AppStories

This week on AppStories, we celebrate the 500th episode of the show with a look at the App Store's past, present, and future.
On AppStories+, Federico and John pick some of their all-time favorite apps.
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Links and Show Notes
App Store History
The App Store at 10, MacStories' 2018 coverage of the App Store's 10th anniversary
Apps Discussed From The Early App Store Era
Instapaper
Twitterrific
Spotify
WhatsApp
AI and the Modern App Store
Inside OpenAI's Codex with Andrew Ambrosino (MacStories)
AppStories+ Post-Show:
All-Time Favorite Apps
Overcast
Editorial
Pythonista 3
Drafts
Unread: An RSS Reader
Working Copy
Open Minis
Launch Center Pro
Screens 5: VNC Remote Desktop
Mercury Weather
CARROT Weather
Alyx Caffeine Tracker
Sequel Media Tracker
LookUp
Chronicling
Jayson
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This week on AppStories, Federico and John are joined by Andrew Ambrosino, the Codex team lead at OpenAI, to talk about the evolution of Codex, the unification of ChatGPT and Codex, Computer Use and Computer History, designing for user trust, and more.

On AppStories+, Andrew shares some of his favorite Mac apps and his Mac origin story.

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Links and Show Notes
Inside OpenAI’s Codex With Andrew Ambrosino
Introducing the Codex App (OpenAI)

Codex CLI (GitHub)

Codex Documentation (OpenAI Developers)

ChatGPT Desktop App

ChatGPT Work

ChatGPT Is Now a Partner for Your Most Ambitious Work (OpenAI)

Introducing ChatGPT Atlas (OpenAI)

OpenAI Codex Lead on the New Shape of Product Work (Lenny’s Newsletter)

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X.com

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Apps Mentioned:
Things

Craft

Linear

Sketch

Figma

Numbers

Keynote

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This week on AppStories, John and Federico check in on Apple’s betas with a close look at the new Siri app and how it compares to past-Siri and other chatbot products.

On AppStories+, John and Federico explain how they manage multiple Macs for automation and coding tasks.

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Links and Show Notes
Beta Season
macOS 27 Golden Gate

iOS 27 Preview

iPadOS 27 Preview

macOS 27 Golden Gate: The MacStories Public Beta Preview

Siri AI and Apple’s Trickle-Up Strategy

Siri and Apple Intelligence
Siri

Apple Intelligence

App Intents

Chatbots and Models
ChatGPT

Improving GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT and expanding access to GPT-5.6 Luna for free users

Claude

Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5

Gemini

Grok

Kimi K3

Open Minis

Agents and Automation
Claude Code

Claude Cowork

OpenAI Codex

Shortcuts Playground

RemCTL

Local AI on the Mac
MLX

oMLX

DeepSeek V4 Flash for MLX

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Multi-Mac Setup and Remote Access
Tailscale

Syncthing

1Password

cmux

Jump Desktop

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This week, on AppStories, John is joined by Christoper Lawley to discuss uses for a folding iPhone and Parchment, Lawley’s daily agenda app.

On AppStories+, John and Chris dig into audio and video workflows for podcasting and YouTube.

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Links and Show Notes
The Foldable iPhone
iPhone Fold: Everything We Know

Logitech Keys-To-Go 2

Apple and the Creator Economy
Apple Creator Studio

Final Cut Pro for iPad

Final Cut Camera

Blackmagic Camera

Pixelmator Pro

Parchment and Other Agenda Apps
Parchment: Agenda and Daily Note

Parchment

Christopher Lawley on YouTube

Fantastical

BusyCal

EventKit

TestFlight

Automating Email and Support
Spark

Introducing Spark CLI: Your Inbox, Now Agent-Ready

Codex

Notion

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Comfort Zone

Parchment

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Audio and Video Production Workflows
Logic Pro

Final Cut Pro

Hush

iZotope RX

Clear

Unsqueeze

Detail

FFmpeg

Riverside

Video on Apple Podcasts

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This week on AppStories, Federico and John cover the app and agent experiments they’re both running.

On AppStories+, John explores the sort of rapid workflow iteration enabled by agents.

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Links and Show Notes
Summertime Projects
John’s Logic to Final Cut Automation
Logic Pro

Final Cut Pro

Riverside

Federico Switches Email Clients
Superhuman

Spark

ChatGPT Work

Codex

Federico Retests Dictation Apps
Wispr Flow

Monologue

Aqua Voice

Typeless

Superwhisper

T3 Code
T3 Code

T3 Code on GitHub

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

John’s Research System
Parallel

Firecrawl

Defuddle

AppStories+ Post-Show:
Advancing Voice Intelligence With New Models in the API (OpenAI)

Desert Ant Labs

Pokémon Red & Blue mod turns the classic RPG into a sick 3D voxel game

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