Podcast Rewind: Pro Tools, HomeKit Maintenance, and Cinema’s Future

Niléane is out on assignment, so Chris and Matt hold down the fort, discussing what “pro” tools look like, the most pro Thunderbolt dock you can buy, and how they automated their note-taking.

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MacStories Unwind

This week, automation crimes, HomeKit gardens, tattoo crime shows, and videogames. It’s a packed episode, just in time for the long holiday weekend in the U.S.

Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund and Devon discuss what the future of the theatrical experience could look like and look back at Apple Original French culinary drama Carême.

Comfort Zone, Episode 56, ‘If It’s Not Space Black, It’s Not Pro’ Show Notes

Main Topics

What makes something “pro”?

CalDigit TS5 Plus

Other stuff

F1 movie had a great opening weekend

Parallels

Hush

ScreenFlow

Audio Hijack

Actions for Obsidian

OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock

Roadcaster Duo

Scarlet Solo

Zoom H4N

Sennheiser MKE

Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky

MacStories Unwind, ‘Tending Your HomeKit Garden’ Show Notes

Automation and HomeKit Crimes

HomeKit-Compatible Kasa Smart Plugs

HDHomeRun

Love Island (USA and Italy)

‘Montoya, por favor!’ the viral Spanish clip that could change reality TV for ever Television The Guardian

‘Montoya Por Favor!’

Picks

John’s Pick:

Blindspot on Netflix

Federico’s Picks:

Mario Kart World

Fast Fusion

Fantasy Life i

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Magic Rays of Light, Episode 175, ‘The Future of Cinema and Carême’ Show Notes

The Future of Cinema

28 Years Later

Martin Scorsese no longer watches films in cinemas due to audience bad behaviour | The Guardian

Apple Granted 34 Patents Today Covering an Advanced Infrared Camera System that could work with Apple Pay & Much More | Patently Apple

Apple won a Wild patent for an Augmented Reality Light System that projects AR content onto tables, walls+ without a Headset | Patently Apple

Apple Just Patented an Image Sensor With 20 Stops of Dynamic Range | Y.M.Cinema Magazine

Releases

‎Angry Birds Bounce

‎Crayola Scribble Scrubbie+

‎Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD+

‎Suika Game+

Extras

What’s Coming in July 2025 | Foundation, Acapulco & More

Apple Fitness+ Workouts ‎Inspired by F1: The Movie

Smoke — An Inside Look

Foundation — Actually Helpful Recap: Fast Forward to Season 3

Shrinking — Celebrating Pride with Michael Urie

Inside the high-speed production of ‘F1 The Movie’ | Apple News In Conversation

Jerry Bruckheimer: On Working with Apple Films, Lewis Hamilton, and F1 | The Zane Lowe Show

Stick’s Ultimate Guide to Golf Hot Spots | Apple Maps

Owen Wilson on Hot Ones

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott

Recap

Carême

TV App Highlights

The Instigators

Ballerina: From the World of John Wick

Thunderbolts*

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

Tornado

The Luckiest Man in America

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Sinners

Up Next

Bring Her Back

Snow White

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