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This week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple's vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI. On AppStories+, as John nears the finish line on his podcast production suite for the Mac, he explains how the project started and what it's done to improve his podcasting workflow. Also available on YouTube here. --- Sponsored By: Crickets: The First Alarm Clock for Families. For a limited time, get 50% off for 6 months with code MACSTORIES2026 by selecting Redeem on the app’s paywall. --- Links and Show Notes Apple's Full Disk Access Announcement Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers Apple Developer Blog post Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist's private messages Some Mac Utilities That Rely on Full Disk Access Raycast…
This week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple's vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI. On AppStories+, as John nears the finish line on his podcast production suite for the Mac, he explains how the project started and what it's done to improve his podcasting workflow. Also available on YouTube here. --- Sponsored By: Crickets: The First Alarm Clock for Families. For a limited time, get 50% off for 6 months with code MACSTORIES2026 by selecting Redeem on the app’s paywall. --- Links and Show Notes Apple's Full Disk Access Announcement Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers Apple Developer Blog post Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist's private messages Some Mac Utilities That Rely on Full Disk Access Raycast…
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Full Disk Access in the Age of Agents
SlušanoThis week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple's vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI. On AppStories+, as John nears the finish line on his podcast production suite for the Mac, he explains how the project started and what it's done to improve his podcasting workflow. Also available on YouTube here. --- Sponsored By: Crickets: The First Alarm Clock for Families. For a limited time, get 50% off for 6 months with code MACSTORIES2026 by selecting Redeem on the app’s paywall. --- Links and Show Notes Apple's Full Disk Access Announcement Apple Announces Plan to Impose New Full Disk Access Controls on Mac Developers Apple Developer Blog post Meta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It To Meta denies its Muse AI agent read a journalist's private messages Some Mac Utilities That Rely on Full Disk Access Raycast…
Meet Dot: OpenAI's Always On Agent
SlušanoMeet Dot: OpenAI's Always On Agent This week on AppStories, John is back from OpenAI DevDay, so he and Federico cover the history of AI agents, the current landscape, and what OpenAI is doing with Dots. On AppStories+, Federico provides a sneak peek at what's in store for his Reminders, Notes, and upcoming CLIs. Also available on YouTube here. Links and Show Notes AI Agents OpenAI Dots and DevDay 2026 OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar (TechCrunch) OpenAI’s Dots: A First Look Self Hosted Agents OpenClaw OpenClaw on GitHub Hermes Agent OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger Hosted Agent Competitors Meta's Muse becomes App Store's hottest download Grok Bot Grok Bot Brings Always-On AI Agents to macOS and iOS AppStories+ Post-Show: RemCTL: GitHub MacStories: Introducing RemCTL, the Power-User Reminders CLI for macOS and AI Agents NotesCTL: Club MacStories download MacStories: NotesCTL, a Club MacStories Preview of Federico’s Advanced Apple Notes CLI Tool Leave Feedback for John and…
What's New in macOS and watchOS 27
SlušanoThis week on AppStories, John shares his favorite parts of macOS and watchOS 27 from his reviews of both. On AppStories+, Federico and John begin revisiting new their long lists of automation projects. Also available on YouTube here. Sponsored By: Scribe – AI-powered workflow documentation. Get your first month free. Links and Show Notes John's macOS and watchOS 27 Reviews macOS 27: The MacStories Review watchOS 27: The MacStories Review AppStories+ Show Notes AI Agents and Cloud Development Claude Code Projects Cursor Cloud Agents Muse (Meta AI agent) Grok Bot Local AI on Mac Studio Qwen3.8 Flash Next Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 MLX LM Studio Draw Things oMLX mlx-serve DwarfStar Open Minis Tailscale Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy
Local AI Gets Serious on the M5 Ultra Mac Studio
SlušanoThis week on AppStories, John interviews Federico about his review of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio and it local AI capabilities. On AppStories+, Federico takes listeners behind the scenes on how he tested the M5 Ultra Mac Studio. Also available on YouTube here. Sponsored By: Workbench: Remote desktop for AI agents and headless Mac minis. Free to use for 20 minutes/day. Claude – For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today. Links and Show Notes Running Local AI Models on Apple's Latest Macs M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review: The Dream Mac for Local AI Agents Apple Hardware Mac Studio Mac mini Studio Display XDR Local Models Qwen3.8-Flash-Next Qwen3.8-27B DeepSeek-V4-Flash GLM-5.3-Flash Cohere Transcribe Qwen3-TTS Qwen-Image-2.1 Local Inference and Clustering oMLX exo Agent Apps and Tools Hermes Agent Hermes Agent on GitHub Open Minis Cadu OpenAI Brings Computer Use to Codex App on Windows Frontier Models and Workflow GPT-6 Astra Claude Fable 5.1 Claude Projects Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Elyx…
iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Review
SlušanoThis week Federico shares thoughts from his review of iOS and iPadOS 27. Then in the AppStories+ post-show, he explains how he used agents to support the production of the review and Club MacStories extras. Also available on YouTube here. Sponsored By: Granola – The AI notepad for back-to-back days. Try for 3 months, for free, with code MACSTORIES. Links and Show Notes iOS and iPadOS 27: The MacStories Review Federico's iOS and iPadOS 27 Review Our OS 27 Review Extras: eBooks, Shortcuts, and the Making of the iOS and iPadOS 27 Review On AppStories Next Week: macOS 27: The MacStories Review watchOS 27: The MacStories Review AppStories+ Post-Show: The Role Agents Played in Review Production Leave Feedback for John and Federico AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Social Media Federico is @viticci everywhere John is @johnvoorhees`everywhere Affiliate Linking Policy