Mike Schmitz previews his Road to Macstock session on starting a YouTube channel in 90 minutes, emphasizing creativity, repetition, audience connection, and practical tools over perfection. Mike discusses handling harsh comments, finding personal value in publishing, and using AI thoughtfully as a creative partner. His goal is to help get anyone on YouTube that wants to be there.Β
Only a few hours after Appleβs WWDC keynote, members of the Β MacPaw leadership team sat down for a conversation about Apple Intelligence, and Siriβs renewed promise. Topics touched on included privacy, developer access to user context, hybrid AI processing, Setappβs role, and how AI is reshaping app creation, customer support, and software strategy. Participants included Oleksandr Kosovan, Founder and CEO?, Sergii Kryvoblotskyi, Director of AI and Research, Dmytro Melnyk, Chief Product Officer and Grant Belaire, Chief Marketing Officer.
From the Flip the Script event in San Francisco, Dmytro Melnyk, Chief Product Officer for MacPaw, discusses his role and the importance of the companyβs careful approach to adding AI across products, from both the developer and customer viewpoints.. He explains why some users want frictionless AI while others resist it over privacy, cost, and complexity, and outlines Eney's goal of combining many Mac utility tasks into one assistant with a pay-as-you-go model.Β
At Flip The Script,Β Grant Belaire, Chief Marketing Officer for MacPaw, discusses how the company approaches AI, app discovery, and developer support through their trusted products like CleanMyMac, Setapp, Moonlock, and Clear. He explains why AI should be useful rather than forced, how Setapp balances customers and developers, and why long-term commitment matters in building successful app marketplaces.Β
At MacPawβs Flip the Script event following Appleβs WWDC 2026 keynote, MacPaw executives discuss Apple Intelligence, Siri AI, privacy, local-first AI, developer access to user context, and the companyβs shift toward AI platforms. The conversation also explores hybrid AI models, European limitations, parental controls, Googleβs role, Setapp opportunities, and MacPawβs credibility with users and developers. [β¦]
The MacVoices Live! panel covers a fake vendor site spreading malware, Appleβs new accessibility previews, and a hardware reorganization aimed at faster, more unified product development. Chuck Joiner,Β David Ginsburg, Eric Bolden, Web Bixby, Jim Rea, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, and Marty Jencius also discuss Eyes Off for shoulder-surfing protection, Microsoft and Google reactions to the MacBook Neo, Googleβs proposed AI laptop, and broader questions about AI becoming part of operating systems.Β