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Stephen Robles

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<p>📱 Making tech more useful for everyone<br />📺 225,000+ on YouTube<br />Primary Tech + Mac Power Users 🎙️<br />🎶 Musical theater kid at heart</p>

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  • Post #4165387

    Apple’s new leasing program (Upgrade) is now live. Lease a device for 1-3 years, upgrade to a new device after that, return it, or pay the difference to own it. iPhone 17 is $23 for 24 months, or an M3 Ultra Studio can be $328 for 36. Apple Care not included, iPhone Upgrade program is gone.

  • Post #4150946

    Started vibe coding an app over the weekend…and may be ready for TestFlight today. This one you may find useful 👀

  • Post #3927540

    The most unbelievable part of The Odyssey: They spent 10 years on that beach and didn’t know how far the tide came in??

  • Post #3892619

    Mail in iOS 27 FINALLY get a real Snooze feature! Go to Settings &gt; Mail &gt; and set “Move to Remind Me” Then when you set a message to Remind Later, it will leave your inbox and come back at the time you set!

  • Post #3733548

    I’ll just leave this here

  • Post #3682010

    Brought Meta glasses out in the real world today. Many thoughts on these…video this weekend!

  • Post #3649230

    About to film my Schlage Sense Pro review, any questions??

  • Post #3492884

    The second UWB smart lock for Apple Home is now available, the Schlage Sense Pro at a whopping $400 🫠 yes, I took one for the team and bought it. Review soon! Affiliate link: https://geni.us/RCPuc

  • Post #3471165

    Me realizing Apple raised prices on HomePod but not Watch, even though they use the same chip And same with Apple TV. Uses an iPhone chip and has less storage 🤔

  • Post #2562101

    Can’t believe I didn’t know about this feature, but here’s another reason to use Callsheet: Saw a Reel where Anne Hathaway said she’s worked with Christopher Nolan 3x, I knew about 2, looked it up and remembered The Odyssey is coming!

  • Post #2471661

    📺 Lots of apps have been updated since iOS 26 with great widget options: here are 25 of my favorites! Both Apple apps, beautiful third-party widgets, and a couple hacky Shortcuts 😏 https://youtu.be/q6quY_WelmQ?si=_Bt9d0SGmdYSD_XS

  • Post #2210809

    WOAH John Ternus will officially be Apple&amp;#39;s CEO on September 1st of this year 😳 Full story: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/04/tim-cook-to-become-apple-executive-chairman-john-ternus-to-become-apple-ceo/

  • Post #2142729

    RE: https://mstdn.party/@ibwatson/116149405235649872 THIS

  • Post #2022830

    Speaking of Mac mini…could I interest you in a Mac mini Pro Max?

  • Post #1966127

    A few follow-ups on my podcast app video: - I need to cover CarPlay apps - Hope Overcast adds transcript search - Pocket Casts allows chapter selection playback - Overcast widget should left-align play button like others or add controls like Castro

  • Post #1966125

    After my podcast app video and losing 600 Shortcuts (I had a backup, all good), made a few changes to my main iPhone Home Screen and today view. And feature request @marcoarment - please make an option for the play button on the widget to be left-aligned, and color to match the theme I choose in-app 🙏🏻

  • Post #1809057

    In case you were wondering…I kept it 😅 thanks to @atpfm for doing a bonus segment linking my video! And @siracusa I likely wouldn’t pass a single blind test…but ignorance is bliss 😏

  • Post #1809056

    🔋 New Mac Power Users is out! Our thoughts on the Cook → Ternus transition, then we cover the current state of Apple Watch: setups, complications, apps, and more! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-apple-watch-2026/id458066753?i=1000763671354 YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbSYsxoFCpk

  • Post #1809055

    I’ve seen so many reels lately of “how I made Claude into a content machine for Instagram” etc etc. I see the prompts creators leave in the captions…and I’m skeptical. I’ve tried with Claude Cowork, Design, and now Codex with Canva plugin and I wouldn’t post any of this

  • Post #1809054

    New week, new shirt, already building new Shortcuts for the next roundup

  • Post #1809053

    Had a request to dub Shortcuts University into Portuguese…immediately went to @elevenlabsio But, a) can any Portuguese speakers let me know if this is actually good? and b) if so, what other languages might you be interested in? https://vimeo.com/1186952530/84d625f424

  • Post #1809052

    Fastmail *and* Circle released first-party MCP connectors 👀 plus scheduled tasks in Cowork and it&amp;#39;s getting serious around here

  • Post #1809051

    Oh boy

  • Post #1809050

    Stream Deck + vs Stream Deck + XL AirPods Pro for scale

  • Post #1809049

    Another reason I like editing solely off external SSDs…I can work out here

  • Post #1809048

    Adding video to Apple Podcasts has messed with our metrics for Primary Technology, as people &amp;quot;watching&amp;quot; don&amp;#39;t count as &amp;quot;downloads&amp;quot; anymore. And you can see from the @transistor graph Podcasts was our No 1 source, Overcast 2nd. BUT...looking at Apple Podcasts metrics directly, you can probably guess when we turned on video. Graph shows last 60 days:

  • Post #1809047

    If you heard the last MPU, you know my Watch band collection, BUT I bought one more... I don&amp;#39;t typically prefer link bracelets, but the new Nomad Stratos is pretty great. Flexible interior is really comfortable.

  • Post #1809046

    “Claude is using your computer” is a wild thing to see

  • Post #1809045

    Every time I enter the community to build Shortcuts, I find members helping each other! Join 4,000+ sharing Shortcuts, and become a member to see weekly live streams, search the database, and more. Today’s stream at 11am ET: more wallpaper Shortcuts and Claude Tips: https://shortcut.bot

  • Post #1809044

    Bear Notes added a first-party Claude Connector! (So glad I waited and didn&amp;#39;t switch to Obsidian 😅)