything, Season 2, Episode 4, ‘Evan Ratliff - Journalist, Podcaster’ Show Notes

This Episode’s Links

Pine

AOL

Pascal

PGP

TrueCrypt

Shell Game

The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal

Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened

Evan’s Picks

Evan’s ‘First’: Late 90s CompuServe account

Evan’s ‘Last’: Wireless Lav Mics

Evan’s ‘Everything’: Sony Discman

‘Something’

Smell-O-Vision

Follow Evan

Website

Instagram

Comfort Zone, Episode 95, ‘It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere’ Show Notes

Things Discussed

The Comfort Zone Database

TinyStart

Charjen AirFoams Pro v30 Ear Tips

AirPods Max 2

Apple USB-C to 3.5 mm cable

Cozy Zone

For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.

MacStories Unwind, ‘Frames, Finales, and Foreign Drama’ Show Notes

Apple Frames 4

Stay tuned to MacStories next week for the Apple Frames 4 shortcut and CLI.

Picks

Federico’s Pick: Shrinking

John’s Pick: Drops of God

Unwind Deal

Anora, a rom-com in which a Brooklyn woman’s whirlwind marriage to an oligarch’s son unravels, is $4.99 in the TV app.

MacStories Unwind+

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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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