MacStories Weekly: Issue 495
In this issue: This week, Federico saves hundreds of gigabytes of storage with the help of Claude Code, John marks...
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The Best of CES 2026 – and Some Weird and Wonderful Gadgets, Too
It’s CES time again, which means another edition of our annual roundup of the most eye-catching gadgets seasoned with a...
Coming Soon: What’s Next on Apple TV and Apple Arcade in January 2026
To ring in the new year, Apple has a great lineup of returning Apple TV shows and brand-new Apple Arcade...
macOS Tahoe’s Messy Menus
Nikita Prokopov writing on tonsky.me about macOS Tahoe’s menu icons: In my opinion, Apple took on an impossible task: to...
Immersive Basketball Games Come to Apple Vision Pro on January 9
Source: Apple. Last year, Apple announced a partnership with cable company Spectrum and the Los Angeles Lakers to stream select...
The iPad Finally Becomes a Gaming Console with CloudGear
My iPad has been gathering dust. I bought it last May – an 11” M4 iPad Pro with 512GB of...
How I Revived My Decade-Old App with Claude Code
Blink from 2017 (left) and 2026 (right). Every holiday season, Federico and I spend our downtime on nerd projects. This...
App Marketing: My Extended Q&A for Paul Hudson’s Everything but the Code
Earlier this year, Paul Hudson asked me to answer a few questions about app marketing for a book he was...
WinterFest 2025: The Winter Festival Of Artisanal Software [Sponsor]
WinterFest 2025: The Festival of Artisanal Software is back with a fantastic new collection of carefully crafted software for writing,...
Podcast Rewind: Apps in 2026 and The Best Handhelds of the Year
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and John look ahead to 2026 and...