On this episode of Focused, Mike and I are joined by Cat Mulvihill to look at a frustrating productivity problem: having a good system and still not doing the work. Cat separates the reasons we get stuck into three categories, logical, biological, and psychological, because each one needs a different answer.

We talk about external accountability, ADHD and task initiation, perfectionism, and the tendency to keep rebuilding the system when the system isn’t the problem. Cat also explains Immunity to Change, a framework for finding the hidden fears and assumptions that can keep one foot on the brake.

Then we get into shiny new objects and what we’re reading. Cat’s Bluetooth home phone may be the best solution I’ve heard for keeping a cell phone out of the bedroom without missing an important family call.

This episode of Focused is sponsored by:

• Keeper: Get 60% off personal and family plans.

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The panel debates whether giving Claude controlled access to 1Password credentials is a practical automation feature or an unnecessary security risk, weighing trust, passkeys, vault isolation, and AI limitations. The conversation then shifts to the humor of waterproof phone holders and shower tech before wrapping with a discussion of how autonomous vehicles could reshape liability, […]

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This MacVoices Live! starts out with the introduction of the new Foreshadowing Tech series, mark the end of the British Tech Network after 18 years, and examine Apple-related privacy, politics, and search issues. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Jeff Gamet, Guy Serle, Web Bixby, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, and Jim Rea discuss Canada’s encryption proposal and Apple’s response, the Towson Apple Store closure, DuckDuckGo’s surge after Google search changes, and Meta’s AI pendant ambitions. 

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E hoje é dia de MacMagazine no Ar! 😃 Esta é a 695ª edição do nosso podcast.

Participantes do dia

• Rafael Fischmann [@rfischmann]
• Marcelo Melo [@marcelodemelo]

A edição é obra do Eduardo Garcia [@edugarcya].

Pauta do episódio

• 00:00:00 Introdução
• 00:11:19 Rumor: Apple aumentará preços dos iPhones 17 na semana que vem
• 00:20:04 Apple Watch poderá ganhar novos formatos no futuro
• 00:29:14 “iPhone Ultra” poderá ter lançamento inicial restrito aos Estados Unidos
• 00:44:36 Jeff Pu: “iPhone 18” terá 12GB de RAM e Ilha Dinâmica redesenhada
• 00:54:05 Apple continua desenvolvendo iPhone comemorativo de vidro, diz Gurman
• 01:09:36 Encerramento

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Zoé et Eliott pensaient passer des vacances tranquilles jusqu'au jour où ils découvrent un étrange appareil oublié. Très vite, leur été bascule et une aventure extraordinaire commence, entre science, énigmes et lieux en France. Dans l'épisode précédent des aventures de Zoé et Eliott, nos deux...

After a visit to Jason’s backyard, we discuss OpenAI’s response to Apple’s lawsuit, the future of Apple’s wearable line, the return of “Ted Lasso,” and some starters for Spider-Man.

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Confira como o trailer do GTA 6 estreia exclusivamente na Netflix, em estratégia inovadora de marketing de Rockstar e Take-Two.

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On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important.

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E hoje é dia de MacMagazine no Ar! 😃 Esta é a 694ª edição do nosso podcast.

Participantes do dia

• Rafael Fischmann [@rfischmann]
• Eduardo Marques [@eduardomarques]

A edição é obra do Eduardo Garcia [@edugarcya].

Pauta do episódio

• 00:00 Introdução
• 05:22 OpenAI classifica processo da Apple como “podre desde a raiz” e pede arquivamento
• 20:16 Siri AI poderá ter limites de uso e exigir assinatura, sugere Tim Cook
• 29:08 Supostos óculos da Apple poderão ter foco em recursos de saúde
• 38:39 Apple inicia preparativos para o evento de lançamento dos próximos iPhones
• 45:10 Apple Brasil é processada em R$300 milhões por não verificar a idade em jogos de azar
• 52:54 Encerramento

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Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

AppStories

This week, 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.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week, handheld news and a nerdy look at the recomp and decomp scene that is rapidly expanding to new operating systems.

On NPC XL, the gang revisits GameNative and the extent to which it has improved.

Comfort Zone

Today’s episode is all about tier listing the contenders to be the new Euro banknotes. What will these Americans think of Europe’s next top currency?

This week’s Cozy Zone is a very fun “name that app” game as Matt trots out some of the really weird apps from his Mac’s Applications folder.

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AppStories, Episode 496, ‘Summer Projects - Automation, Email, and Dictation’ Show Notes

This episode is sponsored by:

• Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise
• Shipaton, from RevenueCat: The world’s biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship.

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

Subscribe to AppStories+

Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe.

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NPC, Episode 91, ‘Recomps, Decomps, and Playable Dioramas’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• Retroid Announces Nova Shipping Dates
• Qualcomm reportedly notifies hardware partners of impending chip price hikes

The Recomp and Decomp Scene

• Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation adds HD-2D to the original games.
  • A mod team has made a recompilation of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow.
  • The Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod, which turns the game into a full 3D voxel-based experience.
• Ocarina of Time decomp on iOS
• Also Mario Kart 64 iOS decomp

Subscribe to NPC XL

NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here.

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Comfort Zone, Episode 112, ‘Dollar Dollar Bills Y’all’ Show Notes

Things Discussed

• Proposed new € banknotes

Cozy Zone

For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.

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MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.

If you’re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees.

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Emma Gatti leads a panel of experts to discuss Europe’s defense posture and the reaction to space threats. This session was recorded in May at SpaceNews’ […]

The post How should Europe’s militaries respond to space threats appeared first on SpaceNews.

Our favorite ways to share data between devices, what we’d like to see iOS on next after PontoonPlay, whether Private Relay concerns us, and any “dead” media formats we still enjoy.

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Moltz has a can-do attitude but it’s Lex and Dan who get the questions about actually doing things.

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Dan Moren joins the Upgrade program to discuss the new Apple Upgrade program, along with Apple’s financial results, the approach of Apple’s new home strategy, and the perfect phone for iPhone 13 mini fans.

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This month we’ve got three big celestial events to cover: eclipses of the Sun and Moon, and especially good prospects for the Perseid meteor shower. Plus we’ll track down a few planets, and gaze at the center of our galaxy. So load up on the bug juice, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

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E hoje é dia de MacMagazine no Ar! 😃 Esta é a 693ª edição do nosso podcast.

Participantes do dia

• Rafael Fischmann [@rfischmann]
• Eduardo Marques [@eduardomarques]
• Derson Lopes [@lopesderson]

A edição é obra do Eduardo Garcia [@edugarcya].

Pauta do episódio

• 00:00 Introdução
• 03:56 Apple fatura US$109,4 bilhões no 3º trimestre fiscal de 2026
• 17:37 Apple Upgrade: programa de leasing é lançado com iPhones, iPads, Macs e Apple Watches
• 29:04 “Apple Glass” poderá ser revelado na WWDC27 e vir sem câmeras
• 35:47 Apple Watch deverá passar por grandes mudanças nos próximos anos
• 43:28 Apple poderá lançar três dispositivos de casa inteligente em breve, incluindo um smart hub
• 49:19 Epic Games Store está agora disponível para iPhone no Brasil
• 52:39 Encerramento

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Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

AppStories

This week, John and Federico discuss the changing face of the AI-fueled App Store and questionable changes made to TestFlight before going into the nerdiest details of Open Minis, an iOS app that brings desktop-class agents onto the iPhone and iPad.

Then on AppStories+, Federico and John explore Cmux, a Mac terminal app with an iPhone and iPad beta that makes it easier than ever to sync coding projects across devices.

NPC: Next Portable Console

This week, the refreshingly complete announcement by Anbernic of the RG SP, Ticci buys a handheld, and people are tired of months-long hardware reveals.

Then on NPC XL, Cocoon 3.0 and Syncthing!

Comfort Zone

We have a guest! D. Griffin Jones is here to show the gang technology they could only dream of: the MessagePad. After that, we look at the brand new Pastebot 3 and the surprisingly useful Clop, and we close it out by trying to sell Niléane on a 3D printer.

This week’s Cozy Zone is all about the games we’ve been enjoying lately.

MacStories Unwind

This week, John realizes that too much Wi-Fi is never enough, Federico wonders what he’s going to do with a Linux PC, and John recommends Apple TV’s Lucky.

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AppStories, Episode 495, ‘Open Minis Turns iOS into an Agent Playground’ Show Notes

This episode is sponsored by:

• Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise
• Claude – For problems worth solving — get started with Claude today.
• Scribe – AI-powered workflow documentation. Get your first month free.

App Store Chaos

• App Store Chaos
• See also: A.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store

TestFlight Woes

• TestFlight: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
• See also: Apple just improved TestFlight for users with a lot of beta apps

Open Minis

• Open Minis on the App Store
• Open Minis Is the iOS Agent I Wish Siri AI Could Be

AppStories+ Post-Show

• Cmux
• Founder’s Edition ($30) includes iOS beta
• CLIProxyAPI

Subscribe to AppStories+

Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe.

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NPC, Episode 90, ‘The Stickless Clamshell Everyone Wanted’ Show Notes

The Latest Portable Gaming News

• Anbernic Announces the RG SP With Almost Everything We Need to Know
• Retroid Pocket Nova Gets Hands-On Treatment Ahead of Release
  • See also Russ’ video at Retro Game Corps
• AYANEO Restocks the Pocket Micro 2 Again
• MANGMI AIR Y and AIR Y Pro Full Spec Sheet Finally Revealed
• Handheld Makers Need to Stop Turning Every New Handheld Into a Month-Long Reveal

Subscribe to NPC XL

NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here.

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Comfort Zone, Episode 111, ‘I’m the Guest, I Have No Consequences’ Show Notes

Things Discussed

• Griffin’s blog
• Apple MessagePad
• Pastebot 3
• Clop
• Omori on Nintendo Store
• Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

Cozy Zone

For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.

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MacStories Unwind, ‘Flooding the Wi-Fi Zone’ Show Notes

Networking Projects

• John’s existing setup
  • TP-Link Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 BE22000 Whole Home Mesh System
  • Added 2 TP-Link Deco 7 Pro BE63 Tri-Band WiFi 7 BE10000 routers
• Federico’s Beelink SER9 Pro mini PC
• More of our networking and other gear is on MacStories Setups.

Picks

• John’s Pick: Lucky on Apple TV

Unwind Deal

• Meet the Parents Triple Feature starring Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro is on sale for $17.99 in the TV app.

MacStories Unwind+

We deliver MacStories Unwind+ to Club MacStories subscribers ad-free with high bitrate audio every week. To learn more about the benefits of a Club MacStories subscription, visit our Plans page.

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MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.

If you’re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees.

In this episode, David Ariosto speaks with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who is now the CEO of Quantum Space. Bridenstine talks about the strategic shift to proliferation in low […]

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