Podcast Rewind: Handheld Gaming Truths, Just a Little Formula 1, and a Hulu Hack

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: NPC: Next Portable Console This week, a quick tour of Nintendo’s latest Direct, more details emerge about the Virtual Boy Switch 2 accessory, the Steam Machine and other hardware is dela…

MacStories Weekly: Issue 500

Google Releases YouTube App for Apple Vision Pro

Today, Google released the official YouTube app for visionOS. The app allows users to sign in to view their subscriptions, watch later queues, and playlists, and it supports native playback of regular videos, shorts, and spatial formats including 3D…

Dot: The Menu Bar Calendar That’s Become My Main Calendar

Over time, I’ve gravitated towards a two-calendar system on my Mac because I’ve never found an app where both the desktop app and the menu bar version meet all my needs. That’s probably because my calendar use is a little backwards. I don’t have a l…

Submissions Open for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge

Today, Apple opened up applications for the Swift Student Challenge. Students have until the end of February to submit an app playground built with Xcode or Swift Playground. According to Apple’s developer website: No prior experience is needed. The…

Podcast Rewind: Weird Nintendo Nostalgia, Reviving Old Tech, and Parking in Rome

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: NPC: Next Portable Console This week, Federico, Brendon, and John tackle a load of weird news from playing Game Boy games on e-readers and ordering pizza from a Wii in 2026 to the upcomi…

MacStories Weekly: Issue 499

MacStories One Week Later: An Update and a Look Ahead

It’s good to have everything in one place. Finally. A week ago, we merged Club MacStories and AppStories into MacStories.net. It was the culmination of months of work, which, along with a new tech stack we implemented last summer, allows us to itera…

Coming Soon: What’s Next on Apple TV and Apple Arcade in February 2026

Apple has some great entertainment lined up for February on Apple TV and Apple Arcade subscribers. There’s a highly anticipated monster-sized series return, one of the most beloved PC gaming franchises of all time making its way to Apple’s gaming se…

OpenAI Launches Codex, a Mac App for Agentic Coding

Today, OpenAI released Codex, a Mac app for building software. Here’s how OpenAI describes the app in its announcement: The Codex app changes how software gets built and who can build it—from pairing with a single coding agent on targeted edits to s…

Monthly Log: January 2026

MacStories Weekly: Issue 498

Podcast Rewind: An AYANEO Avalanche, Minecraft Houses, and Brendon Crashes Unwind

Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: NPC: Next Portable Console This week, Federico and John go it alone without Brendon to cover Game Pass on ARM, an avalanche of AYANEO announcements, and why the TrimUI Brick Pro has shot…

Immersive Dog Show Series ‘Top Dogs’ Premieres on Apple Vision Pro

Pet lovers, rejoice! After debuting immersive series and specials on subjects ranging from nature and travel to music and sports on the Vision Pro over the past couple of years, Apple is now inviting viewers into the world of competitive dog showing…

Apple Reports Q1 2026 Revenue of $143.8 Billion

Today, Apple reported its 2026 Q1 earnings, posting quarterly revenue of $143.8 billion a 16% increase from a year ago. Apple CEO Tim Cook had this to say of the results: Today, Apple is proud to report a remarkable, record-breaking quarter, with re…

Creator Studio Review: Redefining Pro for the Modern Era

Starting today, Apple is offering a subscription bundle of its creative apps called Creator Studio. Some of what’s included is exclusive to the subscription package, while other parts of it remain available à la carte. It’s a lot to absorb, and I’ll…

The New Club MacStories: Re-Subscribing to Your RSS Feeds and What’s Coming Next

You need to resubscribe to your Club member RSS feeds. The new unified MacStories website is here, bringing Club MacStories content under the same roof as the rest of the site for the first time. While this transition delivers a more cohesive experi…

Welcome to the New, Unified MacStories and Club MacStories

The same MacStories, now with everything under one roof. Today, I’m pleased to announce something we’ve been working on for the past two years: MacStories and Club MacStories are now one website. If you’re a Club MacStories member, you no longer nee…

Tim Cook Attended an Exclusive Weekend Screening of the Upcoming ‘Melania’ Documentary

The Hollywood Reporter broke the story over the weekend that an early screening of an Amazon-backed documentary about Melania Trump was held at the White House. According to reporter McKinley Franklin’s sources, the event was attended by Apple CEO T…

Apple Introduces New and Improved AirTag

Source: Apple In a press release today, Apple launched a second-generation AirTag that features an upgraded components, making it easier to locate than the original 2021 AirTag. The new AirTag features a bunch of new hardware packed into the same de…

Record Any Audio With Audio Hijack, From Rogue Amoeba [Sponsor]

Audio Hijack’s tagline is short and sweet: Record any audio. Save audio from any app, any device, or even from your entire system. Record podcasts, capture streaming audio, archive audio calls, or grab sounds from games and videos. If it makes sound…