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Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusaatp.fm
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

Episodes

643: You Go to Squircle Jail

Pre-show: Initial Switch 2 Reactions Mario Kart World WWDC F1 Sam Henri Gold Marcel Flighty Parcel Control Plane Acorn Post-show: RIP, John’s Mac Pro Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s latest paper on the limitations of LLMs Previously discussed on ATP #609 GaryMarcus’ blog post which quotes a summary from Josh Wolfe Gary’s 1998 paper Gary’s 2001 book Sponsored by: Clic for Sonos : Elevate Your Sonos Experience with Clic Sponsored by Betterhelp : Give online therapy a try and get on your way to ...

Jun 10, 20252 hr 54 minEp. 643

642: A Rebuilding Year

Follow-up: Apple “emergency” App Store appeal denied Additional lighting solution (via Nathanial) macOS 26: Tahoe? macOS 26 supported hardware Laurene Powell Jobs & Jony Ive interview MacRumors coverage Molly White’s newsletter Polycom “star”/”spider” phones Vision Pro & John Siracusa Corner Bono: Stories of Surrender Open: An Autobiography Rattle and Hum Apple Immersive Screenshots: Crowd Stadium TV PSA: Plex privacy opt-out Apple/SwiftUI folks: a quick appeal, if you please Casey’s too...

Jun 05, 20252 hr 19 minEp. 642

641: We're Saving That for the Egg

Pre-show: ATP’s relationship with Apple Five Whys Follow-up: SSD longevity details from an anonymous SSD firmware engineer Vision Pro on The Price is Right What are Jony Ive and Sam Altman building? Ming-Chi Quo’s opinion Upgrade #565: The Scent of Humane Alexa Plus Update Neutral : Slate Truck Top Gear review TELO , a potential Slate competitor (via Kevin Ayers ) There’s a Discord (via Kevin Cash) DeMuro’s review Classic Mini vs. Modern MINI Pickup beds over time Apple Turnover and Apple Turnar...

May 29, 20252 hr 10 minEp. 641

640: Put It in a Potato

Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Top Four: Game Consoles 🗣️ Follow-up: Home Networking Corner 🤝🏻 Vision Pro Corner How I use my AVP to retrofit Unifi Access Points in finished homes SSDs and long-term storage was covered on Security Now #1023 (via Paul Chernoff ) SpinRite (Intel-only) Fornite is back in the US App Store App Store link Judge YGR’s filing Apple 🤝🏻 Epic Epic courts Apple developers Gurman on the Apple Intelligence fiasco Previously on ATP The EU App Store warning abou...

May 22, 20252 hr 15 minEp. 640

639: Crimp the World

Pre-show: Marco’s [kinda] brief review of the M4 MacBook Pro CalDigit TS5 Follow-up: Letterboxd SF Symbol Procured via volunteer Alyce D! 💙 Custom Symbols App (App Store link) AI App Store summaries != spam email filtering (via Kevin Markham) “A fine is a price” (via Kieran Healy ) A Fine is a Price by Gneezy & Rustichini Apple 🤝🏻 Anthropic Apple appeals App Store rule changes Riley Testut details changes to Delta ’s IAP options More ( Ed: 🤣🤣🤣 ) Meanwhile, in the App Store… Home networ...

May 15, 20251 hr 59 minEp. 639

638: Hop, Hop, Hop

Pre-show: Chromebook-block evasions Follow-up: At least one person did miss our WWDC sale. 🙁 Vision Pro Corner: StagePlay Blue Man Group Epic vs. Apple The Verge on Apple’s decision making Apple’s Response Apple Appeals App Store rules have been changed MJ Tsai’s Roundup Ryan Jones Gruber Upgrade #562: Let’s Break the Law Tim Sweeney continues grandstanding Fortnite may be coming back… via 🇸🇪? Epic Games announces plans for a shop for iOS developers Press release As was foretold, Stripe has e...

May 06, 20252 hr 14 minEp. 638

637: Rotate Those Tennis Balls

Pre-show: Marco reaches another milestone ThinOptics round clear New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: School, Then and Now Follow-up: A surprising Vision Pro corner: Adventure: Hill Climb Laura’s Hot Lap Neutral Special: Please Lose Control of Your Car Now Laura Hayes Racing (archived) D. Griffin Jones reviews the Sigma BF Article Video John discusses the design of the Mac Pro iPadOS window affordances (via Ole Oskar Eriksen) Synology’s En💩ification (via Erin Power) Server Part Deals Judge te...

May 01, 20252 hr 8 minEp. 637

636: Nose-Biting Territory

🗣️ ATP WWDC 2025 STORE IS UP!! 🗣️ Follow-up: Casey’s bug-reporting experience with Slack Third-party SSDs (via J. Mullins ) AliExpress AirPods Pro case swaps (via Steven Merrill ) USB-C MagSafe Charging Case ($100‼️) Cursor IDE support hallucinates policy causing user uprising (This is a Hacker News link to Reddit, so, uh, tread lightly.) 🫏🕳️ leaders are not good John continues to try to spend Marco’s money Rtings’ new glare testing LG G5 brightness Apple’s self-service repair program (via S...

Apr 23, 20252 hr 2 minEp. 636

635: An Effective Operator

Pre-show: Casey’s lightly broken his AirPods Pro 2 Porsche Taycan Ioniq 5 BMW i4 Chevy Bolt 🗣️ ATP WWDC 2025 STORE IS UP!! 🗣️ Follow-up: 12 April: Trump excludes some electronics from tariffs Message from US Customs & Border Protection Connor Mason’s post about Tim Cook’s top two skills 13 April: …except maybe not? John’s boosted post Cross-platform photo management Immich (via bapt ) Nintendo Switch 2 4K 120Hz (via Kyle McMahon) Specifications Kickstand lumps (via Stuart Gibson ) Other op...

Apr 15, 20252 hr 19 minEp. 635

634: We Don’t Have Enough Bees

The Accidental Tech Podcast crew discusses dishwasher detergent, Dropbox client choices, browser compatibility issues, and the Nintendo Switch 2 launch. They also cover Apple's OS redesign, iPhone 17 Pro rumors, and strategies for documenting complex setups. Finally, they discuss the economic uncertainty surrounding tech purchases and offer advice for navigating the current market.

Apr 10, 20252 hr 20 minEp. 634

633: Moonshoot

Pre-show: 🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility ! 🏳️‍⚧️ Happy anniversary, Siracusa! ATP #476 Hypercritical: Independence Day Follow-up: Vision Pro corner: Volume control (via D. Griffin Jones & Victor Prieto )  & 🇪🇺 Prioritization (via Karan J ) A less complementary take from Thom Holwerda More theories on behind-closed-doors talks (via illustro ) Case document Will EU releases whither? (via David Shayer) An anecdote about John Giannandrea (via Wolf ) Netflix in search on Apple TV (v...

Apr 01, 20252 hr 10 minEp. 633

632: The Uncertainty Is Gone

Pre-show: Marco’s BMW sitrep 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Insider: Our Websites Follow-up: Vision Pro corner Spatial Gallery has an update! Volume control (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen) Siri delays (via Stephen Klinck) Gurman on the smart home hub Apple sued over false Apple Intelligence advertising Siri shake-up Threads lets you default to following… for real this time iPhone 16e Camera arrangement justifications MKBHD doesn’t care for it Full review Teardown from REWA Teardown from iFixIt Batte...

Mar 27, 20251 hr 47 minEp. 632

631: The Colors Are the Pepperoni

The ATP hosts discuss Casey's fiber project, the Vision Pro Metallica concert, colorful Macs, and Apple's software delays. They also analyze Apple's culture, Siri's shortcomings, and software versioning, sharing personal experiences and offering critiques. Marco details his restaurant soft opening, highlighting staff success and personal growth.

Mar 20, 20252 hr 12 minEp. 631

630: Time to Spiral

The hosts discuss Marco's bank mishaps, Vision Pro updates including the Metallica immersive experience, and a deep dive into rumors of a major UI redesign across Apple's operating systems. They also cover listener feedback, new products like the Terminal e-ink display, and John's journey to find new speakers for his setup. The episode explores the balance between visual appeal, functionality, and performance in Apple's product ecosystem.

Mar 13, 20252 hr 37 minEp. 630

629: An Upsetting and Confusing Time to Be Me

🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Tier List: Corporate Logos Tim Cook teaser History lesson Mac Studio General announcement M 3 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 ...

Mar 07, 20252 hr 21 minEp. 629

628: There’s a Certain Smell

Pre-show: Marco messed with the system Zoom F1 USB Pre 2 Schiit Jotunheim Follow-up: New “Boundless” immersive episode: Arctic Surfing Bono Autobiography Prospects for humanoid robots macOS testing (via Anonymous) With apologies to Joe Rosensteel Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C Netflix’s Apple TV integration It’s more than just the app (via Serena ) What purpose does the TV app serve? (via Daniel Luz ) Implementation details (via Anonymous) iPhone 16e Name implications Possible role? (via Patch) A...

Feb 28, 20251 hr 57 minEp. 628

627: Dragged Across the Line

Pre-show: Restaurant adventures continue VoIP ATA Ubiquiti Managed VoIP Follow-up: Apple Account transfers Updated restrictions & guidelines Stephen’s take The UK’s no-good, very-bad law WSJ opinion piece by Green & Stamos Matthew Green’s blog post macOS UNIX compliance Goodbye, Humane . We hardly knew you. And you hardly knew anything. Jay Peters at The Verge Humane press release Humane support document iPhone 16e announced Intro video Apple TV app is now on Android Netflix and foot-gun...

Feb 20, 20252 hr 3 minEp. 627

626: No Longer ery Good

Follow-up: Flighty has other perks (via Stephen Klinck) First reports of Invites use in the wild (via Jim Weinert) You can use a cable with Sidecar (via Matt West ) Why not use a Wi-Fi hotspot for “cellar Macs”? Tailgate Tub Why not AirPlay to Sonos speakers? (via Ryan Powers) DeepSeek censorship across models (via Sebastian Raschka) Technical report Has Apple ever… used … Screen Time ? (via Jonathan ) macOS UNIX certification (via Paulo Pinto) Thom at OSnews Migrate purchases from one Apple Acc...

Feb 13, 20251 hr 58 minEp. 626

625: Time 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 ...

Feb 06, 20251 hr 57 minEp. 625

624: Do Less Math in Computers

🗣️ New ATP Movie Club Special! Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Follow-up: Honda Prologue vs. GM equivalents (via Matt Rigby) Apple insists it’s still going to make fetch happen ship next-generation CarPlay Handheld gaming PCs are having a moment Lenovo Legion Go S Ryan London is trolling John Black Brown John has so much RAM, he can’t even remember how much he has Hyperspace scrolling updates AppKit vs. WebKit NSCell vs. NSTableViewCell Every UUID Writing down every UUID Not all phone jacks are c...

Jan 30, 20251 hr 53 minEp. 624

623: It’s About Human Connection

Pre-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 ) Backyar...

Jan 23, 20252 hr 8 minEp. 623

622: Duplicate Garbage Generation Process

Follow-up: AirPod noises Gui Rambo & AirBuddy One of the noises is “the case battery is low” (via Zach) Also, more on status lights (via Tom French) Another noise is a calibration noise (via Ian Williamson ) Knowledge base How to turn off charging sounds Look, ma! We’re famous! AirPod Noises (via Patch) TVs at CES 2025 Hisense’s 116UX with RGB mini-backlight Digital Trends coverage HDTVTest coverage DLSS History (via Hampus Jensen) Explanation (via flunkedflank ) Digital Foundry explanation ...

Jan 14, 20252 hr 24 minEp. 622

621: I’ll Meet You Any Time You Want

Pre-show: Our AirPods are trying to talk to us but we can’t understand them 20k Hz The Sound of Apple 1.0 The Sound of Apple 2.0 Auto-Tone (Rivian) statuslight.com Follow-up: That gas car review post that Marco was thinking of Former example Actual link we couldn’t [previously] find (via K ) Another example And another The Find My app can make Macs make noise (via Miles ) Maybe iOS 18’s Photos app isn’t all bad? (via Tim Luft) The Magic Mouse The Apology Mouse did not have side buttons The Might...

Jan 09, 20252 hr 12 minEp. 621

620: Mostly Cookies

Pre-show: Holiday results Steven Levy: Gone, Without a Trace Casey’s impending mess John needs technical support Follow-up: Satirical posts about gas cars from the perspective of EV owners FotS Spencer’s find (discussed on the show) The one we were actually thinking of ( found afterward by K , thanks!) On Recents in the Finder sidebar Michael Starke points out it isn’t new Odin points out it’s a default Joe Lion has complaints Possible next-generation Vision Pro displays (via Erich Jurgens) Viso...

Jan 04, 20251 hr 47 minEp. 620

619: Master Plan to Take Over the World

Pre-show: New member special: ATP Insider: Making The Show Become an ATP Member to listen ATP Gift Memberships Follow-up: “Hey, Future Marco” wasn’t discussed on the member’s special (via Martim ) Can Marco recognize waveforms? Descript Emo Siri It started before 18.2 (via Dan Mielcarz ) She pahks heah cah… sometimes? (via Dave Martin ) Immersive video More about the Blackmagic immersive camera (via videoalex ) Insta360 Titan Software-based immersive video Depth Anything Immersive video prior ar...

Dec 26, 20242 hr 13 minEp. 619

618: Type System Says No

New member-exclusive ATP Insider: Making The Show Follow-up: John’s [hopefully] (?) forthcoming app A funny conspiracy theory shared by Thomas Alvarez Christian Kent’s correction/joke More app name ideas… Experts have weighed in on John’s idea Alternative space-saving idea from Timm Schoof Using self-service parts for upgrade is not really possible because ✨software✨ Pinstripes are back , baby! Jeff Johnson Reddit post Is Siri… emotional… now? Marco’s new e-ink toy Integrations API Note that it’...

Dec 19, 20242 hr 17 minEp. 618

617: An Incredibly Dangerous App

Pre-show: Laundry tactics Follow-up: Last (?) batch of football (🏈) news Channels Simon B. Støvring on the Festivitas holiday lights CGPath Casey’s phone could recognize his washing machine chime Apple has a self-service repair store (via Ricky Haase) FotS Jonathan Dietz Jr. on SSD performance M1-M3: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3NVMeController M4: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3CGv2Controller M4 Extreme is allegedly canceled Original post on The Information Gruber’s take The Case for a True Mac Pro...

Dec 13, 20241 hr 59 minEp. 617

616: I Have No Grippers

Pre-show: Marco [re-]discovers progressives Follow-up: Yet more football (🏈) news Seriously y’all, the Giants are so bad 😭 TVEverywhere & Channels AVP immersive content tallies (via _ ) Cleaning a Mac keyboard while screensaver lock is on (via Paradise Pete ) We are one again asking you to consider CleanupBuddy Another explanation for ballooning app sizes (via Alex ) More thoughts on Mac SSD upgrades (via FotS Jonathan Dietz, Jr.) Anobit Yet apparently reverse-engineered upgrades are comin...

Dec 06, 20242 hr 10 minEp. 616

615: A Mildly Brisk Walk

Pre-show: All John’s apes gone Follow-up: Casey has found yet new ways to make himself miserable Sunday Ticket updates On sale! It was free yesterday… kind of TV Everywhere An alternative approach DAZN NFL Replay Tailscale and Exit Nodes Concert for One: Raye NPR Tiny Desk Concerts NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Raye Using large external drives with macOS Photos library An anecdote from Marc Wickens Booting from an external Downloading large App Store apps App Store → Settings Competition for the wall-m...

Nov 26, 20242 hr 5 minEp. 615

614: Don’t Puke for the Show

🗣️ New ATP Members’ Special: ATP Movie Club: Kiki’s Delivery Service Kiki’s Delivery Service Follow-up: The Weeknd: Open Hearts Link to the video itself <blink /> <marquee /> Lensrentals: Vision Pro M4 vs. M4 Pro Mac mini SSD speed ∆s (via Thor Johansen) Quinn’s video on PC equivalents to the Mac mini Apple storage pricing Mac mini vs. PlayStation 5 Pro Apple vs. market SSD prices Retailers are also hamstrung M4 MacBook Pro uses quantum dot technology Graphs Alternative drag cancell...

Nov 23, 20241 hr 57 minEp. 614
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