Shows
Accidental Tech PodcastIt’s All Chicken Salad
Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results
Goose
Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025
Allianz Ampitheater
Chicken Salad Chick
Nugs.net
ZZQ
Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:
Hungersite
Give it Time
How it Ends
Dripfield
Follow-up:
ATP in the wild
Original report form Richard Earney
Follow-up by Matt Smith
Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella
AirPods 3
Ear Lottery
Michael corroborates Marco’s experience
…but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope
…and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer
Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison
Live translation results
David Schaub’s horror story about filling up your phone
Mike Taffet does...
2025-10-092h 14Accidental Tech PodcastAthletically Engaged
Pre-Show: Casey and Marco are sad
Ben Rice McCarthy
Under the Radar
Follow-up:
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Anonymous crushes the dreams of Marco and Casey about cellular MacBooks
Another Anonymous shares a bit too much information about accidental Siri activations 😆
🤬 John’s AppleCare One update 🤬
Help with Trackpad dragging
System Settings → Accessibility → Pointer Control → Trackpad Options… → Dragging Style → Three Finger Drag
Screenshot
…or Drag Lock
Masimo comes for [more] blood
UK drops utterly bananas backdoor legislation
Studio Display with A19
Daniel Luz points out makes a funny comparison to Macs
Fabian Häusler theorizes it’s about binning
Apple’s Hide my Email f...
2025-08-281h 47Accidental Tech PodcastTime and Smoke
Pre-show: BBQ
ZZQ
Q
Follow-up:
New immersive video: Man vs. Beast
“Historical Commission”?
Sonos volume changes are local
DeepSeek censorship mechanism (via Matthew Cave)
Docker
Rosetta (via Brian Reiter)
Hypervisor.framework
Docker vs. OrbStack (also via Brian Reiter)
Sending email
Mailhog (via Matt Barlow)
Mailpit (via John Caruso)
Maildev (via Yves Serrano)
ddev.com (via Bram Esposito)
Also consider Development Containers (via Dewald Reynecke)
Marco’s TV audio sync issues
Match Format and Match Dynamic Range (via Marco Arment)
Quick Media Switching
Previously on ATP…
QMS marketing page
Demo video (via Nit)
Apple Invites
App Store
Web
Competitive (and very similar...
2025-02-061h 56Accidental Tech PodcastEveryone Heard the Same Nonsense
Pre-show: Casey’s after-action report
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
RelayFM Podcastathon 2023 Part 1 & Part 2
Follow-up:
It’s possible to toggle a dimmable light in Home.app (via Dan Sturm)
The Hayes AT command set is still going strong 😱 (via Pedro Fernandes)
TSMC unveils 1.6nm process for 2026 chips
Anandtech’s coverage
Rabbit R1 reviews
Stephen Robles
MKBHD
David Pierce @ The Verge
Ben Lovejoy @ 9to5Mac
Dave2D
Riley Testut on Delta availability
iPadOS is classified as “Gatekeeper” under the DMA
No new Vision Pro until late 2026?
May 7 Apple event
Tim Cook’s tweet
M4 iPad rumor
Ask ATP:
Did Marco give up on fussy c...
2024-05-022h 16Accidental Tech PodcastIs This Your Dog?
Pre-show: Marco is… somewhere unexpected
Modern 5G hotspots vs. tethering
Casey’s travel router
🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now.
The Marco Offset
Podcastathon Part 1
Podcastathon Part 2
Follow-up:
John’s PR
…and Docker explorations
fish
iPhone 15 data transfers over USB-C
Samuel Polay’s Apple Store experience
Chris Jones’ experience
USB-A ↔ USB-C adapters (via Eric Merrill)
EdgeGate
LeakGate
Sharp Tech
CaseGate
Casey’s planned case
Anker USB-C cable (the cable that didn’t fit)
Umefly USB-C cable (the cable that does fit)
Apple silicone case (via Ben Rabicoff)
Viticci’s staining
Apple Store examples
Straps are the answer? (via Gem)
Apple & chip...
2023-09-271h 55Accidental Tech PodcastNot a Saturated Year
Pre-show: Marco’s Wi-Fi Woes
RealPlayer
🤬 cancer. Help sick kids. Donate to St. Jude now.
The Marco Offset
Apple Event on September 12
System in a Package (SiP)
System on a Chip (SoC)
Six Colors’ small discoveries
GE fuel injector AM article
Dr. Drang’s post on iPhone physics
Grade 5 titanium
iPhone 14 teardown
Action button settings UI video
Sony Xperia 1 IV
Not in the keynote:
iOS 17 on 18 September
Sonoma on 26 September
USB-C Lightning Adapter
Apple kills MagSafe Duo & MagSafe Battery pack
Post-show: What color is Marco’s car?
Sponsored by:
Kolide: Ensuring that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t acce...
2023-09-142h 42Accidental Tech PodcastUnauthorized Trash Can
Pre-show:
Marco’s box truck
TruckMap
Trucker Path
🗣️ New ATP Membership Survey 🗣️
(This is for everyone, not just members)
🗣️ New member special: ATP Tier List: Every iMac 🗣️
Follow-up:
iMac Tier List
Intel Core vs. Core 2 ∆s (via Michael Gabriel)
Marco claims vindication
Core Duo Geekbench 32-bit: 2,327
Core 2 Duo Geekbench 32-bit: 2,423 (4% faster), 64-bit: 2,739 (17% faster)
How much faster is “2 Duo” than “Duo”?
21” was (eventually) Retina, writes Max Wilkie
More text editors
CotEditor (via Taher Rangwala)
Chime
Pronouncing “Niléane” (and more)
Apple can’t design for humans
Photo editing on the Mac (via Ezekiel Elin)
(•••)
⌘ ⏎
Dumb TV workarounds (also via Ezekiel Elin)
Apple, TV+, Disney+, and Games (via Aaron Tho...
2023-08-241h 59Accidental Tech PodcastValid in a Marco Way
Pre-show:
Blue Man Group
🗣️ HYPERCRITICAL SHIRTS ARE BACK, BABY 🗣️
Follow-up:
EV thoughts from Sam Abuelsamid
ID.4 vs. Honda Accord
EVs make more particulate matter
DeMuro on the Kia EV6 GT
Tesla V4 Superchargers
iPadOS 17 window management
An extended aside about social networks, federation, and socialism
iCloud Keychain 🤝 third-party browsers
Ricky’s 🍑💨
Chrome Extension
Casey’s no-good, very bad day 😭😬
#askatp:
Is Time Machine really useful anymore, anyway? (via Dan Provost)
Synology Products Compatibility List
Could a third-party ARM chip end up in a Mac Pro? (via Torb)
Servers love large CPUs; could Apple use Apple Silicon in servers? (via David Loring)
Apple Network Server
...
2023-07-162h 23Accidental Tech PodcastThe Beach Is the BeachThe ATP Store is BACK, baby! Order your merch ⚠️ before Saturday, 6 May ⚠️.
Pre-show: Marco has e-reader pre-show follow-up
kobo sage
PMN Caecilia
Calibre
what if?
Pragmatic Programmer
Tao Te Ching
1984
Follow-up:
Mac Pro Believe art update (thanks, Cristofer Cruz)
Quick Callsheet Recap
Someone help Casey with focusing a .searchable() text field, please!
Introspect for SwiftUI
Marco’s SwiftUI error message
Emil Jensen’s 2FA iOS shortcut for iCloud keychain
prefs:root=PASSWORD&search=2fa
CarPlay
Rental cars (via Milad Cerkic)
At what cost? (via Dave Nicholls)
The Verge in 2019
Ford CEO doubles down on CarPlay
More nostalgia via Michael Hann...
2023-05-042h 01Accidental Tech PodcastThe Cycles of Marco
Pre-show:
Mugs & some pint glasses are in stock!
Fixes:
Member’s episodes and iPod & iTunes/Music users (yes, really)
Prospective members from 🇮🇳
Thank you, new and existing members! 💙💙💙
Follow-up:
Quick correction about the CalDigit TS4
Apple Photos de-duplication in shared libraries
Regarding NSTrackingArea’s “quiet” behavior change
The Radar grass ain’t really greener ☹️
Camera-related follow-up
Ritchie’s Ricoh Recipes
Fuji
PC AUTO SAVE feature
Lightning ↔ SD Card Reader
X100V focus tip
Gen Z realizes real cameras exist
Making EDR photos:
Pixelmator Photo (iOS) (App Store link)
Adjustment sliders → ... menu → Turn on EDR
Pixelmator Pro (Mac) (App Store link)
Color adjustments section → Customize...
2023-04-072h 18Accidental Tech PodcastIt Sucks, Doesn’t It?THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay!
Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off!
Pre-show: Marco’s RTD
BBEdit doesn’t suck
Land Rover Defender pressures
Follow-up:
Casey apologizes to Marco… again
A small update on Casey’s park bench picnic table and his Verizon-connected iPad Pro
More on Ventura’s System Settings
Apple HIG
Removal of scheduled sleep/wake GUI (via Aaron Gillies)
Apple support guide
Casey’s flummoxed by his iPad Pro’s volume buttons
QMS VRR su...
2022-11-032h 03Accidental Tech PodcastToo Much Apple in My Apple
Pre-show: In a move that surprises nobody, Marco lost a bet
Coriolis force
Follow-up:
On portraits and AI image generation
Unofficial ATP subreddit
Marco’s bad icon
Marco’s good icon
Glove boxes open via touchscreens‽
Model Y review
Match content setting on the AppleTV (via David Comay)
John says “👍🏻”, with reservations
Mac window management and Stage Manager
John’s new iPhone case
Repairing original HomePods (via Timo Bruck)
Common issues list
Tutorial video
AI image generation and photography
Apple is turning into Google/Facebook?
Upgrade+ #427: He Renouned Lederhosen
The segment in question was the Upgrade+ segment of the week, which requir...
2022-10-132h 23Accidental Tech PodcastAll the Nerds in the RoomPlease donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together.
Extended Pre-show:
Marco finally catches up to Casey & John
Dilating drops
🎉 ATP EPISODE 500!!! 🎉
catatp
ATP Episode #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier
Mac OS iguana easter egg (video)
Mac OS iguana easter egg explanation
Some discussions about a 🆕 special members-only perk
Follow-up:
John’s Polarizer & lens protector
Special relativity
Variable Neutral Density Filter
Bell’s Theorem (via Stepan Dolezal)
Polarizing Filter (via Rob Sayre)
UV Filters are useless? (also via Rob Sayre)
iPhone focal lengths spreadsheet (by Colin Robertson)
2× crop goes from 9.8 × 7.3mm → 4.9 × 3.65mm
Prior 2× cameras were 4 × 3mm
Satellite location sha...
2022-09-152h 03Accidental Tech PodcastThe Hotness Has to Go Somewhere
Pre-show Netural: In a shocking piece of news, Marco’s Defender hasn’t exploded (yet)!
Marco’s “Thule”
Casey’s WireLiss CarPlay Adapter
🇸🇪 Study on Touchscreens vs. Physical Controls
Example XC90 touchscreen
Follow-up:
On people copying S3 API
CarPlay navigation voice volume
Former setting, prior to iOS 15 (via Daniel Finley)
Use the driver’s side volume control on the wheel to adjust volume (via Josh Biggs)
Postpartum doulas are a thing (via Matt Rigby)
4K TV
FiOS channel stand-by banner recording
A godawful map of 4K over the air
A rough crack at a vastly improved map via chatroom user SageOlson
RVA has 4...
2022-08-252h 16Accidental Tech PodcastMy Fiber Situation Is Fine
Pre-show: Casey messes with Marco during his very difficult day
Celiac
Important follow-up: in short, actual celiac disease cannot be cured, so the people in question most likely had other forms of gluten intolerance
Colostrum (the pills Marco got — ask a doctor, YMMV)
Thera Cane
Reconcilable Differences #176: The Curse of Convenience
It’s All Too Much
NIMBY
Follow-up:
Getting an older car to always play Maps’ directions over Bluetooth (via Paul Violante)
Settings → Maps → Spoken Directions → Directions on Radio
Some interesting feedback on brake-by-wire systems
Marc Barrowclift’s Fourth Annual iOS Music Player Showcase (via Aidan Trager)
Casey attempts a victory lap ar...
2022-02-241h 58Accidental Tech PodcastYou Got Your Non-Money’s Worth
Pre-show: Marco enters winter luxury
Marco’s “Slippers”
John’s Slippers
Marco’s Rug
Marco’s Rug Heater
Reminder: Celsius is stupid for ambient air temperatures
Robot or Not: Sundays
Follow-up:
Google ships tapback parsing
Regarding “Screeners”
Xbox Game Pass
PC Game Pass
Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Cloud Gaming
Stratechery Interview with Phil Spencer
Apple and the Netherlands
New beta bits
Face ID unlock and glasses from Ryan Booker
Notes on Universal Control from Carlos Carpio Carcía
Sony buys Bungie for $3.6B
FAQ
Sony hints at More Acquisitions
Google tells legacy Gmail account holders to “pay up”
Ars Technica’s coverage
Google infor...
2022-02-032h 13Accidental Tech PodcastLasers Are Great
Follow-up:
Fi dog-collar pronunciation
Discount code ATP100 for $100 off (not a sponsor)
New Ford Mustangs will be available in 2023–2024
Sony did show PSVR2 controllers
Mirrorless advantages and the longevity of Canon DSLRs (from Justin Krohn)
TV technology
WRGB OLEDs do have white backlights
QD-OLEDs have RGB “filters”/diffusers
Samsung’s 2019 $11 billion investment in QD-OLED
Micro-LED
On “Weird & Complicated” Analog TV (via Moe Rubenzahl)
Technology Connections on Analog TV
Apple will Allow Alternate Payment Systems in the App Store in 🇰🇷, with a catch
StoreKit 2
RevenueCat Getting Started
Apple wants 30% of Uber/Lyft’s membership revenue
American laws don’t reflect Americans’ desires
John’s gross p...
2022-01-132h 11Accidental Tech PodcastNo Indication of Progress
Pre-show:
Marco’s desk situation
Casey’s desk situation
VESA stand
…an uglier one
…yet uglier still
…stand and arm
Follow-up:
Jonathan Dietz Comes Through
Glenwing’s page and calculator and forum post
Chroma Subsampling
USB4/TB4 bandwidth (via Dimitri Bouniol)
Marco’s Christmas-movie Adventure
iLife
iDVD
Gang of Four
UXKit
discoveryd and mDNSResponder
Holiday tech we love
Casey joins 2019 and gets AirPods Pro
HiFiMAN HE-6
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250-ohm)
Marco’s new Switch
Tina’s new iPhone car mount
#askatp:
Would we rock a full-on iMac as an external monitor if Target Display Mode still existed? (via Jeff Fowler)
Does Apple like th...
2021-12-302h 08Accidental Tech PodcastXcode X
Pre-show: “Web3”
Follow-up:
Thank you, ATP members
Casey has changed up his setup yet again
Ian Fuchs at Cult of Mac
Alogic Thunderbolt 4 Blaze Hub
OWC Thunderbolt Hub
CalDigit Element Hub
CalDigit TS3+
Team Arment on Twitch
Elgato HD60 S+
C13 plug
“☝️ Well, actually ☝️”s on Marco’s Synology
J-series Synology devices cannot use btrfs (via Squozen)
64TB maximum limit (via Matt Sullivan)
Marco’s jugs
Capillary action
Apple Silicon in forthcoming LG displays
Chroma subsampling
Thunderbolt Display
ADC
Clarifications on attention-aware features (via Gui Rambo)
Marco’s New iPhone Case (via Oliver Ames)
macOS 12.2 beta
Improved scrolling in Safari with ProMotion
Apple is...
2021-12-221h 59Accidental Tech PodcastYour Yanking ForceThe ATP Store IS BACK! Grab your fancy new M1 Pro or Max shirts, winter hats, or classic merch until the end of the day on 12 November!
Remember, ATP Members get 15% off on
time-limited sales like this one!
Pre-show: Setup Woes
Audition
Homebrew Bundle
Casey’s Post on Homebrew Bundle
Casey’s bundle file
Follow-up:
What does Marco use for a Thunderbolt dock? (via César Cavazos)
OWC Thunderbolt Dock
Caldigit TS3+ Hub
Caldigit Element Hub
John’s AirPods 3 updates
Monterey Status Report
SuperDuper
The Verge’s MacBook Pro review
MacBook Pro Charging via USB-C
Thunderbolt PDF
PC Ma...
2021-11-042h 17Accidental Tech PodcastThe Notch is YoungThe ATP Store IS BACK! Grab your fancy new M1 Pro or Max shirts, winter hats, or classic merch until the end of the day on 12 November!
Remember, ATP Members get 15% off on
time-limited sales like this one!
Pre-show: Marco’s acquisition adventure
IceMule Cooler Backpack (size Xlarge)
Veblen good
Follow-up:
APFS fast directory sizing
Chris’ answer on StackExchange
APFS File System Reference
INODE_MAINTAIN_DIR_STATS
Anandtech on the M1 Pro & Max performance
Dom’s question
SPECfp
Gruber’s summary of the Affinity team’s findings
The only benchmark that matters
Johnathan Dietz Jr on Pro Displa...
2021-10-282h 04Accidental Tech PodcastI Will Take Away Those Kudos
Pre-show: Strong corporate affinities
Neutral #12: Vomit Ruins Everything — Marco & Casey’s BMW European Delivery experience
Neutral Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car Now — Marco, Casey, and Underscore’s BMW Driving School experience
Follow-up:
Tesla
Model S/X round steering wheel
Touch controlls are force-touch?
Elon says “no more stalks”
NHTSA
Limiting Siri’s Messages Announcements
Telling Siri to 🤫
Developer Transition Kit returns
iOS 14.5 Beta adds support for unlocking iPhone with Apple Watch while wearing a face mask
Gruber’s take
Apple replies to one of John’s old Radars
TN1150
Sony ɑ1
Canon EOS-1D X
#askatp
Do we use CleanMyMac X/OnyX/etc...
2021-02-042h 07Accidental Tech PodcastSuddenly I’m the Marco
Follow-up: Casey makes John reminisce about Atlanta[’s food]
Waffle House
Taco Bell
CocoaLove
Steak ‘n Shake
Denny’s
Perkins
Follow-up:
“Is it bigger than a breadbox?”
The Feedback app will automatically run a sysdiagnose
John’s bug (as mentioned on Twitter): FB8711530
Casey’s bugs are still broken, even though Apple tried to 🤬 close them
FB8893003
FB8952395
The shocking conclusion to Marco’s Thunderbolt ethernet situation
OWC Thunderbolt Dock
CalDigit TS3 Plus
Netgear GS105
Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects launched
Marco’s Pro Display XDR review
John’s review (Overcast link) from Episode 360
Aerial Screensaver
Samsung Frame TV
John’s AirPod A...
2021-01-142h 11Accidental Tech PodcastLove Batteries
Follow-up:
Accommodating hearing loss (via “Phredd Phlinstone”)
Settings → Accessibility → Audio/Visual → Headphone Accommodations → Audiogram
Example app from
Maciej
Big Sur Update
Apple guidance on SMC reset via Tom Bridge
How to do a SMC reset
Apple T2
BridgeOS
Nintendo Famicom had a microphone built into the second controller
Video of Pols Voice & the microphone
PS5 controller weight and “following” games
Tip from terence
The galaxy’s largest black hole
sysdiagnose
Profiles and Logs
Stack trace
Casey’s MMS bugs FB8893003, FB8952395
John’s bug FB8711530
Marco Equipment Update
OWC Thunderbolt Dock
CalDigit Thunderbolt Dock
Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Apple Thunderbolt 3 (U...
2021-01-072h 36Accidental Tech PodcastAre My Instructions Not Clear?
Follow-up:
Casey’s MMS problems and Apple’s bug-reporting black hole (FB8893003, FB8952395)
sysdiagnose
Settings → Privacy → Analytics & Improvements → Analytics Data
More on Fitness+
HDR photos
Settings → Photos → View Full HDR
Screen brightness
iPhone 12: 625 nits typically / 1200 nits max
iPhone 12 Pro: 800 / 1200
displaymate.com indicates 825 nits in full-white image
iCloud Photo Downloader (via Matthew Smith)
OWC Thunderbolt Hub requires Big Sur 11.1
Big Sur Update
SMC Reset
SuperDuper
AirPods Max audio settings (via Matthew Taylor)
Settings → Accessibility → Audio/Visual → Headphone Accomodations
Tune Audio for Brightness, Strong
AirPods Max “fat lightning” connector
Teardown
AirPods Max Shield Case
John’s iPhone 12 Pro case
Previously
Now
The ghost of Marco’s computing...
2020-12-302h 07Accidental Tech PodcastMidrange Snob
Follow-up:
Group MMS issues persist, and Casey is over. it. (FB8893003)
AirPods Max and its competitors
Beoplay H95
Marco’s Closed Headphones Mega-Review
AirPods Max button and varying modes
Passive (powerLiss operation)
Marco’s Computing Situation
LG UltraFine 5K
Marc Edwards on External Displays
CalDigit Thunderbolt Dock
Pro Display XDR
Marco’s AirPods Max review
Planar Magnetic / Orthodynamic Headphones
ANC
Apple Lightning to 3.5mm Audio Cable
Competitors
Sony WH-1000XM4
HiFiMAN HE-6
Dan Clark Audio AEON 2
Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro
Bose 700
Bluetooth codecs
aptX
AAC
Chrome is Bad?
Guilherme Rambo’s take
Sponsored by:
Linode: Instantly deploy and manage an SSD s...
2020-12-172h 10Accidental Tech PodcastFeature Headphones
Pre-show:
Casey’s great news!
Mix Pre3-ii
Call Recorder for Skype
Audio Hijack
IRC
Marco’s Slightly Unpopular Opinion
RealPlayer
Marco’s new “experience”
Follow-up:
Is Apple-Silicon-Ready?
brew and Rosetta
Duplicating Terminal.app
brew using arch
Chiplets & Multi-chip Modules (via Adrian Sampson)
Multi-Chip Module
High Bandwidth Memory
Extracting images from a Google Doc
In the defense of Apple News
AirPods Max
Press Release
Sony WH-1000XM4
Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700
Sony MDR-7506
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro
iPod Hi-Fi
Car Bra
Lightning ↔ 3.5mm Audio Cable
Post-show: Marco has scheduled his walk of shame
Sponsored by:
ExpressVPN: The fastest and most reliabl...
2020-12-102h 10Accidental Tech PodcastA Bomb on Your Home Screen
Follow-up:
Fast resolution switching on M1 Macs
Apple engineer weighs in
Demo video
What about external monitors?
Mac-optimized TensorFlow 2.4 fork makes things fly
M1 Mac 8K render test
Running iOS apps with IPAs
iOS App Store Package
CrossOver runs Windows apps/games on M1 Macs — including 32-bit games!
Cult of Mac coverage
WINE
VMWare Fusion
Parallels
Boot Camp
Jeremy White’s explainer
Brendan Shanks’s thoughts
iOS 14.3 no longer opens the shortcuts app when launching apps from custom icons
Widgetsmith (App Store link)
HealthView
Apple Configurator
GitHub’s ICE relationship is indirect
De-duplicating Contacts
Card → Look for Duplicates...
It’s been ≈10 year...
2020-11-252h 36Accidental Tech PodcastFlat-Side Promoter
Pre-show:
Please, please, please vote.
The ATP Store returns on 1 November until 14 November… in theory.
Follow-up:
Peter Pan: Arms akimbo
5G upload speeds
Verizon’s 5G lead
Photos-related updates
Apple Photos file management options
Image Capture can import HEIC files if you change a setting on your phone:
Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Keep originals
Google Photos
Marco is aware of the Sonos Move
HomePod tip: disable “Hey Siri” on all other devices
Marco’s laptop repair covered by credit-card warranty
Peak Design combines MagSafe & mechanical fasteners (via Michael Luís Brown)
Studio Neat’s Material Dock
Thoughts on Apple’s battery...
2020-10-292h 21Accidental Tech PodcastThe Price of an ATP Sticker
Please join us in donating to St. Jude
Follow-up:
John’s Mac Pro
Reviving a data-only volume
bridgeOS updates
Other Mac Pro Woes
John Sandilands
Paul Colton
Job
Non-Mac-Pro Woes
Hagen Terschüren
Leeward
Roland Månsson on Mac hardware tests
⌥D and then ⌘E
Apple support article
SilentKnight
/usr/libexec/remotectl dumpstate (via Paul Galow)
Recycling cables
Apple recycling programs
Best Buy recycling
Fortnite “Accidentally” Enables Cross-Play (via DJ Ghostmare)
US Bill for Unsubscribing to services (via Clarus the Dogcow)
Epic Games’s developer is terminated
Marco’s Synology
(Ours are DS1813+s)
RAID 1
7.68 TB SSD and dual enclosure
Starport75
Ten in...
2020-09-031h 59Accidental Tech PodcastCorporate Relationship Counselor
Pre-show: Marco spends Casey’s money
Marco’s headphones
Marco’s flashlight
Video review by “SensiblePrepper”
Follow-up:
John’s 🦗s
Apple’s fall-event-dates rumor is already wrong
Correction about Siracusa’s “Aristotle” quote (Twitter thread)
Apology 30b 2-4 interpretation
Big Sur touch screen gestures on Lenovo X250
Big Sur menu bar icon spacing
John’s mouse woes continue
Epic and Apple are still tusslin’
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
Unreal Engine
Charlie Monroe
Dithering
Under the Radar #198: Store Wars
#askatp
Special thanks to Brendon Reyell for creating askatp.fm
Why doesn’t macOS let you place your windows just so? (via Nathaniel Cohen)
How does...
2020-08-202h 30Accidental Tech PodcastThis Jerk, Right Here
Pre-show: Search Engines before Google
WebTV
BNC connector
Follow-up:
Synology RAID rebuild time
Getting progresscat /proc/mdstat
lvm
Dark Sky acquisition & location data
Weather data consolidation
Dark Sky's data sources
Trump continues to fill the swamp
Casey's Computer Corner
BBEdit
Arq Backup
New PS5 controller
Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
xScope
Force Touch
Raspberry Pi
Pi-Hole
Installation instructions that Casey used
CanaKit — the kit Casey bought
Raspbian
Retro gaming
Special guest Tiff Arment joins us
Emulation:
RetroPie
8bitdo SN30 Pro
Wave Race 64
32X
Neo Geo
3DO
Sega Saturn
Rotary phone
Kontra/Konami Code
Famicom vs. NES controllers
Improving the or...
2020-04-102h 28Accidental Tech PodcastBrown Big Bear
Pre-show: Marco's Problem
Marco's image-retention test
Apple Cinema Display HD
Follow-up:
The "coronavirus" virus itself is named SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 is the disease it causes (formerly called "2019 novel coronavirus" or "2019-nCoV" in some places).
Recommended info sources on COVID-19:
Flatten the Curve
CDC: COVID-19 (continuously updated)
Video: Exponential Growth and Epidemics
WWDC still not canceled
Santa Clara County bans gatherings of 1000+
John's internal storage situation
Mac shortcuts
Ellipsis is ⌥ ;
Adjective order
⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧
⌃ ⌥?
Command key
Xcode symbol popup: ⌃ 6
Drag and drop open/save dialog
DefaultFolder X
Screen shotting/screen capture
Hot Corners and modifier keys
System Preferences → Desktop & Screen Saver → Hot Corners...
Casey's Computer Corner
Bria...
2020-03-132h 16Accidental Tech PodcastDay-One Cowboy
Follow-up:
SwiftUI previews of UIKit
Gualtiero Frigerio
NSHipster
Folder aliases in the Dock
Snow Leopard Review
Radar #59289423
Shell scripts
Jan Vitturi
Richard Kanson
John's new app (‼️)
Keyboard Maestro
Pastebot
Taika Waititi on Apple Keyboards
IBM Model M
Marco's Best Laptop Ever Made
Swift Playgrounds on macOS
#askatp
What's the situation with macOS security? (via Anthony Scardapane)
Gatekeeper
What does Marco do to avoid recursive Voice Boost? (via Chris Wright)
How do we use show notes as a listener? (via Simo Isto)
Post-show: John's adventures in programming
Sponsored by:
BlueVine: Get a $100 gift card when you take out a loan...
2020-02-142h 10Accidental Tech PodcastThe Floor is Lava
Casey's Complaints about his Co-Hosts Corner
Marco's replaced BMW link
The actual link
Reconcilable Differences #121: Impotent Hydra
Wegmans
Update on Marco's iMac Pro fan issues
SMC reset
Pro Display XDR reference modes
Rack-mount Mac Pro videos from Neil Parfitt
Unboxing
Fan noise
A pro's thoughts on TrueTone
ISO 12646
Xcode layout advice
Video demo
Localization warnings
Marco's Overcast Bug-Finding Mission
Technical Q&A QA1606
kAudioUnitProperty_MaximumFramesPerSlice
AVAudioSession
setPreferredIOBufferDuration
Apple's API documentation
No Overview Available
iOS 14 Shakeup
The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10
Working Copy
WIMP
Surface/iPad Lineup in 2020
Post-show: John's Bug-Finding Mission
NSWindow
isReleasedWhenClosed
Sponsored by:
YES PLZ: Upgrade your...
2020-01-302h 29Accidental Tech PodcastXcode in Anger
Follow-up:
That's the Microsoft logo, you fools
Redesigning the Windows Logo
Removing the Dropbox Finder extension
System Preferences → Extensions → Dropbox → Finder Extension
Pro Display XDR display profiles
Aerial screensaver
Logitech G305 mouse review
Pacifist
Jonathan Mann on his post-WWDC song
Front and Center update
Marco's iMac Pro update
Apple acquiesces to the FBI regarding encrypted iCloud backups?
Gruber's initial reaction
Gruber on Tim Cook on Der Spiegel
Apple on end-to-end encryption in 2016
Android does encrypt backups
Ben Thompson's take
Xcode layout hell
Post-show Neutral: What cars would we each take on a cross-country trip?
🚨 SPOILER ALERT 🚨
Casey's answer
Marco's answer (and backup a...
2020-01-242h 12Accidental Tech PodcastThe Way Corn Grows
Pre-show: Marco's artificial ☀️
Casey's garage light
Dyson sphere
Xledia bulbs (thanks, Marina Epelman)
Seasonal affective disorder
Casey's Computer Corner Conclusion
Casey's busted Mojave installer due to an expired certificate?
Apple Trade-In Evaluator
Marco travels with the 16" MBP
Turbo Boost Switcher Pro
TripMode
Low Power Mode on the Mac
Casey's other new toy
Casey's error message
Plex installation guide
Rtings calibration guide
John tries Google Stadia
GeForce Now
Synergy
John doesn't need a Mac Pro
#askatp
Should developers be fun in release notes? (via Joell, probably)
GIFwrapped
How should one set up iPads for out-of-state grandparents? (via Mike Bollich-Ziegler)
Any chance of A...
2019-12-051h 51Accidental Tech PodcastModern-Day Dialup
Neutral: The inevitable death of the stick
Casey's Bumper
Paperlike 2 (note: order from Kickstarter to get Paperlike 2; their website is currently only selling the first-gen)
16-inch MacBook Pro follow-up:
Pricing
What did Marco buy?
Phil Schiller on a 14" MacBook Pro
Keyboard repairability
iFixIt Demo
Incremental improvement for Macs
Low Power Mode on the Mac
Lakefield SoC and cellular laptops
Motorola Razr Returns
Original Razr
StarTAC
Casey's Catalina Catastrophe
Casey's Computing Conundrum
#askatp
When is a language ready for use on servers? (via Bastian Inuk)
Can Marco track total listen time for an Overcast account? (via René Ferguson)
Could Adobe's iOS a...
2019-11-212h 09Accidental Tech PodcastThe Floor Is High
Pre-show: 🐛💇🏻♂️
ATP HOLIDAY SHIRTS available until Sunday, November 17
Marco's AirPods Pro Review
Follow-up:
AirPods Pro use a button-cell battery
AirPods Pro charging light
AirPods Pro case-jiggle click
"Hey Siri, Be Quiet"
FDA clears way for over-the-counter hearing aids
TI-84
Hearing aids are actually pretty fancy
16" MacBook Pro speculation:
Is there more space between 16" MacBook Pro keys?
More inverted-T fire?
An aside about MacBook Pro wishes and dreams
An aside about migrating Mac Pros and televisions
Return to Follow-up:
APFS for Time Machine theories
Letterboxd Pro and import/export
AppleTV+ initial reviews
Upgrade #270: The Toughest Compare
Liftoff #111: Escape of the Mole
Reconcilable Di...
2019-11-081h 48Accidental Tech PodcastPanic Shutdown
Pre-show: El Camino
Jesse Pinkman's character bio
Follow-up:
Opting out of TiVo pre-roll ads
Oxo Chef's Knife
Siri opt-in & grading
Optimus Player
Casey's Docker adventures
Pi-Hole
Inspiration
Jeff Atwood's article
Homebridge
Marco's networking adventures
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite (previous router)
Security Gateway Pro 4 (new router)
UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 (runs management software)
UniFi 250W PoE Switch
UniFi nanoHD Wi-Fi APs
Folding phones
Connected #265: What Are You, a Dictionary?
Game Boy Advance SP
Apple and China
Ben Thompson's summary
Avoiding Copland 2010
Copland 2010 Revisited
#askatp
Will progress bars ever become more accurate? (via Chris Wright)
What app(s) do we use to write...
2019-10-171h 55Accidental Tech PodcastJohn Is My Default
Pre-show: Marco ran out of dog food at the beach
He is well-aware that his temporary food is not perfect and has not been reviewed by a vet or dog nutritionist, and will resume using "real" dog food when he gets home in 3 days
Marco's breakfast story-highlight on Instagram
Follow-up:
Disabling auto-boot on keypress: sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
Melamine foam
John's Apple Card
Apple Card care & feeding instructions
Global entry card & sleeve (The card is sitting under the sleeve in this shot)
New Sony APS-C cameras
John's potential new camera
John's potential new lens
Comparison chart
Tesla's...
2019-08-291h 49Accidental Tech PodcastYou Are a Computer Athlete
Follow-up:
Store-brand Velveeta
WalMart store brand
Kroger store brand
KeyboardCleanTool
PlayStation 5 hardware
Xbox One S
Xbox One X
Xbox One S All-Digital
Forager
Stardew Valley
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Apple Rainbow Apple Logo Returning?
Think different
#askatp:
What are some techniques to avoid RSI? (via Mark Bramhill)
Welcome to Macintosh
Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard
Dynaflex Gyro Hand Exerciser
Pragmatic #50: Accidental Clicking
Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide
Fun Fact #19: Hit Me with Your Pet Shark
What year will USB-C ports be mainstreamed in cars? (via Nicholas Gaffney)
Post-show: What does Marco look for in a watch? (via James)
Marco's blog...
2019-08-192h 02Accidental Tech PodcastYour Face Is Not Your Face
Pre-show: Nutrition is hard when you're in high school.
Top Four #19: Cereals From a Van
WSJ Grape-Nuts article
Follow-up:
iOS 13 optimized-battery-charging specifics
Apple TV remote's influence on product box size
Time Machine reliability when hosted on a NAS
RAID
"Dropbox" on the Synology?
Big WWDC
Marco's AR glasses
John's suggested glasses for Marco
Overcast State of the Union
AR glasses cancelled?
Steve Troughton-Smith says "not so fast my friend"
FaceTime Attention Correction
Hypercritical #65: Look Right into the Eyes of Your Sweetie
#askatp:
What is our one true iMessage address? (via Matthew Loewen)
Does Siracusa use LFG sites? (via Hassan Al...
2019-07-241h 57Accidental Tech PodcastFuzzy Muppet Felt
Pre-show: Marco's new beach toy
Follow-up:
Ricky Mondello on Sign In with Apple
macOS app-removal bets: #287: Open-Faced Compliment Sandwich (Overcast timestamp link)
Marco's spirit walk
AirPods
{Fit in The case} Airpods Earpods Covers Compatible with airpods 2&1 Anti-Slip Silicone Soft Sport Covers Accessories Apple AirPods Earbud 2 Pairs (White)
Powerbeats Pro
Tavern puzzle
Sony WH1000XM3
Rumored 16" MacBook Pro
#askatp:
Would Apple re-implement Target Display Mode on the 5K iMac? (via Jack Frydai)
Target Disk Mode
What software does Marco use to manage servers? (via Chris Hubbard)
What do we think about people listening at higher speeds than 1x? (via Jospeh Dijkstra)
...
2019-06-281h 49Accidental Tech PodcastThe Technical Burden of Users
Follow-up:
Mac Pro vent design
New Yorker article
Apple Reverses Course on MDM & Parental Control Apps
Apple tightens up rules for enterprise app certificates
iOS 13 Bluetooth permission dialogs
Marco's tweets 1 2 3
Benjamin Herrin's findings
application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:)
UIDevice
Mac Pro
FPGA
The Talk Show #254: Live from WWDC 2019
Mac Power Users #485: WWDC and Interview with the Mac Pro Product Manager
Pro Display XDR
Sign in With Apple
An aside about Overcast and user data
#askatp:
What do we think about mouse pads? (via Andy Beyer-Bowden)
MUG
HardOCP (it was the Ratpadz GS)
CS Hyde C4-NGen
Buying an old-generation MacBook Air as new...
2019-06-211h 50Accidental Tech PodcastA Rotation You Can’t Complete
Pre-show: root's wheel group (more)
Marco comes to terms with Swift
John's preposterous Safari Extension
Follow-up:
ASCII art apps
Mac: Monodraw
Web: ASCII Flow
Blending stump is a lasso tool
"Sim" game series
Transport Tycoon
100 WWDC features that may have gone unnoticed
WWDC favorites a week on
Combine Framework
SwiftUI
UICollectionView Compositional Layout
Mac Pro
APFS and Catalina
Casey's SSD
Mac Pro
Pegasus enclosures
Tim/Jony hole/lattice design conversation
G4 Cube
Userspace drivers
AppStories #114: Craig Federighi: The AppStories Interview
FUSE
#askatp:
How to choose a macro lens? (via Colton Belfils)
The Digital Picture
What should one do to protect...
2019-06-132h 01Accidental Tech PodcastBetter Late Than Wrong
Follow-up:
"Interactive version control" comic
"Preview for video"
Videoloupe (via Matthew Schaffer)
LumaFX
Perfect Horizon (via Jan Östlund)
Telestream Switch+
Vignette (App Store Link)
Analog(ue) #157: I Just Want People to Like My Stuff
MacStories
Cult of Mac
9to5Mac
TechCrunch
GIFWrapped
Independence
Marco's AirPlay 2 "Greycation"
AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer
Castro
Playdate
Firewatch
Untitled Goose Game
Cabel Sasser's XOXO 2013 talk
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Apple's Refreshed MacBook Pros
Gruber's take
Post-show:
Marco's editing suite
Sponsored by:
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Boosted: Vehicle-grade electric skateboards and scooters to solve y...
2019-05-231h 56Accidental Tech PodcastNot a Casino I Want to Play In
Follow-up:
Hierarchy of Needs is satisfied... by a ThinkPad?
Searching for things in Settings.app
Nvidia and Apple
CUDA
Apple's wild and crazy week
Monday: New iPads!
iPad Mini!!!
iPad Air
Jessie Char's revised lineup
Tuesday: New iMacs!
Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft
Colleen Novielli
Connected #235: Stephen's Hellish Nightmare of Dates
iMac Pro bumps
Wednesday: New AirPods
March 25th Apple event
#askatp:
Why doesn't Marco lease iPhones? (via Jacob Ford)
Would Marco still recommend the 2015 MacBook Pro? (via David Mikucki)
How is Overcast adoption of CarPlay vs. Apple Watch? (via Chris Adamson)
Post-show: Marco's HDMI CEC...
2019-03-211h 56Accidental Tech PodcastFashion Phase
Pre-show: Marco's hideous audio code
Accelerate vDSP framework
Follow-up:
Google's enterprise certificate was revoked
Facebook's was reinstated
Apple apologizes for FaceTime bug and takes a field trip
John's "MagSafe" MacBook Air
Marco's USB-C light-up cable
Marco's iPad screen protector
Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple
Today at Apple
Dr. Drang's take
Vogue Profile
About her family
#askatp
What external drives do we recommend? (via Steve Lowe)
Backblaze's Hard Drive Stats
IBM "Deathstar"
IBM Microdrive
Toshiba e740
How does Reopen windows when logging back in work? (via Michael Haren)
The state of Mac web browsing
What does Marco think about Spotify's acquisition of...
2019-02-071h 52Accidental Tech PodcastMy Watch Has Ended
Follow-up:
Casey gets medium very upset about Medium
Did Google really cripple Edge's YouTube performance?
John's 2018 Butterfly Keyboard Watch
Paul and Storm tweet
Clean your Mac at a 75º angle
Marco's fingerprinty iPad solution
Paperlike
John's LEGO and the instructions
John Giannandrea appointed to Apple executive team
Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space
(Overcast timestamp where smartwatch power-consumption analysis begins)
iPad Pros can ship bent... 🤷🏻♂️
Dan Riccio's comments
Marco inspects his situation
#askatp
Does Overcast do anything special to inhibit cookies? (via Mitch Cohen)
Could Overcast get blocked by publishers for not implementing RAD?
If Intel got its act together, would Apple cancel...
2018-12-261h 53
The Stalman PodcastCeiling of Effort, with Marco Arment & Casey LissMarco Arment and Casey Liss are hugely successful podcasters on The Accidental Tech Podcast, but they've got an itch to create videos and have started to upload more to their YouTube channels. We talk about getting started in a new medium, the gear that matters and what it takes to be interesting on camera. Special Guests: Casey Liss and Marco Arment.Sponsored By:Kronaby: Timeless watch design with smart features like notifications, music controls and automatic time zones.The Camera Store: The best camera store in CanadaLinks:Casey's YouTube channelMarco's YouTube...
2018-12-141h 08Accidental Tech PodcastIsland of Shortcuts
Marco's lost video
Casey reviews a product that Marco loves
Patagonia Micro-Puff Hoody
Accidental Trunk Podcast
An update on Marco's Tesla problems
What is the mystery box in the trunk?
i3 frunk is not weather-sealed
Casey's superior cars
Porsche Panamera
Audi A7
BMW 3-series GT
Porsche Taycan
The power of macOS
Virtual output device for simultaneous multi-Bluetooth-headphone listening via Audio MIDI Setup
Descent and Thrustmaster Joysticks
QWOP
Colony
Walkthrough video 1 & video 2
Fixing a tricky Overcast crashing bug
How does Marco manage bugs?
TaskPaper
Things
Shortcuts vs. the command line
Script Debugger
#askatp
Why not use Dropbox or equivalent for everything...
2018-12-131h 57Accidental Tech PodcastYour Mahogany World
Follow-up:
Another iSH and youtube-dl update
Unknown encoder 'copy'
Github issue
Maybe 8K is all about @3x?
PenTile
More theories on Apple price increases
Comparing modern devices against their premiere versions
What about tariffs? (via Andy Hansen)
Is Apple's prioritization of profit over marketshare the right approach?
Upgrade #222: That's Not a Plan
Marco flies next to a Microsoft commercial
Apple's other operating system
#askatp
Do we have opinions about endianness? (via Matt Christensen)
Two's complement
Are "real" cameras really better than the really good iPhone cameras? (via David Beck)
Casey's camera
Marco's camera
What's the highest value food item, quality...
2018-12-062h 12Accidental Tech PodcastFirst of All, It’s Easy
🎉 300th Episode Spectacular! 🎉
ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County
ATP #225: A Conversation with Siri
Hypercritical #15: The Bridges of Siracusa County
Follow-up:
Retina MacBook Air battery replacements are easier
iFixIt
Command Strips
command.com
Control Strip
Mac Pro Pontification
Ars Technica's Samuel Axon with Anand Shimpi and Phil Schiller
Apple T2
Thunderbolt 3 Royalty Free
iPad Pro impressions
Marco's video review
Working Copy
Screens
youtube-dl
iSH
Cygwin
Jason Snell's review
Upgrade #219: The Chicken Just Laid an Egg
Prompt
MacMiNT
MacBook Air impressions
#askatp
Post-show: Marco's adventures on YouTube
MacBook Pro Review (from a year ago)
Mac Mini Review
iPad Pro Review
DJI Osmo M...
2018-11-152h 23Accidental Tech PodcastIt Also Deserves to Die
Instagram stories and the dynamimcs of retweets
Independence #37: Evolution of an App
Follow-up:
Marco's lookahead limiter
iOS and memory swapping
Wear leveling
John's last Apple Photos book
The iPhone XR
The Stalman Podcast #36: "Just" Creators and Hands-On with the XR
Gruber's review
Example of OLED "smearing"
The forthcoming iPad event
#askatp
Apple chip naming (via Cameron Deardorff)
BMW M1
What's the last Apple product in each category that had no regressions? (via Michael)
What do we use Shortcuts.app for? (via Fabian Diehm)
A Shortcut to check contact photo sizes
Post-show: Casey's Waffle Woes
Casey's fallen friend: Waring WMK300
Casey's...
2018-10-252h 22Accidental Tech PodcastYou Know My Pouches
Please give some money to St. Jude. It literally helps save lives.
Follow-up:
Apple Watch making-of fire/water faces video
Apple Watch 64-bit compilation magic
Steve Troughton-Smith
Chris Lattner interview
iPhone 🎾 is fast
The iPhone 🎾 camera is good
Our Marco & John's new toys
John's pouch
John's toasters
Tiff in portrait mode
Casey's watch try-on
Upgrade #212: The Chocolate Phone is No Good
Carrot Weather
Marco's Utility watch face
Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda
Relay B-Sides #36: Creative Selection
Becoming Steve Jobs
On the Firing Line by Gil Amelio
Debug
Post-show: Marco's ocean status
Sponsored by:
RXBAR: Whole food protein bars made w...
2018-09-282h 10Accidental Tech PodcastJust Lower Your Standards
Pre-show: Videolog(ue)
iJustine & MKBHD unbox a sealed, 18-year-old iBook G3
Casey Neistat and MKBHD review a Lamborghini
DeMuro's botched video
Follow-up:
Patenting the perpetual motion machine
Pre-2018 MacBook keyboard repairs won't get the 2018 keyboard
"Beware the Core i9"
Reddit thread
Marco's tweet
Thermal design power
Notebook Check tests the 13"
CPU data sheets:
13": 2017, 2018
15": 2017, 2018
Apple ends photo printing operation
#askatp:
Is a dedicated picture machine useful? (via Colton Belfils)
Does John like Node.js (via Aaron Bushnell)?
NPM
CPAN
Semantic Versioning
Camel
What $15k-or-less car, at least 25 years old, would you buy? (via Gareth Thomas)
Marco's listing
DeMuro's MR2 video
John's...
2018-07-191h 50Accidental Tech PodcastIt’s Difficult When You’re a Billionaire
Follow-up:
People can change their minds, and that's okay. Right, old Marco?
Your logical fallacy is...
How old are your ears?
Some Analog(ue) #132 follow-out
Cortex #69: Minimum Viable
Tesla and Elon Musk
Grimes, Elon's girlfriend
Top Gear kerfuffle
Elon announces "Pravda"
United Automobile Workers
Who would buy Tesla?
Wheel Bearings #68: Quirky Subarus & Driver Monitors
Magna
Geely
Jaaaaaaaaag-you-are I-Pace
Marco is dabbling with Swift (‼️)
WWDC 2015 #408 – Protocol-Oriented Programming in Swift
#askatp
Is it important to learn vim or emacs? (via Aaron Robeson)
BBEdit
Is it paranoid to avoid Google? (via Luther Richardson)
DuckDuckGo
Upgrade #194: Game of Jenga with Drivers
What lenses should one ge...
2018-05-251h 53Accidental Tech PodcastVoting With Your Virtual Feet
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Follow-up:
Would Bitcode make an Intel → ARM transition easier?
ATP Interview with Chris Lattner
Marco's backpack woes
Tom Bihn Synapse 25
Peak Design Everyday Backpack 20L
Marco's Facebook Groups conclusion
NOT A TOUCH SCREEN
Turns out™, Siri sucks
iPhone X Mid-Cycle Performance Review
Safari dark mode?
#askatp
What does Apple gain by ending 32-bit support? (via Jacob Ford)
🙄 Destiny talk 🙄 (blame Juho Leinonen)
What used Wrangler or convertible would we buy with $15k for weekend fun? (via Mike)
Post-show Neutral: Casey's mo...
2018-04-261h 35Accidental Tech PodcastCooled by Jellyfish
Follow-up:
iPhone throttling notification
macOS 10.13.4 32-bit warnings
Learn More...
ProClip mounts (via Sean Harding)
Casey's bloody car rags are called "hucks" and are available on Amazon
Lyft subscriptions? (via Zac Bir)
San Jose isn't as small as your hosts think it is. Or so we're told. 🤷🏻♂️
The Mac Pro and Apple's Pro Workflow Team
The Homer
The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor
Passively cooled PC tower
#askatp
Coffee gear (via Bosie Mon Crieff and Doggo Boii)
Hand grinders: the skinny one that sucks and the Skerton that sucks less
Marco's pricy Hottop Roaster, Basic
Midrange pick: Behmor 1600 Plus
Entry-level...
2018-04-131h 45Accidental Tech PodcastI Slowly Ate the Crystals
Pre-show: Marco's road trip
Sudden Coffee
Underscore David Smith's travel coffee kit
Follow-up:
Breath of the Wild and the Wii U
Space Gray accessories are available to everyone
Keyboard
Mouse
Trackpad
ATP Live at WWDC
Walkie talkies for tandem road trips
Apple's education event
Joe Cieplinksi on Twitter
The new 9.7" iPad
Logitech Crayon
#askatp
Best bang-for-your-buck Apple products (via Chris Ovrebo)
Musical ATP hosts (via Anson Jablinski)
Backpacks for 15" MBP (via "The Italian Stallion" (not John))
Casey:
Tom Bihn Cadet
Tom Bihn Synapse
Marco:
Peak Design Everyday Backpack 20L
Waterfield Designs Staad
Briggs & Reilly Accelerate VP375-4
John:
L.L...
2018-03-311h 36Accidental Tech PodcastSeven-Dollar Plastic Garbage
Pre-show: Shake Shack, Five Guys, and Cookout
Follow-up:
Battery feedback: 1, 2, 3
Casey's boneheaded mistake
Marco's grocery-list apps
Clear
HomePods put a ring on it
Apple: Cleaning and taking care of HomePod
Welcome to Macintosh #18: If It's Broke, Don't Fix It
Reddit audiophile review
David Pogue's blind test
Waze
CarPlay
Valentine 1
#askatp
Are advanced safety features in cars comparable across marques?
What's the deal with Leica cameras?
Marco's M9 review
Post-show: Parenting
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Linode: Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD...
2018-02-161h 48Accidental Tech PodcastThe Thermal Paste Lottery
Apple's battery slowdown PR
Accelerated rollout
The Talk Show #210: Australian Battery Scam
Phone throttling isn't always the issue
iMac Pro thermal throttling
Marco's iMac Pro
Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard
Intel CPU exploit
Speculative execution
Exploits seem to have marketing pages now
macOS fix
Google's simplified summary
Michael Tsai's summary
Wired summary
ARM's statement
Fortune's summary
Heartbleed
#askatp
What if we had to use iOS? (via Aaron Bushnell)
What if we had to use Windows? (via Brandon Butler)
Audacity
What if we didn't have advertisers? (via Mark W)
Post-show: Marco stages an intervention for Casey
Free Agents #34: I Think I Just Got...
2018-01-042h 05Accidental Tech PodcastHot Box With Knobs
Follow up:
Secure Boot KBase Article
Cabel's screenshot
Women car journalists
From last week: Cars from a Woman's Perspective
#askatp
Attention detection and Apple Watch (via Scott Lougheed)
RAID and SSDs and Thunderbolt (via Max Velasco Knott)
Tiff's OWC ThunderBay 4 Mini
Noctua quiet fan
Soundproofing in our in-home studios (via Joshua Rogers)
Casey's acoustic panels
Marco's SoundTrax Pro acoustic foam and tape
Marco's Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review
Casey's [past] blanket
Microphone pickup patterns (more at Wikipedia)
Marco's microphone recommendation (87A, not 87C!)
Casey's microphone
John's microphone
Marcus dePaula
Sound Devices USBPre 2
iPhone Performance and Battery Age
Reddit post
Panzarino's write-up
Gruber's...
2017-12-262h 24Accidental Tech PodcastWe’re Doing a Show
Keyboard imprints on laptop screens
Butterfly keyboard
Video of Casey's old ThinkPad 701
Steganography
Marco is no longer case-liss
Jamie Clawson leather skins
Apple Leather Case
dbrand skins
Follow-up: Fingerprint gloves 1 2
Thanksgiving follow-up: What about the Nintendo Switch?
Casey has fun at work
#askatp
Thoughts on Super Mario Odyssey (via Starsasumi)
Robotic vacuum cleaners (via Maroš Žofčin)
Marco's editing approach (via Erik Neu)
High Sierra "root" security issue
Patrick Wardle's investigation
Follow-up
Temporary fix
Original reporting on dev forums
Apple automatic security updates
Actual fix
Fix for the fix
Apple's statement
Gruber's writeup
goto fail;
Silver linings
SMS on the Mac...
2017-11-302h 29Accidental Tech PodcastBeehives Full of Bees
Follow up:
iPhone X multitasking gesture
Requesting refunds on AppleCare (via John Himm)
Fake fingerprint stickers
iCloud restores during iPhone X setup
HomePod gets delayed
Upgrade #168: Hail Hydrant
Welcome to Macintosh #14: Hey Siri
Regarding conspiracy theories (#caseywasright)
Jonathan's near-RTFU
Neutral #1: Big, Fat, and Bloated
#askatp
Qi chargers and battery health
Apple's tips
AppleTV remote for AirPower
Apple is both brilliant and... inept?
Jenkins
Tech Thanksgiving
Marco
Marco's Ancient Laptop
Anker stuff
10.5" iPad Pro with Smart Keyboard
Sound Devices (USBPre 2)
Casey
AirPods
CarPlay
MacBook Adorable
GoPro
Apple Watch with LTE
John
AirPods
Apple TV 4K
Sony α6300
Mac Pro
Casey's iPhone X P...
2017-11-212h 24Accidental Tech PodcastThe Mac Renaissance
Pre-show: ATP 243 notes
Follow up:
Sky platform exclusivity
John's chair
Torx
John's alternative chair
Apple Express Replacement Service
Example image
Apple Watch and proxied notifications
Due weighs in
#askatp
Running Plex with no logged-in user
Strong-ARMed Mac Pro
Marco's Many iMac Pros
Marco's MacBook Pro
MacBook keyboard failures
Somehow Casey got backed into a ton of Mac Pro talk (🙄 –Ed.)
Special ending theme by Jonathan Mann! Support Jonathan's work:
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2017-10-201h 54Accidental Tech PodcastIrresponsible Use of Infinite Terabytes
Pre-show:
Baby Clocks
Casey has news
iZotope RX
Follow-Up:
iTunes U → Apple Podcasts
Joel on Software: Things You Should Never Do, Part 1
Panic
Omni
BBEdit
Marco's hindquarters
#askatp
OLED vs. LCD
Mall of Marco
Gazelle
Mac Me an Offer
Have we had RSI issues?
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Casey's Bad News
Google Photos Uploader
The new M5
CrashPlan sunsets consumer backups
Official announcement
Backblaze on NAS business model
Backblaze B2
Pricing
Casey justifies using a NAS
iSCSI
Arq
SoftRAID
HeadLiss adapter
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco's security adventures
Nest IQ
Reconcilable Differences
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2017-08-242h 10Accidental Tech PodcastNotch-Savvy
Pre-show: Always on vacation in... New York?
Follow-Up:
Mighty, the Spotify "iPod Shuffle"
Audio bit depth
24/192 Music Downloads... and why they make no sense
Monty's explainer video
"iPhone Pro" notch
What happens in landscape?
Why bother with a notch?
Android notch
1Password backpedals a bit
A a a a a Very Good Song
#askatp
How do you sync your home directories?
Old tech that's still in use?
🙄 Destiny 🙄
Google's diversity "memo"
Yonatan Zunger, ex-Googler
Suzanne Sadedin, Ph.D. in evolutionary bio
Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers, gender/STEM researchers
Megan Molteni and Adam Rogers
Cynthia Lee, woman in computer scienc...
2017-08-182h 08Accidental Tech PodcastI Am Not a Salad Power User
Follow-up:
Calibrating a TV
Rtings TV Settings
Chopt or SaladWorks
Smart Signage
Samsung Frame TV
THX Tune-Up app
Lightning Digital AV Adapter
Panic's surprise
Sony / 7669
Marco's discontinued small speaker amp: NuForce Dia. Some alternatives Marco has considered (but not tested!):
Grace Digital GDI-BTAR513, $110
SMSL Q5, $140
NuForce DDA-120, $300
Teac AI-301DA, $350
NAD D 3020, $400
Type-C Personality
OLED image retention
Marco's image retention test
Apple's silence on Net Neutrality
Send us questions! Tweet with the hashtag #askatp!
1Password kerfuffle
Their blog post
TextExpander
Overcast UI Dilemma
Under the Radar #87: Old Code vs. New APIs
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Neutral: Casey's latest...
2017-07-201h 53Accidental Tech PodcastI Never Cancel a Drag
Follow-up:
MacBook Adorable
Example multi-use hub
Casey's Review
Keyboard "shim kit"
USB-C hubs
Belkin hub
HomePod's "screen"
Marco's favorite follow-up ever in Analog(ue) #10
Echo Show
iOS Drag and Drop
Dr. Wave
DragonDrop
dyld 3
App Startup Time: Past, Present, Future
Marco gets his VBR wish
Original ATP discussion (Overcast timestamp link)
This episode, for example:
Official CBR version, 80 MB
VBR version, 56 MB
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
PC Convertible
Spaaaaacccccceeeeeee
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2017-06-291h 50Accidental Tech PodcastPersonal Body Chemistry
Follow up:
The politics in the last episode
Rear Touch ID and prototypes
Dirty laptop fabric
Alcantara
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
Oleophobic coating
Are people being backed into liking touchscreen laptops?
WikiTribune
...is based on Wordpress and not maintained by Wikimedia
...already has a competitor called Wikinews
Amazon Echo Show
Previous rumor Marco was enamored with
Hunt for Red October
You Should Use DuckDuckGo
3Com Audrey
Brief Quiz
Dropping Dropbox
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Marco and Casey can't shut up about the Switch and Mario Kart
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2017-05-112h 10Accidental Tech PodcastMagSafe Cups of Water
Follow up:
APFS iOS app updates hit the app store
Marco's Overcast hacks
Podlove Simple Chapters
APFS free space
Nvidia coming back to the Mac
Kieran Healy's thoughts regarding Marco's comments about schedules
Clips gets special treatment in the app store
T-Shirts! will be available until April 26.
We know what the site says. Trust us.
Jet Black considerations
Example Jet Black
Inverted Jenny
Apple USB-C MagSafe patent
Xbox breakaway cable
Beginning of the end for iTunes?
John's evaluation of Nintendo today
PS Vita
iStockNow
Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: WWDC lunches
Casey loves Odwalla... a...
2017-04-191h 39Accidental Tech PodcastVolume Micromanager
Windows and Tabs of Siracusa County (Overcast)
10.1 tabs
10.2 tabs 1 2 3 4
10.3 tabs
10.3 nested tabs
Follow up:
Android Battery burn-down chart
Our reviews of Super Mario Run launches
Updated numbers
Angry reviewers
Apple extends accessory discount
LG UltraFine 5K Display
Our reviews of AirPods
Replacement singles
iFixit Teardown
Tim Cook's comment on Mac desktops
Marco makes the case for a Mac Pro
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
Marco discovers gasoline
A new member of the Siracusa family
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2016-12-222h 09Accidental Tech PodcastI Had a Dream About the Mac Pro
Our 200th-episode spectacular! 🎉
Pre-show: PC 99 standard
Holiday clip show:
ATP 174: A Ding in the Room (Overcast)
ATP 96: The Windows of Siracusa County (Overcast)
Follow up:
LG 4K HDR monitor
Machining crankshafts
Amazon Go
AirPods are now for sale
Casey's Aftershokz Trekz Titanium bone-conducting headphones
Marco's discontinued Sennheiser PX 210 BT, succeeded by the MM 400-X
Marco tried a Surface Studio
Super Mario Run is online-only
Connected #121: Software Update Therapy
macOS 10.12.2 removes battery-time-remaining estimate
gfxCardStatus
Ars Technica's review
Chart in question
The Discrete GPU and You
Marco's post
iStat Menus
Improved battery life in 10.12.2?
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral:
Grand Tou...
2016-12-152h 04Accidental Tech PodcastRoasting Your Own Beans
John's 4K display
And also this
Casey's work monitor
HDCP
Marc Edwards on monitor DPI ranges by size
Invisibly wide colors
Sample images
Hockenberry's post
Follow-up on Windows: Jordan's tweets 1 2 3 4 5
Marco and laptops
Apple's new art book, Designed by Apple in California
Press release
Release video
Jony Ive interview at Wallpaper
Iconic book
Appledesign book
Humanity and whimsy
Microsoft Surface Studio
Intro video
Wacom Cintiq
Reebok Pump
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show: Sal Soghoian leaves Apple
Automator
HyperCard
Workflow
Marco's Mac Pro post
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2016-11-171h 53Accidental Tech PodcastThe Failure Mode of a Train
Dealing with DNS trouble
Hover outage
DDoS
Follow-up:
Steve Troughton-Smith poll on iCloud files
Casey's headphones update
Motorola S305
Plantronics Backbeat Fit
Kinivo BTH260
LG Tone Pro HBS-750
Aftershokz Trekz Titanium
Jaybird X2
Greg Koenig on the ceramic iPhone
Apple and Dash developer-account termination
Michael Tsai's summary, part 1 and part 2
Bogdan Popescu's post and draft post submitted to Apple
iMore: Solving for Dash
iMore: Bogdan Popescu's full story
Dropbox shenanigans
Dropbox help center
Alleged engineer's comments
Gordian Knot
Paths in the Grass
FSEvents
Alternatives
Resilio
Seafile
Synology Cloud Station
Box
Google Drive
iCloud Drive
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show...
2016-10-132h 18Accidental Tech PodcastThe Delaware of Europe
Pre-show:
🌊 The beach 🏖
Casey's Instant Canopy
Marco's beach umbrella
Ready Player One
Fire Island
Laptop sizes and relative weight savings (Marco's tweet)
Casey's iMac RAM update
Hello Internet's vinyl episode
Apple 1984 commercial
StuffIt Expander
OS/2 Warp
Windows vs. OS X
Feedback on Marco's Boot Camp woes
Inside is on the PS4 now
John, Tiff, and others talk about Inside on The Incomparable
App Store Improvements
Review guidelines update
Review guidelines diffs
Talk Show Live, WWDC 2016
John's childhood artwork
🐢
🦄
👧
⛰
👨
🐲
⚔
Original Hypercritical post
New iCloud 2TB storage option
Apple's EU tax problems
Vox article
Tim Cook's letter
September 7th Apple Event
iPhone 7 packing sheet
Google Phot...
2016-09-032h 06Accidental Tech PodcastDon’t Cry for John, Argentina
Follow-up:
Pokémon Free-to-Play Dogs
The Sweet Home
Looking at the bright side of Apple's ancient Mac lineup
Twitter Verification
Attacks on Leslie Jones
Federico Viticci of MacStories
Twitter accounts:
Marco
John
Casey
ATP
Overcast
Verified
Analog(ue) #85: Truly Terrible Human Beings
Marco's podcast post-production app
Under the Radar #36: Should You Release Every App?
Bugshot
Quitter
Piracy-reduction techniques
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show:
More on passwords and piracy protection
How Tiff can play Inside
Samsung T3
VMware Fusion
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2016-07-271h 46Accidental Tech PodcastPaying for Someone to Blame
Follow-up: Dave Nanian of SuperDuper fame on HDMI CEC
Ripping Blu-rays for Apple TV:
MakeMKV
Subler
Plex
Infuse
DS Video
Don Melton's video-transcoding scripts
The TV Database
The Movie Database
Follow-up on Marco's HDMI CEC woes
Follow-up: Matt Bischoff on ice cream ingredients
Edy's vs. Dreyer's vs. Breyer's
iCloud Drive vs. Dropbox for file syncing
Scrivener Sync
macOS Sierra and the case of the missing files
Dropbox Infinite
Hackintoshes still exist, apparently
Marco's joke RT
Old World ROM
Isopoint Trackbar (more here)
The poor Mac Mini
Motorola Rokr
Ending theme by Jonathan Mann
Post-show Neutral: Honda Accord SE
Sponsored...
2016-07-071h 33Accidental Tech PodcastDance Palace
Marco trying to parallelize the LAME MP3 encoder
macOS Sierra and John's comically old Mac Pro
/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist
The Talk Show Live
Marco's Pictures
Deleting system apps on iOS 10
Search ads using names of other apps
Apple Photos and controller search
Example success
List of strings for Photos search
Thunderbolt Display has been discontinued
Apple File System
WWDC Video
Btrfs
Andrew File System
Unicode
Joel Spolsky on Unicode
ASCII
UTF-16
UTF-8
Latin small letter "e" with acute
Unicode Normalization Forms
Apple Tech Note 1150
HFS+ Unicode Subtleties
Linus Torvalds on HFS+
Shift JIS
Data integrity
Ending theme by...
2016-06-271h 51Accidental Tech PodcastA Mac Pro in Every Pot
Follow-up: Foliage in Apple stores
Casey gets a new Apple TV
Plex
Harmy's Despecialized Editions
Casey gets a new RetinaPad Mini
Apple SIM
Steven Troughton-Smith making windows on iOS
Cintiq
What plausible/realistic things are we hoping for in 2016?
Marco — Apple TV: get better
Nilay Patel's piece at The Verge
O'Reilly Polar Bear Book
Guy English
Casey — App Store: get better
John — Mac Pro: get newer
...and a new 5K Cinema Display
Marco — Finish the Retina transition
Casey — Swift on the server
Taylor
Perfect
John — New filesystem (🔔)
Marco — Apple Watch: get better
Casey's recent re-review
The Upgradies
Casey — Unification of the package managem...
2015-12-311h 54Accidental Tech PodcastDigital Schmear
Follow-up: Apple TV vs. game consoles
Mac App Store certificate problems
Apple's Apology
Sparkle
Michael Tsai: No One Minding The Store
Space Gremlin
Daisy Disk
Twitterrific
iPad Pro, featuring special guest Tiffany Arment
Smart Cover
Pencil
Back to Work #247
Tiff's Signature
Adobe Sketch
Procreate
Tayasui Sketches
DisplayMate on iPad display quality
USB3 speeds in the Lightning connector
Post-show:
Mrs. Siracusa's new iMac 5K
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2015-11-211h 40Accidental Tech PodcastUncomfortable in My Pants
Pre-show:
Top Four
Follow-up:
CEC Unicorns
_David Smith's 16 GB iPhone Research
Damocles
iPhone 6/6S battery numbers
Naked robotic core
Casey's Lenmar battery case
Mophie Juice Pack Reserve
Anker's very similar battery case
Casey's crescent moon and Genius Bar policies
Purchases
Apple TV
Development hardware lottery
Apology mouse
Plex for Apple TV
Clicks vs. taps
24p
TV Calibration
THX Tune Up app
MFI Games
Can Apple TV require a controller?
Apple documentation
Screenshot of prior Apple documentation
WebKit on the Apple TV
Manton Reece's response
Pessimism
Marco's celebratory post
iPad Pro
John on the iPad Pro
Hypercritical #58 (Overcast link)
Touch latency
...
2015-09-182h 06Accidental Tech PodcastA Fistful of Apple Watches
Follow-up:
Running with Apple Watch – what if you hurt yourself?
Major Indian retailer Flipkart is going app-only (via @voldyman)
When do apps make sense? When does the web?
Apple Store EasyPay
Cosmodrome by Brianna Wu
RSS vs. blog Twitter accounts
Hypercritical
Marco.org
Liss is More
WatchOS 1.0.1
WWDC
App Camp for Girls Happy Hour – meet us there!
Release Notes #105
Layers
altConf
Hotels
Parc55
Pickwick
Mosser
New Retina MacBook Pro
Barefeats benchmark
Battery life specs
Details
Mistake One with the new MacBook
Joe Cieplinski's response
Marco's Matis Ergo Pro Review
Marco's Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard Review
Post-show: Casey gets angry at himself. Very...
2015-05-221h 55Accidental Tech PodcastWomen Aren’t a Minority
Pre-show: Marco defends his backyard duck from raccoons
Follow-up:
HFS+ and Network Attached Storage
The Synology we use is the DS1813+, but the DS1815+ is the modern version
DS214play
Photos.app
Saving and transferring edits between photo apps
Flickr gives 1 TB free (via @VJGoh)
Disabling iCloud Photo Library 1 & 2
LaunchControl for managing launchd jobs
Microsoft, iOS, Swift (via @esusatyo)
Swift is being worked on
Presentation video
Marco versus the raccoons, illustrated
How do we encourage more women to listen to ATP?
John's tweet
Rocket
App Camp for Girls
GamerGate
JWZ
Example 1 & 2
Overcast changes for Apple Watch
Are watches destined to...
2015-05-082h 01Accidental Tech PodcastMarco Is Not a Platform
Follow-up:
Handwriting recognition with non-Roman languages (via @dansherson)
Marco's possibly-hypocritical (but not hypercritical) thoughts on Apple developer relations
The Talk Show #107: Now It's All Floppy
Overcast earnings
Hello Internet #6: Delete, Flag, Delete, Reply
Analog(ue) #16: I Don't Trust Systems
Back to Work
How do you learn a new language?
Casey's blog post
Tour of Go
Stack Overflow
NSHipster
Apple's earnings
Brewster's Millions
Debug #60: Shipping Software
The Talk Show #108: 'Malapros'
Andy Matuschak interview
What's going on with Photos.app?
Fake sponsor break for two awesome conferences on the British Isles:
NSConference
Úll
CGP Grey explains the United Kingdom
How to pronounce U...
2015-01-301h 36Accidental Tech PodcastPop-Up Headlights
Follow-Up:
SSL
In schools & corporations
Gogo actually issues their own certificates to intercept SSL
SOCKS
Using C# outside Windows (via Frank A. Krueger)
Marco's Go feed poller update
IDE
Eclipse
Rust
Communicating sequential processes
Apple's Software Quality
Marco's post
Marco's retrospective
Mention on CNBC
Hypercritical #55
Casey's response to Marco
Glenn Fleishman's list
How to write for understanding
Marco laments about software quality in the past
Rumored 12" MacBook Air
PlugBug
Chockenberry on a potential ARM transition
Fat binary
Special thanks to _DavidSmith for finding "bezels" in Hypercritical #22
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2015-01-092h 00Accidental Tech PodcastLandmines, Pitfalls, and Bottomless Pits
Follow-up:
More on John's windowing strategy
Application Switcher Menu (the developer's site is down)
DragThing
Why one would run SSL on "read-only" sites
Marco (mostly) hates new things again
Node
Go
Python
Generics
C Macros
Operator overloading
Rails
John's thought on Twitter
AnyEvent
libev
libevent
Shifty Jelly & Pocket Casts
Core Intuition on Swift
Garbage Collection in Objective-C
Apple Java Bridge
CodeWarrior
Apple's Marketing Survey (via Joe Sieger)
App Store Review Guidelines, specifically 5.6
Apple's humorous announcement
Pointy-haired boss
Panic
Marco's new thoughts on his new iPad
Tweetbot
The Incident
Space Age
objc.io
phpBB
Post-show
Textshotting
Example from MG Siegler
Example...
2015-01-032h 07Accidental Tech PodcastDeLorean + McLaren
Casey's new arrival
Some background
The Jackal
Follow-Up:
Marco's Retina iMacs may be on a boat
The Talk Show FU: the new iMac displays are laminated
FCC sues AT&T for heavy throttling of their "unlimited" plan
ECC RAM is actually worth it
Marco's intentions for his Mac Pro
iFixIt's Teardown of the iMac with Retina 5K Display
_David Smith's screenshot of Xcode and iOS Simulator
Fan noise thoughts and recording
Casey has used Apple Pay
More on App Store bundles as upgrade pricing
Unread's move to Supertop
Continuity hardware-requirements Knowledge Base entries (via @MCRascasse)
Get help using Continuity with...
2014-11-021h 40Accidental Tech PodcastThe Flash Storage Is Adequate
Follow-up:
Marco and John get excited about a monitor
Sexism epiphanies
TiVo Mega
SnapStream
Kaleidescape Disc Vault
Macworld layoffs
Jason Snell
iPhone 6/Apple Watch Event
iPhone 6 & 6+
Ill-informed stream theories
Samsung's cheesy S4 intro
@forgottentowel on iPhone design priorities
Printable iPhone 6/6+ templates (or this alternate)
ATP #1
Special guest appearance by Tiffany Arment
Apple Watch
EVT Leak
"Antacid Tablet"
Printable Apple Watch templates
Apple PR Announcement
A high-end-watch nerd talking about the Apple Watch
Walkie-Talkie feature
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2014-09-122h 49Accidental Tech PodcastTangled in Version Numbers
Follow-up:
iTunes on Windows uses Objective-C
Lightning cables
Advice from Geniuses at the Apple Bar
When to ask for a replacement
Strain relief design
USB icon on the cable
There's still a Mac with an optical drive
CD-ROM nostalgia
CD caddy
Math co-processor
Kenwood TrueX 72x CD-ROM with 7 laser beams
When will Apple let spinning hard drives die?
What size drives do iMacs use?
Verizon "SpeedMatch"
Merlin Mann asks about the new TiVo Roamio OTA
Version Numbering
The Infinite Version
Do people care about pretty URLs.aspx?
Podcast Patent Troll
Ars Technica
Hypercritical #67
Hypercritical #68
Ars on Carolla Settling
Adam Carolla...
2014-08-291h 27Accidental Tech PodcastNot Suitable for Any Purpose
Follow-up on Overcast:
Debug
Downloads, accounts, conversions, server load
Pixar and Ed Catmull get involved in wage-fixing
Previously on ATP
The Incomparable
Top Gear Series 3 Episode 4
Sega Saturn
Yosemite Public Beta
IMAP
VPN woes of the past
Radar
SuperDuper
OS/2 Warp
After-show:
Marco rents crazy headphones from The Cable Company
Marco's original post
HE-6 headphones (the crazy way that planar-magnetic drivers work)
The massive EF-6 amp and its crazy audiophile volume knob (top center) — it's a stepped attenuator, since common potentiometers are considered inferior.
XLR plugs and balanced audio
Casey still loves in-ear monitors (probably while listening to vinyl), but ma...
2014-07-301h 52Accidental Tech PodcastTake Your Co-Host To Work Day
Pre-Show:
Showbot is back, and it has Zarro Boogs.
Follow-up:
Don Lodsky points us to a sample of Google's new web design for desktop
A brief meta-discussion about what we cover, how we cover it, and what being an "expert" is
Feedback on potential wearables from Ben Griffel, biomedical engineer, and Per Östergren, MD
Aperture and iPhoto's brands were sunset
Zoomed Photos UI screenshot
Apple tells Ars Technica of "plans for professional-grade features such as image search, editing, effects, and most notably, third-party extensibility."
We channel our our inner Prompt and discuss photo management techniques
Wonky design choices
Jim Ray's t...
2014-07-031h 51Accidental Tech PodcastTim Said, Man
We'll be guests on the WWDC live episode of The Talk Show: Tuesday, June 3, 6–9 PM. Get tickets here ASAP! John will be taking a plane... for you.
Follow-up:
Which is faster: installing Showbot or reimplementing it?
Casey's open-source Node version
PHP isn't faster than Javascript, voiding Marco's accidental argument in the last episode.
Node.js uses CommonJS, not AMD. ECMAScript also adds formal module support, which es6-module-transpiler lets you use today.
To the great surprise of nobody except John, iPhones come with earbuds, and those earbuds come with clickers.
To the great surprise of nobody, including John, the Bluetooth-pairing in...
2014-05-282h 09Accidental Tech PodcastBoiling A Pretty Big Lake
The modern Apple-store experience
Follow-up:
Marco reneges on his recent praise of Beats headphones, then receives the saddest real-time follow-up ever
Headphones mentioned:
B&O BeoPlay H6: Great comfort, but not sound.
Beyerdynamic DT-770 Pro (32-ohm version; Casey's headphones) for very good sound at a great value (when the price drops to $175).
Sennheiser PX 200-II i: Marco's favorite portable set. Great portability, clicker, and value, but poor sound and durability.
More picks from Marco
Ultimate Ears TripleFi 10 (Casey's earphones)
Net Neutrality
Nintendo's sad trombone
Nintendo in Crisis
PS4 outperforms Xbone
Game Controller Programming Guide
Nintendo 64 Accessories
Expansion Pak
Rumble Pak
...
2014-05-222h 02Accidental Tech PodcastJourney Would Be Wasted On You
Follow-up on pCell and database scaling, including horizontal sharding schemes, tiered data layers, and taking a stand against the "premature optimization" tautology.
When and why do developers learn something new, and why does Marco keep using PHP for everything?
Second Crack
Fast Text
John's blog
OS X Beta Program for End Users
What's coming on June 2nd?
Casey and Marco make John proud (spoiler)
New third-generation Thunderbolt details
MagSafe vs. MagSafe 2
Overcast update
Are iPad sales leveling off? Why?
How we use our iPads today
Limitations in modern iOS
Are iPad apps stagnating?
Jean-Louis Gassée's take
Gruber's response
Casey o...
2014-04-252h 13Accidental Tech PodcastMarco Bought Four
Follow-up: whether iMessage problems are widespread, reasons behind flattening the Mac Mini, and HDR TVs.
The storage costs of Casey's emoji.
Google buying Nest for $3.2 billion.
Ben Thompson on Google's business model.
Nest has over 200 employees, including many ex-Apple employees.
The Target-pregnant story.
Marco's critical reading of Nest's statements.
Maintaining a skeptical but pragmatic relationship with Google.
Stephen Hackett's pants and regrets.
Modern expectations of privacy.
Potential for privacy laws like HIPAA applied to consumer technology.
Google's public opinion is turning, but stories like this will never be in USA Today.
Thought experiments with Apple buying Twitter, Dropbox, or Intel.
...
2014-01-171h 29Accidental Tech PodcastBetter Pixels
Follow-up: IBM AS/400 (aka System i) and single-level store.
Marco's Retina theory.
PS4 and Xbone sales.
Trying to care about CES.
Who "needs" the Mac Pro? Justifying toys and improving quality of life with smart purchases.
Panasonic’s new LCD TVs compared to great TVs of the past.
4K on Fox Sports, 4K's color space, and the chances of 4K catching on quickly.
A Steam Box (its controller) as a replacement for a gaming PC.
Three old men reminiscing about their teenage gaming years:
Null-modem cables, modems, and special networking software.
Modem initialization strings and SLIP.
What killed LAN parties? Pe...
2014-01-101h 47Accidental Tech PodcastThrustmaster Joystick
Marco's new-new-new app for aligning double-ender podcast tracks.
Economic considerations and options for releasing an app that's extremely helpful to a very small number of people.
Why Marco has been procrastinating from the big app by making small apps.
Good app names as motivation.
Desktop Twitter distraction and measuring desktop productivity with RescueTime.
Casey's sales of Fast Text since last week's promotion, Marco's sales of Bugshot, and the potential economic upside of promotion for niche apps.
The fashion longevity of iOS 7's default UI.
Chrome's controversial plaintext-password feature and Chrome security leader Justin Schuh's defense of the design.
Lakes.
An...
2013-08-091h 34