Federico Viticci

Additional OpenClaw Tips: Use Telegram Topics and Build a Web Scraping Pipeline I’m using OpenClaw more and more each week, and as such, I’m fine-tuning my setup as I go. This brand new category of software is moving very quickly, which doesn’t help with achieving a sense of “sta...

This week for members, I shared some additional OpenClaw tips:

- Telegram topics, with different sessions for different models
- A web scraping pipeline
- Browser control

www.macstories.net/club/additio...

Apple Is Working on an AI Music Tagging System Music Business Worldwide (via MacRumors) is reporting that Apple is rolling out a voluntary metadata system for identifying AI-generated content on Apple Music called Transparency Tags. Introduced by Apple in a newsletter sent to music industry partners, Transparency Tags is: a system of disclosure labels that record labels and music distributors can begin applying to

Apple Is Working on an AI Music Tagging System https://www.macstories.net/linked/apple-is-working-on-an-ai-music-tagging-system/

Apple Takes the Wraps Off the MacBook Neo Apple today revealed a brand-new Mac called the MacBook Neo. The new computer has a 13-inch screen, and an A18 Pro chipset, and starts at $599. Let's dig into the details. The fanless Neo comes in sil...

The MacBook Neo is real!

8 GB of RAM, two configs, no MagSafe, runs on A18 Pro. Starts at $599.

Details: www.macstories.net/news/apple-t...

all Notion

What I'm thinking of:

- Dedicated Claude Computer/Agent app (Claude app is too crowded now)
- "Personal" persistent virtual PC (Linux based) with built-in storage, browser, and keychain
- Ability to navigate between different "Topics" and private "mini apps"
- Tied to paid plan, plus usage credits

Something like Perplexity Computer feels like the right approach for a safer, virtualized alternative to OpenClaw.

However:

- Lack of mobile support
- Slow to navigate between projects
- Impossible to store credentials and secrets

Wouldn't be shocked to see a 'Claude Computer' next.

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Game Hub Is Coming to the Mac | NPC: Next Portable Console YouTube video by NPC: Next Portable Console

It's time for a new episode of @npc.macstories.net! This week:

🖥️ GameSir is bringing GameHub to the Mac
🎮 GameHub could bring Steam PC games to Mac...?
💀 That Death Stranding-inspired tablet is something else

📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEWO...

Apple Reveals the New M5 MacBook Air In a third announcement today, Apple revealed the M5 MacBook Air. The design and colors of the new Air remain the same, but its capabilities have been enhanced with the M5 chipset and other updates to...

And to wrap it up today, details on the new M5 MacBook Air: www.macstories.net/news/apple-r...

Apple Announces M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros Apple has introduced new MacBook Pros featuring the M5 Pro and M5 Max chipsets. The big news here is speed because the design of the MacBook Pro has not changed. According to John Ternus, Apple's Seni...

And now for the new MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max, which seem to be Apple's first proper "chiplet" design with a Fusion architecture: www.macstories.net/news/apple-a...

Apple Introduces Two New Studio Displays Today, Apple introduced a revision of its Studio Display, and the new Studio Display XDR, which replaces the Pro Display XDR in its product lineup. Let's take a look at the specs. Both displays are 27...

More Apple news today!

First up: all the details on the two new Studio Displays. RIP Pro Display XDR.

www.macstories.net/news/apple-i...

Awwwww yes 🙌

Of the apps I've built with Claude Code, one of the most useful is a tool that summarizes Apple press releases, downloads all linked images, unzips them, and uploads the ones I pick to our CDN, returning a MD link list. It makes it harder to miss details and avoids the hassle of managing ZIP files.

Web apps running locally for now

And in work-related news:

For years we've had *hundreds* of issues with Buttondown (our email provider) not syncing members from Memberful correctly.

I finally went ahead and built a tool for myself that is fixing thousands of mismatches. You can just build *productive* things now.

Today's AI experiment for the family:

I used OpenClaw + Codex + Notion to build us a little app to keep track of our dogs' meals for our home diet 🥺

Apple Unveils iPhone 17e Alongside the M4 iPad Air, Apple has announced the iPhone 17e. Apple's budget smartphone model features the A19 chip, the C1X cellular modem (which Apple says is 2× faster than the 16e's C1), and a 48...

iPhone 17e in pink with MagSafe looks pretty good, too!

www.macstories.net/news/apple-u...

Apple Introduces M4-Powered iPad Air Apple has announced a new iPad Air featuring the M4 chip and 12GB of unified memory. According to the company, the new Air is 30% faster than the M3 iPad Air and 2.3x faster than the M1 Air. Apple say...

New iPad Air with M4 just announced. Features 12 GB of RAM and starts at 128 GB of storage.

Nice, but definitely an unsurprising spec bump: www.macstories.net/news/apple-i...

Got a new design in Spotify for iPadOS with a new tab bar and right panel for Now Playing. Nice.

The Surprising Longevity of the M1 You’ve heard it said before: Apple devices last longer than products from other tech companies. Both in terms of their reliability and their software support, iPhones, iPads, Macs, and the like have a reputation for their longevity, and it’s well earned. A quick glance at the Hardware Reliability graph on the Apple in 2025 Report

From me in the latest Club MacStories Monthly Log: a reflection on why the M1 chip generation has lasted so long in my (and I imagine others') setup. www.macstories.net/club/the-s...

Today for the Club MacStories members, I wrote about why it's already time to start thinking of agentic coding tools like any other tool at developers' disposal and stop using 'vibe coder' as a put-down.

https://www.macstories.net/club/monthly-log-february-2026/#vibe-coders-are-just-coders

Our Apple Hardware Wish List for 2026 This week on AppStories, Federico and John cast our wishes for Apple hardware in 2026, covering everything from the latest rumored gear to more outrageous hopes. On AppStories+, John and Federico shar...

🍎 This week on @appstories.macstories.net: We share our Apple hardware wish list for 2026.

💬 For members: we share our top three everyday uses of AI.

Episode out tomorrow, or available today (and ad-free) for AppStories+ subscribers.

🎧 www.macstories.net/podcasts/app...

The last gen didn't really resonate with me, but after today's Pokémon Presents, I'm so unreasonably excited about the games again.

@joemerrick.bsky.social is a global treasure, as always: www.serebii.net/news/2026/27...

Building the Bookmark Manager of My Dreams with Notion Agents and Codex Those who have been reading MacStories for years know that I’ve historically struggled with keeping track of the many things I discover on the Internet. Some folks call them “bookmarks”. I don’t know ...

I wrote about how I used Notion custom agents and Codex to build the bookmark manager I've always wanted.

Plus, some thoughts on "malleable software": www.macstories.net/club/buildin...

Of all the companies that are building "Claws" now, I actually think the best positioned one to actually take on this category for work is Notion.

Give Notion Agents a native mobile app, perhaps a VM with Claude Code + persistent storage, and I could see myself use that a LOT.

OpenClaw with Telegram topics in a group (and multiple agents per topic, each with a model + thinking level) is the way to go. Fast, multimodal, and replacing so many apps for me.

Also using Codex 5.3 now, and I actually dig the vibes. @steipete.me truly building something incredible here.

A research preview from Anthropic lets you pull a Claude Code session from your Mac's Terminal session into the Claude app on iPhone, iPad, and other Macs.

www.macstories.net/stories/hand...

I'll have more in MacStories Weekly on Friday for Club members: www.macstories.net/plans/.

Acme Weather: A Fresh Take on Forecast Uncertainty Earlier this week, the founders of Dark Sky made their post-Apple debut with a new weather app for the iPhone and Apple Watch: Acme Weather. It's a terrific 1.0 with all the details you'd expect, plus a few interesting features that set it apart from other apps in its category. First, let's take a quick

Acme Weather: A Fresh Take on Forecast Uncertainty https://www.macstories.net/reviews/acme-weather-a-fresh-take-on-forecast-uncertainty/

Hands-On with Claude Code Remote Control One of the greatest frustrations I've had with Claude Code is feeling tied to my desk or being stuck in a macOS Screen Sharing window. Claude Code's new Remote Control feature, which was introduced la...

Very keen to play around with the new Claude Code Remote feature to leave CC running on my Mac Studio and use it on the iPad Pro!

Here's @johnvoorhees.macstories.net on how it works: www.macstories.net/stories/hand...

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