MacStories Weekly: Issue 535 - October 30, 2026

Spotlight on Club MacStories: Extra Buttons, Portable Keyboards, and Local AI

John

Among the highlights on the Club MacStories+ Discord this week: Members explored ways to pair a real keyboard with the iPhone Duo. (Link) A member’s new Mac Studio began a round of local AI experiments and discussion about choosing models, optimizing for memory constraints, and getting good performance for different types of work. (Link) Also,...

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John Voorhees
John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John also co-hosts four MacStories podcasts: AppStories, which covers the world of apps, MacStories Unwind, which explores the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommends media to listeners, Ruminate, a show about the weird web and unusual snacks, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about the games we take with us.
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