This week on AppStories, Federico and John start realizing the benefits of their attempt to automate all administrative tasks and explain why Apple's vague developer blog post about Full Disk Access and AI agents should concern all Mac users whether or not they use AI.

On AppStories+, as John nears the finish line on his podcast production suite for the Mac, he explains how the project started and what it's done to improve his podcasting workflow.

Also available on YouTube here.

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Links and Show Notes

Apple's Full Disk Access Announcement

Some Mac Utilities That Rely on Full Disk Access

AppStories+ Post-Show

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