Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week, Federico and John clean house, deleting old apps, screenshots, half-built shortcuts, huge downloads, and more. A look at the workflows and apps we use to stay organized and clean up our digital messes.
On AppStories+, Federico's Typing Mind experiments continue, while John shares his experience of Claude Code to build tools to run MacStories.
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Links and Show Notes
Decluttering Your Digital Life:
- Backups
- Backblaze — backblaze.com
- Arq — arqbackup.com
- Carbon Copy Cloner — bombich.com
- Samsung T9 SSD — amzn.to/43iTif3
- Finder Alternatives
- Bloom — bloomapp.club
- Forklift — binarynights.com
- Hazel's App Sweep feature — noodlesoft.com
- File Management Apps
- CleanMyPhone — macpaw.com/cleanmyphone
- CleanMyMac — macpaw.com/cleanmymac
- Shutter Declutter — https://shutterdeclutter.app
- Daisy Disk — daisydiskapp.com
- Fluent - similar to Sky — https://fluentmac.app
- Federico's Sky Preview — macstories.net/stories/sky-for-mac-preview
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Typing Mind — typingmind.com
- Kimi K2 — together.ai/models/kimi-k2-instruct
- MiniMax M2 — minimax.io
- Exa Search — exa.ai
- Cloudflare workers — workers.cloudflare.com
Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe — http://appstories.plus
Check out our Desk Setups — macstories.net/setups
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- Federico Viticci — mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci
- John Voorhees — mastodon.macstories.net/@johnvoorhees
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- John Voorhees — https://bsky.app/profile/johnvoorhees.macstories.net
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Timestamps:
00:00 - A Digital Clean Sweep
08:44 - Cloud Storage
10:13 - Leveraging the App Library
12:23 - Shortcuts
15:26 - Dealing with Big Files
19:40 - Trash Cleanup
20:31 - iOS File Management
27:12 - A Sky Aside
This week, Federico and John clean house, deleting old apps, screenshots, half-built shortcuts, huge downloads, and more. A look at the workflows and apps we use to stay organized and clean up our digital messes.
On AppStories+, Federico's Typing Mind experiments continue, while John shares his experience of Claude Code to build tools to run MacStories.
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Links and Show Notes
Decluttering Your Digital Life:
- Backups
- Backblaze — backblaze.com
- Arq — arqbackup.com
- Carbon Copy Cloner — bombich.com
- Samsung T9 SSD — amzn.to/43iTif3
- Finder Alternatives
- Bloom — bloomapp.club
- Forklift — binarynights.com
- Hazel's App Sweep feature — noodlesoft.com
- File Management Apps
- CleanMyPhone — macpaw.com/cleanmyphone
- CleanMyMac — macpaw.com/cleanmymac
- Shutter Declutter — https://shutterdeclutter.app
- Daisy Disk — daisydiskapp.com
- Fluent - similar to Sky — https://fluentmac.app
- Federico's Sky Preview — macstories.net/stories/sky-for-mac-preview
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Typing Mind — typingmind.com
- Kimi K2 — together.ai/models/kimi-k2-instruct
- MiniMax M2 — minimax.io
- Exa Search — exa.ai
- Cloudflare workers — workers.cloudflare.com
Visit AppStories.net to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe — http://appstories.plus
Check out our Desk Setups — macstories.net/setups
Leave Feedback for John and Federico
- AppStories Feedback Form — https://forms.gle/BLN5ZSFTWo8jScmH9
Follow us on Mastodon
- AppStories — mastodon.macstories.net/@appstories
- Federico Viticci — mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci
- John Voorhees — mastodon.macstories.net/@johnvoorhees
Follow us on Bluesky
- AppStories — https://bsky.app/profile/appstories.macstories.net
- MacStories — https://bsky.app/profile/macstories.net
- Federico Viticci — https://bsky.app/profile/viticci.macstories.net
- John Voorhees — https://bsky.app/profile/johnvoorhees.macstories.net
Affiliate Linking Policy — macstories.net/privacy-policy
Timestamps:
00:00 - A Digital Clean Sweep
08:44 - Cloud Storage
10:13 - Leveraging the App Library
12:23 - Shortcuts
15:26 - Dealing with Big Files
19:40 - Trash Cleanup
20:31 - iOS File Management
27:12 - A Sky Aside
