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AppStories

This week, Federico and John are joined by Niléane Dorffer who writes at MacStories and is a co-host of Comfort Zone, a show all about trying new things in your tech life, to talk about three of Niléane’s favorite apps – Raycast, Tailscale, and Day One – after which Federico quizzes Niléane about some of the everyday apps she uses.

On AppStories+, Comfort Zone’s origin story and John gets some AI group therapy from Federico and Niléane.

This episode is sponsored by:

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Ruminate

Robb reports back on Nando’s new collab, they both discuss the new Mac minis and tech that’s just enough, the Robb reviews Godspeed.

AppStories, Episode 409, ‘Raycast, Tailscale, and Day One with Comfort Zone’s Niléane Dorffer’ Show Notes

AppStories+ Pre-Show

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• Comfort Zone
• New Developer Betas Released for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS with Image Playground, ChatGPT Integration, and More Apple Intelligence Features

Main Show

Introducing Niléane Dorffer

• Comfort Zone
• Latest episode:
  • Apple Podcasts
  • YouTube

Raycast

• MacStories Coverage of Raycast:
  • Adding to My Mac’s Swiss Army Knife: A Raycast Extension Roundup
  • Three Tips to Combine BetterTouchTool and Raycast for Simpler Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Raycast Introduces a Pro Subscription with New AI, Sync, Theming, and Clipboard Functionality

Tailscale

• MacStories Coverage of Tailscale:
  • Mac Hacks: Everyday Tailscale Uses for People Who Aren’t Network Administrators

Day One

• Related MacStories Coverage:
  • Day One 3.0: Three Headline Features Make the Journaling App Better Than Ever
  • Apple’s Journal App: Journaling for All?
  • Creating a Timeline of My Life with Everlog

What Do You Use?

• The Apps Niléane Uses:
  • Task Management: Nothing or Calendar
  • RSS: Nothing (previously, Reeder)
  • Read Later: Safari Reading List with a Raycast extension
  • Writing: Obsidian and Notes or Google Docs

Ruminate, Episode 196, ‘She’s Not Call of Duty’ Show Notes

• Nando’s Has Just Unveiled a Brand-New Fanta Flavour Hot Sauce
• The More Mini Mac mini
• Mark One Enigma Edition Pen Review
• Studio Neat Mark One: Enigma Edition
• Club MacStories Plans
• Godspeed
• Using Setapp
• The keyboard-only task manager (Godspeed)

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, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console 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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