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Accidental Tech Podcast
Hosted by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa · EN
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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629: An Upsetting and Confusing Time to Be Me
Mar 7, 2025Tap to summarize🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Tier List: Corporate Logos Tim Cook teaser History lesson Mac Studio General announcement M3 Ultra announcement M3 Ultra Ars Technica It is 2× M3 Max According to to 🇫🇷 website: no interposer in M4 Max Gurman in April 2024 M4 MacBook Air Announcement iPad 6GB RAM, as was foretold Gurman misssed on this one iPad Air Announcement Audio regression? Post-show: Casey does free labor for Apple John’s computer speakers are dying ☹️ Possible replacement #1: Kanto ORA Possible replacement #2: Kanto ORA4 Members-only ATP Overtime: Siri is falling ever-further behind Next-gen Siri is delayed? (14 February) Apple Intelligence Reaches Make-or-Break Point? (3 March) Siri remains trash Amazon steps up to the AI plate Interview with Panos Panay Sponsored by: DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →623: It’s About Human Connection
Jan 23, 2025Tap to summarizePre-show: #GALP 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️ Jeff Atwood: Stay Gold, America Follow-up: Apple pauses notification summaries for news apps Marco’s BMW does have dual-screen CarPlay Acura RSX: Honda’s first all-original EV Another 5K monitor enters the arena: ViewSonic VP2788-5K Thom Bullock’s tweet As per Dave Hamilton (of Mag Geek Gab), $800! Fast directory sizing lives! /System/Library/Filesystems/apfs.fs/Contents/Resources/apfs.util man apfs.util Apple sample code is on GitHub (via David Rönnqvist) Backyard Birds Food Truck Video of an iPhone 16 Pro upgrade 128 GB → 1 TB (via Joe Beninato) Also on YouTube Tim Cook on Table Manners with Jessie & Lennie Ware Overcast link Hyperspace updates Van Halen’s Brown M&Ms John’s Hyperspace Instructions Ask ATP: What should a nerd consider when buying a house? (via Jeremy Kelleher) MoCA Post-show: Casey’s Rube Goldberg machine… simplified? ATP #376: Monogamous Gaming Lifestyle Raspberry Pi Zero WH UDP Homebridge Home Assistant MQTT Mosquitto Eric Welander Members-only ATP Overtime: Nintendo Switch 2 announced The Verge coverage Sponsored by: DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Use code ATP. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →613: Dress for the Chip You Want
Nov 14, 202401:59:37Tap to summarize🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by Sunday! Follow-up: Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims) “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch) Mac mini “Modular” storage Quinn’s teardown dosdude1 demonstrates an upgrade Apple 8TB SSD Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro Differences between M4 and M4 Pro SSDs Benchmarks M4 512 GB M4 Pro 512 GB iFixit Teardown Apple’s replacement guide Other tidbits Heatsink differences 256 GB = 2× 128 GB Wi-Fi & Bluetooth are their own PCB #askatp: setting up external SSDs (via Peter Welpton) Thunderbolt performance limits Geekbench scores across Apple Silicon (via Wes Campaigne) iPhone Pro Clock speeds Ken Case’s observation Apple’s smart home ambitions #askatp: Should users be worried that 8/16GB RAM is “claimed” by Apple Intelligence? (via andrewsleigh) Why can’t Apple make a Studio Display with MacBook Pro backlight technology? (via Henri Sivonen) What power user hacks can we not live without? (via Ryan Tierney) Alfred Rocket SwitchGlass Front and Center Post-show: Marco’s Mac Mini setup Marco’s OWC drive enclosure Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro cheerleading Patrick’s original question Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Use code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →612: Screen on Face
Nov 7, 202402:15:33Tap to summarizePre-show: Politics later. #195: The Show Must Go On (Overcast link) 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November! Follow-up: Mac mini Headphone jack placement Quinn’s observation Cruical 32GB DIMM Samsung SSD iMac Apple removes color-matched pointing devices option M4 vs. M4 Pro/Max SSD limits M4 Pro & M4 Max performance Walmart still sells a Mac with 8GB RAM Apple’s new USB-C Accessories require Sequoia Apple’s $69 Thunderbolt 5 cable (via Daniel Luz) There exists at least one dock with 10GbE (via Daniel Nelson) iFixIt’s iPad Mini (A17 Pro) teardown AppleTV gaming (via killvore) Keyboard Cleaning & MacBook Booting CleanupBuddy by Gui Rambo Alternative incantation from Daniel Pieper Power the machine off Left ⌃ and ⌘ as well as Right ⇧ for 7 seconds While still holding, hold the power button for 7 seconds This is not an SMC reset, but it’s close. Only lasts until the next boot 😑 Apple buys Pixelmator Apple buys stake in Globalstar Press release Globalstar Vision Pro v2 changes? Ming-Chi Quo Mark Gurman Post-show: Group therapy Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Intelligence experiences Photo cleanup shoot-out by Joe Rosensteel Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →611: RAM Christmas
Oct 31, 202402:22:30Tap to summarizePre-show: Marco did his homework! (😱) Submerged Sleep No More Americans, please vote for Harris/Walz. Please don’t elect a racist with facist goals A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles No, Kamala isn’t perfect, but she’s far better. I Will Vote vote.gov 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November! October Macs Monday: iMac Announcement video The RAM drought is over! 120Hz display‽ The turtle remains harpooned Magic Keyboard with lock key‽ 🤨 Prior art Relocated Fn key? Quinn’s video Tuesday: Mac mini Announcement video Thunderbolt 5 vs. Thunderbolt 4 Apple Thunderbolt 5 Pro Cable Wednesday: MacBook Pros Announcement video Post-show: Marco bought something. Because of course he did. Members-only ATP Overtime: Security research on Private Cloud Compute Odd licensing License Mike Hearn’s discoveries Sponsored by: Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift. Tiptop: Get $10,000 in Tiptop Promotional Credit. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed.
Transcribe →610: More Values in the Darkness
Oct 24, 202402:01:00Tap to summarizePre-show: We’re still grumpy about the most recent member’s special Follow-up: New iPad Mini “Jelly Scrolling” is fixed? David Pierce disagrees though Submerged and Vision Pro demos (via Kevin Markham) Apple may stop producing Vision Pro soon? Some follow-up from the most recent member’s special Photo editing Exposing to the right DPReview More via Sam Doran Color spaces …are only applicable on JPEGs (via Léo Natan) Daniel Laan’s take What do we do with our computer’s color tweaks while editing (via Josh Harris) John’s thoughts on cropping Parallelizing file compression/decompression unxip (via Mihai Parparita) More from unxip author Saagar Jha Apple Archive (see also aa) “No hats, no walkmen” (via Dan Pierce) iPhone SE 4 rumors Aside: iPhone product mix from ATP #609 Overtime Case leak October Macs? 🧐 Ask ATP: How do we protect sensitive information like driver’s licenses? (via Jochen Marschall) How do we assist parents with account management and legacy planning? (via Kaleb) How do we clean our keyboards‽ (via Randall Miller) KeyboardCleanTool Post-show: John’s Quicksilver update Alfred LaunchBar Raycast Members-only ATP Overtime: What even is a photo, anyway? The Verge’s post Craig Federighi’s WSJ interview The Verge’s recap More from Allison Johnson Sponsored by: Clic for Sonos: Elevate your Sonos experience. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →609: You're the Oreo Cookie
Oct 17, 202402:02:14Tap to summarize🗣️ New ATP Member’s special: ATP Tier List: Storage Media 🗣️ Follow-up: Marco updates AutoSleep iPhone leather backs Suti PhoneBack Nomad Magnetic Leather Back HDR photos from big cameras Apple laptops can run without a battery connected XKCD: Ravioli-Shaped Objects You can soon get Apple TV+ on Prime Video Soccer corner “Drive to Survive” knockoff is coming (via Devon Dundee) On Messi/MLS popularity Shipping Forecast (via Antony Johnson) Enabling/disabling audio modes on AirPods 4 w/ ANC (via Scott Zero) John’s AirPods update GPX exports for geotagging photos (via Ryan Mikulovsky) Pedometer++ More thoughts on global keyboard shortcuts in Sequoia (via Michael Berk) NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents Passkey benefits Import/export is forthcoming Press release 1Password blog post Apple says “🤨” to OpenAI claims about reasoning Research paper Thread from Mehrdad Farajtabar More from Gary Marcus How LLMs might store facts Google breakup is a possibility Google’s response New iPad Mini Submerged Making of Submerged Vergence-accommodation conflict Ask ATP: How do you get started editing photos? (via Maxel Amador) What’s the point in performance cores if they’re not used? (via Scott Schuchart) Amdahl’s Law Members-only ATP Overtime: What is the right product mix for iPhone Max Tech’s iPhone 17 naming wishcasting Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →608: Boot to Toot
Oct 10, 202401:55:38Tap to summarizeFollow-up: NotebookLM podcast Camera Control button material iPhone case suggestions Spigen Ultra Hybrid T MagFit Arc Pulse Leather backs Suti Nomad Atom Studios Sleep-tagging app suggestions Windows anti-malware app suggestions Adaptive Transparency report Wireless phone recovery 9to5Mac screenshot End ↔ end encryption coming for iPhone ↔ Android RCS messages More tweaks to screen recording prompts Jason’s toot Hotkey registration in Sequoia Response from Apple frameworks engineer Liquid detection in Sequoia Epic gets a win against Google Apple nopes out of OpenAI investment Ask ATP: Will John buy the new $700 Playstation Pro? Have the Vehicle Motion Cues helped John’s motion sickness? (via Justin Waring) When will the first true “built from the ground up for AI” phone be? (via Neil McGregor) Is it time to move to Passkeys? Ricky’s post Post-show: Adam’s gaming PC adventures Razer gaming laptops Marco’s “is this bad” post iFixit toolkit Members-only ATP Overtime: AI moats & trade secrets OpenAI doesn’t want anyone to know what o1 is “thinking” Sponsored by: DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy, and safe to remove your personal data online. Tailscale: A secure network that just works. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →607: The Structure and Vibe of a Podcast
Oct 4, 202402:08:16Tap to summarizePre-show: Windows woes Follow-up: Thank you, listeners. 💙 Hard-wired camera indicator light AirPods 4 bass & new MagSafe puck (via Wayne Dixon) Quinn’s AirPods 4 review The A18 is not a binned A18 Pro Fabian Häusler’s interpretation The tiny ∆ between These AirPods iPhones 16 battery life Battery limiting AlDente app for managing charge settings Electrical battery release with reversed polarity (via David Schaub) Verizon activation problems Verizon self-service (via Steven) Bullstrap case review Peel Magnetic iPhone 16 Pro Case Apple Store experience (via Eli Liebman) Marco’s call for help Exist.io Sleep++ ATP #497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere Audio Advice Video Catchin’ Sync Masimo founder resigns as CEO after board ouster More from Matt Levine More from Ben Thompson Meta Orion Meta Connect overview NotebookLM Simon Willison’s writeup I Made This Post-show: Torturing John Again Better Pasta Members-only ATP Overtime: Kids and phones at school The Verge coverage California’s Phone-Free School Act Sponsored by: QA Wolf: Kiss bugs goodbye: Delivering 80% automated end-to-end test coverage for web & mobile apps in weeks, not years. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
Transcribe →606: A Decade of Half-Presses
Sep 24, 202402:40:20Tap to summarizeJoin us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Ryan Ricard’s great idea Calculate your Marco Offset Podcastathon: Casey was live from noon → midnight on Friday, 20 September Follow-up: John filename extraction from Photos From the ATP Insider: Photo Workflows special John’s AppleScript Other suggestions Shortcuts (for example, Josh Woodward’s) osxphotos (via Muli) Directly read SQLite database Suggestion from Will Leinweber Use Swift/PhotoKit Example from Alex Mazanov SwiftBar Always sending photos to the shared library (via Alexander Faxå) JPEG-XL in iOS 18 on iPhone 16 iPhone apps and spying via the microphone Eavesdropping via Siri Secure Exclave iPhone 16 & 16 Plus battery removal iFixIt teardown iFixIt blog post Jeff Johnson figured out how to silence the monthly screen recording prompts Sometimes the keys are bundle IDs Shell script to push everything out a year by Kyle Rubenok Amnesia App has come out to handle this for you TextSniper iPhone 16 Pro Impressions Is it green or blue? Belkin UltraGlass 2 Screen Protector Hypercritical #86: Naked Robotic Core AirPods 4 with ANC Impressions Apple Watch Series 10 Impressions Post-show Neutral: Volvo EX90’s annoying “feature” Animation Timestamp link to a video review Still images Bugatti Chiron Headlight replacement Members-only ATP Overtime: Meta kicks Apple when it’s down Meta canceled its Vision Pro competitor The Information Zuckerberg calls Meta the “opposite of Apple” Interview video Sponsored by: Trade Coffee: Coffee at home, made better. Get your first bag free! 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
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