567: macOS Uranus

Accidental Tech Podcast

Dec 26, 2023•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 567

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Pre-show: Running public sound
- Automixing
- Sound Devices Mix Pre-10 II
- Zoom F8n
- Zoom LiveTrak L8
- Reminder that gift memberships make for a great last-minute gift!
Follow-up:
- iCloud.com login with only a password
  - Apple Store experience (via Morgan Schönberger)
  - More details via Ian Williamson
  - icloud.com/find
  - Joanna Stern’s prison interview
- Beeper → Beeped
  - Blog post
  - MacRumors
- Virtualization options for macOS
  - UTM was recommended by several, including Luke Channings and Glenn Brown
  - Steve Troughton-Smith’s write-up
- Is Masimo a patent troll?
  - The Verge article
  - LA Times article from October
  - Apple working on a software workaround?
  - Against Intellectual Monopoly, by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine
    - Against Intellectual Monopoly (PDF)
- EVs that [allegedly] satisfy all of Rangachari Anand’s requirements
  - Rick Gore really likes VAG
  - Daphne Sakellarides suggests the Hyundai Kona
  - Doug Spry reiterates Casey’s pick of the Chevy Bolt
  - Thestrategery recommends the Mini Cooper SE
  - Sam Abuelsamid
  - Chevy Blazer EV
- On car controls
  - Volkswagen reneges on all the crummy controls
  - Sam Abuelsamid’s take
iPhone 16 “Capture Button”
Next Apple Watch breaks band compatibility? 😱
Google loses antitrust case to Epic
- Stratechery (Paywalled)
#askatp:
- Do Nvidia & Apple mean different things by the word “core”? (via Ammar)
- If Apple really does make Siri better, will it land in existing HomePods? (via Ryan McDonough)
- A complete 🤬 trainwreck of a third #askatp. No spoilers.
  - Hauppage!
Post-show Neutral: Marco’s adventure
- Maxtrax