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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

516: One of My Fits of Rage

Pre-show: Vacations, illness, birthdays, and carrot cake Follow-up: AI Art & Copyright (via Amy Lee) Github Terms of Service Github Corporate Terms of Service CRUD chkbit True Life Diary Marco, CloudKit , and Overcast Under the Radar #258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook Samsung ViewFinity S9 The Verge Samsung Announcement HDR600 #askatp : How do we backup & store Xcode project folders? (via Eshu Marneedi ) Tim Bray on Mastodon search How does John feel about lossy streaming on his fancypants new ...

Jan 03, 20232 hr 10 minEp. 516

515: The Elder Programmer Look

Pre-show: Marco has decreed today is Christmas Eve. Project Highrise Don’t Starve Together Follow-up: Butterfly Keyboard class-action lawsuit payouts Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion Have I Been Trained? Have I Been Pwned? A fun Twitter → Mastodon web app (via Ted Tschopp ) Nullsoft Scriptable Install System macos9.app Rewind.ai is available Lensa AI (App Store link) John’s iPad Mystery iPad Pro (4th generation) iPad Pro (6th generation) Casey’s A...

Dec 28, 20222 hr 13 minEp. 515

514: My Immense Softness

Pre-show: Period pieces about x2 and k56flex Superbad DIVX Follow-up: Casey has fixed his Docker problems with Colima ? Apple is considering dropping the WebKit requirement? Blink Gecko Some clarifications and feedback about the SR-71 (via Chris) Trident II D5 Inertial Navigation System Schuler tuning Astroinertial Navigation System in the SR-71 Podcast story about the missing hemisphere of star data in the SR-71 (at 43:31) John McElhone’s Detective Work Moisturizers are, indeed, real. Cet...

Dec 22, 20222 hr 45 minEp. 514

513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat

Pre-show: Is moisturizer real? Orange Goop The 🐔🧢 is back !! Follow-up: Recovery keys & backup contacts Apple’s information Oliver Ames’ thoughts More on StoreKit 2 and Refunds Tech Talk Request a Refund The Sharrow is real, John. WWDC 2017 Relevant clip Enabling Advanced Data Protection for “enthusiasts” Apple’s support article Quitting the Finder defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool true Apple Music Sing, Atmos, and ML Example Goose album Tesla...

Dec 15, 20222 hr 10 minEp. 513

512: Owned With a P

Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price Follow-up: Mastodon instances and federation Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually Sharrow 👍 Merlin is vindicated; it’s a real thing 👎 …but it’s not exactly a “share arrow” . But it is. Kinda. Sorta. 🤪 ButtDB Blackbird has been open-sourced Publisher ! Custom string interpolation Function Back Deployment Apple announces 3 new “advanced safety feature...

Dec 08, 20222 hr 57 minEp. 512

511: Moving to Antarctica

Pre-show: Sharrows EVERYONE has written in to tell us about the bike-lane symbols , thank you, no need for anyone else to write in – ed. The ATP On-Demand Store is live for your holiday needs! Follow-up: Bridging async / await ↔ Obj-C (via Aaron Farnham) Marco’s 🍑💨 Some updates on Mastodon Ivory by Tapbots Don’t Use Services that Hate the Internet John’s 🍑💨: He’s outraged! A Better Mastodon Friend Finder Merlin & John’s excellent discussion about Twitter (st...

Dec 01, 20222 hr 50 minEp. 511

510: It’s Occupied by Bears

Pre-show: Marco makes Casey’s day B FCModel Hacking with Swift Follow-up: Using network locations in macOS Ventura ControlPlane Casey’s adventure with date formats Bonus: man pages in Preview John’s iPhone Cases Bullstrap $85 → $68 Ryan London $54 Mastodon The Real Slim Shady ActivityPub Micro.blog support Scalability Moderation Burnout On evaluating new platforms Running an instance is… not easy Founder in Time Client app reviews by Anna Nicholson Client app feature comp...

Nov 22, 20222 hr 9 minEp. 510

509: Tiny Tyrants

Pre-show: John is a Swiftie Follow-up: John’s 2FA transfer options, and a suggestion from particles! Automating Watch faces (via Alex Serriere) Newer Apple TV 4K models support HDR in YouTube (via Matt Freedman) Photos, Smart Albums, and boolean logic (via Jakob ) Hiding purchases in Music (via Arem ) Twitter Tribulations Elon Musk has the world’s thinnest skin Employee corrects Elon He’s also a big jerk H-1B visa Intel 8088 HomeKit is amazing for some people (via Todd) X10 Mac...

Nov 17, 20222 hr 14 minEp. 509

508: Later Is Getting Later and Later

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: lol twttr Hotline Follow-up: Rewind has stopped using cloud transcription , so, you’re welcome . Speaking of screen recording, let’s talk about corporate espionage protection DTEX Jason has found the answer to John’s confusion about using ML-generated keyword...

Nov 10, 20222 hr 17 minEp. 508

507: It 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 s...

Nov 03, 20222 hr 3 minEp. 507

506: Our Only SEO Is You

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 long local nightmare is now over. Follow-up: Costco has some Sonos stuff on sale starting 20 November Arc (on Sonos’ site ) One SL (on Sonos’ site ) Fire prevention on airplanes (via Andrew Chase) Apple mouse shape history John’s Ventura a...

Oct 27, 20222 hr 14 minEp. 506

505: A Mental Laxative

Pre-show: Marco rediscovers his love for programming, by procrastiworking. Follow-up: Apple TV, Match Content , and HDMI QMS QMS Explainer Audio-dejudder Casey’s iPhone upgrade, eSIM, and Verizon fees Follow-out for Upgrade #429: Freedom Doors John’s mouse ATP #449: An Unclean Mouse ATP #361: A Button in the Thumb Shelf John’s speaker adventure Apple Watch Ultra screen size Nomad Orange Sport Band New iPads! Alex Guyot’s tweet Logitech Crayon Zac Hall on covers Dan Moren&...

Oct 20, 20222 hr 28 minEp. 505

504: Too 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 ...

Oct 13, 20222 hr 24 minEp. 504

503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza

Follow-up: Marco has settled on the Peak Design case What even is in Shared Photo Libraries, anyway? The 🇪🇺 USB-C mandate passes a vote Christina Warren’s tweet MFI mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe AI Art Cortex #133: The Ethics of AI Art Projects DALL-E Stable Diffusion DiffusionBee to run it on an Apple Silicon Mac Midjourney Google Imagen Artist found private medical record photos in AI training image set Everything is a Remix Ornithopter GitHub Copilot Light & Magic #ask...

Oct 06, 20222 hr 10 minEp. 503

502: Going Retina Again

Please donate to St. Jude ! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: Marco has glasses Too big according to John Too big according to anyone “Big Steve Jobs energy” The Steve Jobs frames ( we think ) …and iPhone cases Pitaka MagEZ Case 3 Peak Design Everyday Case for iPhone ATP Movie Club: Episode 3: Edge of Tomorrow Remember, only for members ! Follow-up: iCloud Shared Photo Library limitations There are lots of creaky clear cases out there Stage Manager will supp...

Sep 29, 20222 hr 26 minEp. 502

501: Torsional Rigidity Check

Please donate to St. Jude ! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: Relay FM Feuding Families ATP Movie Club: Episode 2: The Rundown Remember, only for members ! Casey’s traumatic moment, captured Follow-up: Apple Pay and “valid” addresses iPhone 14 has revised, easily-repairable internals Repair costs SIM tray spacer John’s second iPhone case Bullstrap case Ryan London case Marco’s case updates Pitaka Case Casey’s on the HDHomeRun Prime with Cha...

Sep 22, 20222 hr 13 minEp. 501

500: All the Nerds in the Room

Please 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) ...

Sep 15, 20222 hr 3 minEp. 500

499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me

Please donate to St. Jude ! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: A bidding war for a good cause Apple Event, September 2022 Apple Watch Series 8 Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) Apple Watch Ultra Panerai Luminor Tourbillon GMT Photos from Matt Panzarino Size comparison by Neil Cybart GPS L5 AirPods Pro (2nd generation) Helly R! iPhone 14 & 14 Plus Emergency SOS via satellite Iridium Garmin Inreach Mini 2 iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max John’s Tweet about 🤢 “Dynamic I...

Sep 08, 20223 hr 35 minEp. 499

498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe

Please donate to St. Jude ! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: Marco has leveled-up as a nerd. 🤓 HP M182nw Follow-up: John’s polarizer and lens protector Calibration of Rock Band instruments (via Johannes Zander) Casey got buzzed by Apple Maps cars “Image Collection” Locations (via Holgr in the chat) Apple Watch Series 7 exit interview iPhone 13 Pro exit interview John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case iPhone 14 & 14 Pro expectations Single pill/l...

Sep 01, 20222 hr 24 minEp. 498

497: The 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 Ri...

Aug 25, 20222 hr 16 minEp. 497

496: One of My Lesser TiVos

Follow-up: What’s up with 🚩 on the 🏖️ in 🇦🇺? (via Ross Poulton ) John’s TV Channels vs. TiVo vs. FiOS TV TVEverwhere HDHomeRun Prime Christina’s Tweet John’s tips for alleviating audio delays Calibration Video Screenshot Niki Tonsky’s System Settings wonkiness thread Jason on Network Locations Invisible confirm button Casey has some thoughts and feelings about Feedback/Radar For Apple people, these are Casey’s bugs. He has received no response on any of th...

Aug 18, 20223 hr 35 minEp. 496

495: Five Points for Smell

Follow-up: Android totally copying Java was fair use (via Rob Sayre) Oracle’s S3 clone Branded tires (via TK & Sam Abuelsamid ) Ford demands Goodyear remove Wrangler branding John’s TV updates Geoff C’s theory NTP Justin Winchester’s theory Bravia Core Cable Matters Plug & Play USB Ethernet Adapter (USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet to USB, Ethernet Adapter for Laptop) Supporting 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network in Black Reddit tip RTFU: TiVo code search...

Aug 11, 20222 hr 12 minEp. 495

494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench

Pre-show: Geometry Dash Number Munchers Number Munchers on Classic Reload Number Munchers on the App Store Unity Unity CEO’s colorful opinions The Talk Show #353: Shop Different Playdate Pulp VVVVVV FromSoftware Follow-up: John on M1 MacBook Air vs. M2 MacBook Air speakers You can set up Fastmail to have a catch-all Casey’s referral code Find My on vacation Steps via Steve J. Stutz Open Find My Tap Devices Tap on the device you want to silence Scroll down and under Notifications togg...

Aug 04, 20222 hr 2 minEp. 494

493: Downstairs Downstairs

Pre-show: Last two weeks updates The Talk Show #352: “I’ve Kissed that Mouse” Reconcilable Differences #102: Preparing the Way DFU Restore Billy Joel and his helicopter concert commute Jones Beach Night 1 Night 2 Follow-up: Custom 🇦🇺 emails (via Mark Vos & Brendan Ragan) .id.au Rules Casey’s Fastmail Referral Code BMW subscriptions (via Chris Church) BBC Coverage Amazon Remote-Deletes 1984 from Kindles Calibre Steve Stutz tells us you can get the mophie 3-in-1&#8217...

Jul 31, 20222 hr 10 minEp. 493

492: Umbrella Hammer Toadstool

Pre-show: Air conditioners, memories, and house veins Mini-split Follow-up: M2 MacBook Air [also] thermal throttles Jason’s review You should probably subscribe to 6C, too The Verge Gruber’s review Ars Technica’s review John’s Mac Studio safety straps M2 has Ultra-Wideband Chip? Default destination for Messages Apple Jann Gobble IPSec is not mandatory for IPv6 (via Brian Petersen) Wikipedia Squozen AirPlay & Touch Bar network problems Mnpn Writeup Apple Patents Dual &...

Jul 20, 20222 hr 57 minEp. 492

491: Salmon and SwiftUI

Casey and Marco have 99 problems, and SwiftUI is every. damn. one. of. them. Casey’s problems PhotosPicker FB10491818 FB10566546 presentationDetents() FB10636765 ImageRenderer FB10393458 Under the Radar #246: Hard Forks UIStackView UIViewRepresentable UIHostingController Pointer Follow-up: Alternative pi-hole fix BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR=false in pihole-FTL.conf Switching bbetween SwiftUI’s HStack & VStack Updating the .if() modifier objc.io explainer WWDC 2021: Demistify SwiftUI macOS Su...

Jul 14, 20222 hr 4 minEp. 491

490: Tiny Pictures of Knobs

Pre-show: Some thoughts on who should have agency over womens’ bodies Roe v. Wade In-vitro fertilization Ectopic pregnancy Evidence-based medicine Trigger law Follow-up: Using a M1 Mac mini as a Plex server Other video transcoding M2 MacBook Air available to order Friday at 8 AM OTTZ Quick Pi-hole tip from Tod Weitzel Advantages for Apple getting into Buy Now, Pay Later A possible motive for bitcode deprecation LLVM Why passkeys will be simpler and more secure than passwords Janis Peukert ...

Jul 07, 20222 hr 5 minEp. 490

489: Very Inappropriate Thoughts About This Computer

Pre-show: Marco flirts with his past Follow-up: Bitcode has been deprecated Previously, on ATP #205 ( Overcast timestamp link ) ( Transcript ) New big HomePod rumor Ricky on Passkey syncing YubiKey Very important Caffè Macs follow-up BNPL Planet Money The 256GB 13” M2 MacBook Pro has crummy SSD performance 15” MacBook… something ? #askatp What makes WWDC ‘22 different than the before times? (via Elijah Yap) Are we living in the gilded age for Mac professionals? (via Wade ...

Jun 30, 20222 hr 55 minEp. 489

488: Pebbles on the Scale

Pre-show: Marco’s HomePod journey continues HomePod mini USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter Follow-up: iPad Pro (2018) has 4GB or 6GB RAM The offending party has been sacked Apple educational discounts & software bundles Pro Apps Bundle for Education Education Store Macintosh SE/30 Your beloved hosts have a violent reaction to the 13” MacBook Pro Bart Reardon’s System Preferences experiment AMFI Launch Constraints Copy/Paste adjustments in Photos macOS Ventura Preview Gamin...

Jun 23, 20222 hr 55 minEp. 488

487: Mid-Life Rally

Pre-show: 🎂 HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, Marco! 🎂 Congratulations, Alex! iCloud Shared Photo Library Jason on storage allocation Copy/paste edits in Photos Eric deRuiter on Safety Check Personal Safety User Guide Passkeys Can be shared via AirDrop (See 6m14s into the video) How do you recover them? About the Security of Passkeys Set Up an Account Recovery Contact Semi Analysis on the M2 The MacBook Air has color-matched MagSafe cables It is also 500 nits Desk View clarifications Messages Stage Manager...

Jun 16, 20222 hr 24 minEp. 487