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Pre-show: Marco has something to commend Ubiquiti marketing video Spanning Tree Protocol Sonos & Networking Documentation Follow-up: Formula 1 on Apple TV The case for alarm reminders (via Matthew Cave ) SVG can do animations — and way more! (via Vítor ) SVG can do THAT‽ Yes, you can use AI for ffmpeg , but have you tried Lossless Cut ? SF Symbols in Marco’s Reminder app (via Clarko ) How can we bemoan Electron and cheer WebView s? (via Julian Gamble) If Finder moves are no good, are mv s th...
Pre-show: 🗣️ New ATP Member ’s Special: ATP Movie Club: Her Immersive Inlet: Real Madrid: The Weight of Greatness Follow-up: Cut/copy/paste in Finder Terminal John’s Terminal.app state restoration woes tcsh John’s Terminal settings Window tab John’s Terminal settings Tab tab Escape sequence extended tooltip .cshrc Terminal apps for macOS with text-based config files Fancy shell prompts like Starship KornShell Some other terminal resources The Linux Field Guide by Uros Popovic (via Derek ) The t...
This episode delves into various Apple-related topics, including the ongoing saga of Time Machine's reliability and user frustration, and Apple's significant settlement over misleading AI feature advertising. The hosts also discuss Apple's strategic efforts to diversify its chip supply chain by engaging with Intel and Samsung, and share their personal preferences and frustrations regarding file management, terminal applications, and development environments on macOS. The episode concludes with a fascinating look into the arcane world of macOS file system special meanings and the challenges of secure cross-platform file path handling.
Pre-show: Two thirds of your hosts are sick 🤧 Follow-up: Backblaze & cloud backups Carbon Copy Cloner & Backblaze (via Barry Rubenstein) Support document Maestral Arq’s approach (via Daniel Luz ) Neo-ing… other things Mythos What makes this different (via William Moran) GPT-5.5 is equivalent? cURL security/bug reports Severe Linux security issue uncovered using AI AI is still ruining everything See also: MacBook Neo More from Tim Culpan Paul Haddad’s toot showing $25K-$35K Mac Studios f...
Pre-show: Mythos Anthropic’s blog post Follow-up: ATP Store Yes, it happened again. The ATP Neo Silver made it! UPenn is an Ivy Kieran Healy’s story Marina Epelman’s thought US News & World Report 2026 Best Engineering Schools Gurman’s transition coverage Tim Cook’s remarks to employees Comparison between Cook & Ternus The Ability to be Hotter New material proves to be more heat conductive Backblaze is no longer backing up cloud storage Backblaze Mac Release Notes for version 9.2.2.878 B...
🗣️ ATP STORE IS LIVE! 🗣️ Follow-up: GL.iNet KVM security issues? Mark Wadham’s write-up Dan Godin at Ars Technica MacBook Neo cores 🤝 BMW heated seats? (via Edward Munn ) Joe Lion waxes poetic about RAM on Apple Silicon More component delays It’s Ternus time Fashion Cook’s shoes Ternus’s Shirt Cook’s Shirt Johny Srouji named Chief Hardware Officer Tim’s letter New York Times coverage Marco’s blog post Post-show: John quizzes Marco & Casey Apple: The First 50 Years by David Pogue Infinite ...
This episode delves into Apple's evolving product strategy, particularly focusing on the increasing presence of ads and bloatware across its ecosystem, from Apple Maps to the App Store. The hosts express frustration over the erosion of the premium user experience that once defined Apple, attributing it to a focus on incremental revenue over core values. Additionally, the discussion covers the legal complexities of AI-generated content, including art and code, and the challenges this poses for copyright, open source licensing, and intellectual property. The episode also touches on practical tech topics like fitness watch accuracy and the logistics of server hosting.
This episode explores Apple's latest hardware durability with the iPhone 17 Pro's Ceramic Shield 2 and the anticipated features and cost of John's Mac Studio upgrade. The hosts also discuss unexpected price drops for Apple's Studio Display XDR and Google One, alongside the launch of new merchandise in the ATP store. The conversation further delves into complex topics like color space standards, the legal classification of Long Island, and Marco's "Letter to John Ternus" advocating for Apple's core values against corporate pressures. Finally, Marco provides a comprehensive review of the Sunto Race S, comparing it to the Apple Watch Ultra as a dedicated sports tracking device.
This episode covers Apple's latest hardware, including the MacBook Neo's surprisingly strong launch, compared to the iBook G3 Snow, and its potential in education. A significant portion is dedicated to the Mac Pro's official discontinuation, prompting a deep dive into Apple Silicon's high-end scaling limitations and John's vision for a "bigger Mac Studio" to meet future AI and gaming demands. The hosts also examine Ubiquiti's networking products, allegations of supplying Russia, and discuss the challenges of integrating new features like AI into Apple's established software platforms while preserving native design.
Marco shares insights into Overcast's transcription infrastructure, from managing job queues with "boring" tech to utilizing a Mac mini cluster for AI, discussing the challenges and future plans. The hosts also delve into Apple's new business platform, developer frustrations with Xcode and "liquid glass" UI, and a comprehensive explanation of passkey benefits and implementation. Casey later details his transition from a Synology NAS to a NUC-based Proxmox home lab, including hardware choices and backup strategies.
This episode delves into Marco's monumental project of integrating comprehensive transcription services into Overcast, involving a custom fleet of 48 Mac minis and solving complex audio signature challenges for dynamic ad insertion. The hosts also provide in-depth reviews of Apple's latest hardware, including the MacBook Neo's surprisingly premium feel and the AirPods Max 2's feature updates, alongside a critical look at the new BMW i3 electric vehicle's design and technological advancements. The discussion highlights the technical intricacies of modern software development and hardware design.
Pre-show: Casey brings us back to Anniversary Corner Related episode of ATP Follow-up: An explanation for John’s post that broke containment (via Thomas Dickson) MacBook Neo John’s theory about color & clamshells The M1 MacBook Air was American Walmarts only. (via Pierre-Luc Gagné ) Aside also via P-L: does the Neo run Rosetta 2 ? MacBook Neo inputs 🤝 iPad Air inputs (via Andrew Larson) SSD speeds (via The Verge ) The logo iPhone 5 intro video is what John was thinking of (via Peter Pulei...
Pre-show: The best (but slowest) website on the internet Million Dollar Homepage 2013 BMW M5 (PDF) 2014 Honda Accord (PDF) M4 iPad Air iPhone 17e New displays (‼️) Studio Display 2 A19 per MacRumors Some excellent throwback snark from Jack Wellborn Studio Display XDR Day-one software update Mac support 120Hz-worthy Macs M5 MacBook Air No change in RAM upgrade pricing ? M5 Pro & M5 Max Efficiency cores still exist M5 Pro & M5 Max MacBook Pros If you squint, a 64GB MBP got cheaper MacBook ...
Pre-show: Marco beach… and app… cleanup results Instagram reel that John found Due YoLink Water Leak Starter Kit We’re recording ✨from the future✨. Follow-up: Should Casey look at a used Lucid Air for ~$50k? Marco’s defection move to Chrome (via Sarvagnan ) Helium Browser unduck.link Window resizing in Tahoe (via Jeff Johnson ) “Resolved Issue” → “Known Issue” Objective Development LaunchBar Little Snitch AirTag 2 & speaker tampering Cloudflare Open Access (via George Black) Explanatory vide...
Pre-show: Marco HVAC update Daikin Trane YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range ) YoLink leak sensors LoRa 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special : ATP Insider: After Apple Follow-up: Units corner Robert Tait’s video WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone) ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGames AI Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻♂️ Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations Three apps in one day On usage limits Dread & fatalism We Mourn Our Craft by N...
Pre-show: Icepocalypse update Follow-up: Casey’s unit conversions are helpful… ish Other authentication options for John’s Cloudflare apps Cloudflare Access Zero trust architecture OpenID connect tsidp Pocket ID Per-pixel lighting and human perception (via David Schaub ) The state of MicroLED Robert Tait of The Hook Up Claude Code & AI ethics Alec’s video Irish wind farm Top Dogs in Apple Vision Pro Marco’s experiment Cortex DuckDuckGo Kagi Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3 John’s Taho...
Pre-show: Snowpocalypse update Follow-up: atp.fm passkey update Google Private AI Compute Apple 🤝🏻 Google Cloud Removing copy/paste crud (via rauli ) Screen on RAM ASUS improves color accuracy for Mac users (via Oliver Thomas ) Modular headphones AIAIAI (via Graham Dobie ) Tyler H’s review of the Fender Mix and Fairphone Fairbuds Window management in macOS (via Ben ) FlashSpace AltTab New AirTags The chime has changed from F → G Apple hosting LA event Invite image Jason’s Creator Studio review...
Pre-show: Snowpocalypse is coming for Casey 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Tier List: Automotive Logos 🗣️ Follow-up: We’ll talk TCL/Sony next week! Gruber’s post Top Dogs is coming “Cloud technology”? Google’s blog post Gurman’s post Clipboard hijacking It’s an Apple thing No, really Indonesia is not small MainStage is not new (via Mike Taffet et al) Interview Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle still exists for education users (via Pekka Salonen ) Pro apps free trials Prior art (via Karoline ) The tria...
Pre-show: Casey’s dreams were squashed Ubiquiti Travel Router Verizon Jetpack Marco’s hotspot (newer models exist; check for refurbs, they’re way cheaper than new) Solis Edge Follow-up: The Grim Reaper FiOS CableCARD email came for John TiVo Roamio Pro Casey on Downstream Temporal dithering (via Kyle Foreman) Dagnabbit, the screen count is just too damn high MSI MEG Vision X ( Screen grab ) MSI Lightning RTX 5090 ( Screen grab ) Wi-Fi channel selection & size Wi-Fi 7 8 A tour of Apple- (or J...
Pre-show: Casey has a question for Marco LivePhish Goose on Bandcamp Nugs Thank you, ATP Patrons ! Follow-up: Cord-cutting Casey on Downstream suppose.tv Multi-select in iOS Contacts.app (via many, including Simon Ljungberg ) The Studio Display is $1600 (via Greg Seay ) Quinn’s video on making a 5K display Display flickering (via Stephen Perelson) This started in late 2020 with Big Sur Temporal dithering (AKA Frame rate control) Stillcolor to disable temporal dithering on macOS BetterDisplay for...
Pre-show: Comply TrueGrip MAX for AirPods Pro 3 Pepperidge Farm Remembers Follow-up: Contacts Contact lists are a thing (via Dayton Lowell) Some non-obvious complications (via Paul) Face ID & Touch ID Older folks really do struggle with Touch ID (via Harrison Krebs & Kurt Schwind ) Strictness (via Rob Sayre) John’s Liquid Glass bug in macOS 26.2 (via Gui Rambo ) Gui’s PR Some more about Podcasts.app and background execution (also from Gui) FB17228659 Developer Technical Support RAM short...
Pre-show: Christmas-slideshow time Follow-up: Paris Buttfield-Addison’s locked Apple ID 🇦🇺 ACCC: Consumer Rights & Guarnatees 🇺🇸: Remember when we had a CFPB? Chat math Metadata thread splitting & merging Colin spells it out for us TV Everywhere XMLTV m3u8 IPTV Github Repo 🚨 Proceed with caution 🚨 StreamEast 506 Sports Custom pronunciations in iOS Accessibility → VoiceOver → Speech → Pronunciations See Apple support Accessibility → Read & Speak → Pronunciations See Apple suppor...
Pre-show: Marco joins team snow tires i3 : 155/70R19 XC90 : 275/40R21 Molex F-150 Lightning’s demise 🗣️ Remember, ATP gift memberships are a thing! 🗣️ New ATP Members Special: ATP Movie Club: WarGames WarGames Follow-up: Some impromptu spoiler-free follow-up about the member’s special John’s Cloudflare update Hypercritical Marco’s former TV (via Wayne Morgan ) Apple executive departures Jeff Williams has been nominated to join Disney’s board Press release The Verge Would Johnny Srouji consider...
This episode covers Apple's Fitness+ expansion with AI-dubbed voices, the implications of shortening TLS certificate lifetimes, and Cloudflare's recent outages. The hosts also delve into John Gruber's scathing critique of former software design chief Alan Dye and the widespread executive reshuffling at Apple, including Jennifer Newstead's controversial appointment. The discussion concludes with optimistic speculation about Apple's future leadership and several quality-of-life feature requests for iOS apps like Messages and Contacts.
Pre-show: Marco has a new toy Follow-up: Vision Pro Light Seal sizes decoded Vision Pro Size Help tool JPEG XL lives… in PDF Chromium ticket jxl-rs: JPEG XL in Rust Chapter links in Apple Podcasts Stephen Robles on The Talk Show Apple documentation ATP on Threads Malicious content delivery on Podcasts.app? 404 Media article Everybody is leaving Apple John Giannandrea to retire from Apple Amar Subramanya’s first-week experience at Microsoft Alan Dye poached by Meta Jason’s take Cloudflare’s 18 No...
Pre-show: Marco bought a new toy ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II Bryan’s toot pen.tips Paperlike 3 Paperlike Pencil Tips Follow-up: macOS Tahoe 26.2 β3 seems to fix Electron slowdown (per shamelectron ) Gurman says “not so fast, my friend” Gaming in ARM Anti-cheat complications (via Tyler ) Windows 11 on ARM (via David Gaw) OpenAI Egg update Interview video Fred T Apple N1 > Broadcom An iPhone camera cluster theory The UK is still trying to make fetch happen get themselves a back door ...
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It — 16 October 2023 Follow-up: The origin of “diamond dogs” (via Jared Counts ) Wikipedia Matte, glossy, glass, and nanotexture (via Johnny “Decimal” Noble) Paperlike Rock Paper Pencil Steam Machine EuroGamer article about APU/GPU (via DavidSchaub ) PlayStation 5 OS is FreeBSD-based (via Jesús Santaigo Narváez ) Wikipedia PS Dev Wiki Steam Frame Lenses (via Michael ) Spec chart (via James O’Lou...
Follow-up: John has some new Vision Pro treats Flight Ready In the defense of the CD-R (via Jonathan Goforth) ATP Tier List: Storage Media Auto-generated chapters in Apple podcasts We’re dummies: ATP has a [chapter-free] bootleg Some more technical details (via Stephen Robles ) Subscriber audio chapters are a mess New MacBook Pro design is for M6 Pro & Max only? Mark Gurman’s coverage MD101 Tahoe & Electron app fixes Discord is fixed (via Dayton Lowell) Microsoft Teams Classic is likely ...
Pre-show: Casey dropped his 17 Pro 🗣️ The ATP Holiday Store is back! Order before 9 November! 🗣️ T568A & T568B Idea courtesy Adam Brandon Don’t Stop Believin’… An aside about podcast chapters and Apple’s recent news Follow-up: The current MacBook Pro design is from the M1 (via Ben Mattison ) More dashed Mac Pro dreams Apple’s internal chip codename nomenclature Variants P = A_ G = A_X / A_Z / M_ S = M_ Pro C = M_ Max D = M_ Ultra X = M_ Pro/Max/Ultra Examples A11 = H10P A12X = H11G A14 = H...
