Today we published not one, but three reviews covering four OSes:
- Federico’s iOS and iPadOS 27 review, which is packed with special interactive touches
- John’s macOS 27 and watchOS 27 reviews
The reviews cover design, new app features and more, which kicks off a big week here at MacStories that includes extra special perks for Club MacStories members. Here’s what we have planned.
For Club MacStories members, we’ve got some exciting perks to help you get more out of the reviews:
- An eBook edition of Federico’s iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Review that you can download and read on your favorite device or app
- 20 additional ready-made shortcuts for iOS 27
- An eBook edition of John’s macOS 27 Golden Gate review
- An eBook edition of John’s watchOS 27 review.
If you’re not already a member, you can join Club MacStories for $5/month or $50/year using the buttons below:
And Club MacStories Plus and Premier members get even more. In addition to the Club perks listed above, Club Plus and Premier members will receive the following:
- Both will get an in-depth Making of the iOS 27 review with a detailed look at Federico’s Notion setup, his MLX local AI workflow, and more.
- Both will also get the custom web app that Federico built, integrating his review research system with Notion.
- Premier members and AppStories+ subscribers will get a special behind-the-scenes look at the role agents played in this year’s review process.
To unlock all of these additional perks, use the buttons below to join Club MacStories Plus:
or Club Premier:
These extras are our way of saying thank you to our Club MacStories members who support us throughout the year. It’s our goal to give members the best experience and most value we can, and we look forward to offering these perks alongside each fall’s reviews.
If you haven’t joined Club MacStories, now’s a great time to give it a try because it comes with a bunch of fun bonuses alongside all the regular benefits. Read on to learn more about the Club and this year’s special extras.
Club MacStories Perks
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All Club members will receive eBook editions of iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Review, macOS Golden Gate: The MacStories Review, and watchOS 27: The MacStories Review that are fully interactive and complete with all the images and videos. This eBooks are DRM-free and yours to read any way you like, on your preferred eReader or eBook app. While the web version is a great way to read the review, we know a lot of Club members value the flexibility of reading it as an eBook, where you can jot down notes, highlight passages, and take a closer look at images.
Club members can access the eBook versions of our reviews via their personal Downloads page.
Club MacStories Plus and Premier members will also get the custom web app that Federico built, integrating his review research system with Notion. And Premier members and AppStories+ subscribers can listen to a special behind-the-scenes look at the role agents played in this year’s review process during the AppStories+ post-show segment.
You can join Club MacStories for $5/month or $50/year using the buttons below:
Club MacStories includes year-round perks too. In addition to the special review season perks, Club MacStories features:
- MacStories Weekly, a weekly newsletter with our favorite iOS and Mac apps, tips and in-depth automation tutorials, exclusive stories, interviews, and more.
- The Monthly Log, a monthly newsletter with behind-the-scenes stories from the MacStories team delivered at the end of each month.
- An ad-free, high-bitrate audio version of MacStories Unwind, the podcast that Federico and John record weekly. MacStories Unwind is a fun exploration of the differences between American and Italian culture and features recommendations for media we enjoy, including books, movies, TV shows, music, and videogames.
Club MacStories Plus and Premier Perks
We’ve got even more benefits in store for Club Plus and Premier members.
Federico is also working hard on a “Making of” story that explains how he used LLMs running locally via MLX combined with Notion to create this year’s iOS and iPadOS 27 review. It was a significant change to the research process that accelerated his writing significantly and can be adapted to other research and writing workflows.
If you enjoy the review and want to learn more about how it came together, this is the way to do it. It’s a peek behind the curtain of MacStories’ biggest project of the year.
Club Plus and Premier members will be able to access the eBook versions of all of this year’s reviews via their personal Downloads page later this week.
Join Club MacStories Plus:
Join Club Premier:
As a Club Plus or Premier member, you’ll also receive access to our vibrant Discord community, bonus columns from Federico and John, an advanced version of the Club website that includes advanced search and filtering controls, custom RSS feeds of Club articles, and more. And, for just $2/month or $20/year more, Premier members get AppStories+ too, the extended, ad-free, high-bitrate audio version of our flagship podcast, which is released early most weeks.
In case you can’t tell, we love this time of year here at MacStories. After spending the summer putting Apple’s latest OS updates to the test, it’s a thrill to get to share our findings with you and make these software releases a special event for the MacStories community. As much as we appreciate what the new features and enhancements have to offer, it’s conversing about them with you, our readers, that makes this season the joy that it is.
We hope you’re enjoying the week thus far, and we hope you’re looking forward to what’s in store as much as we are. Thank you for reading, and a special thanks to our Club MacStories members who help make all of this possible. Happy reading!
