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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

267: I 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" (n...

Mar 31, 20181 hr 36 minEp. 267

266: Text Adventure Mode

Follow-up: Compound commands in cylinders You shut down your computer because of a problem... GDPR Personal data PCI HIPAA This keyboard feels so real , mannnnnn... Apple is developing its own display tech MicroLED Marco's image retention test Hide in this closet! Microdrive #askatp What's the deal with gaming consoles and "bits"? (via Simon Ejsing ) SIMD FLOPS Cell processor The Last of Us nVidia Tegra X1 Nintendo survey What's the deal with sports? (via Johnny O ) What's the deal with Instagra...

Mar 23, 20182 hr 10 minEp. 266

265: Simon Says Volume Five

Follow-up: Onboarding and GDPR GDPR for web developers Slack 💔 IRC Alexa can solicit follow-up Siri drama at The Information Daring Fireball writeup Crumb-proof keyboards MacBook Air refresh? The Talk Show #219: Podcast Amnesia MacBook fantasies Casey's USB-C → SD Card Reader Anker USB-C charger WWDC 2018 announced ATP Live Relay FM Live AltConf Layers John's tweet Apple acquires Texture Zinio #askatp Migrations between Macs (via Matt Wallin) Polite language in user interfaces (via Bill Balinor...

Mar 15, 20182 hr 8 minEp. 265

264: Every Building Has Bugs

Follow-up: Laptop arrow keys Dell's abomination Erin and Alexa Onboard all the things What's New in Clock Cambrian explosion Telestrator Apple Park is hazardous #askatp Automotive windowing strategies (via Vamsi ) Slack on Mac vs. IRC (via Peter Gosling ) Connecting to Slack via IRC Colloquy Textual The Halting Problem (via Juan Pablo Rodríguez ) John's original tweet Fork bomb Post-show Neutral : What car would we pick for our other hosts? Sponsored by: Betterment : Rethink what your money can ...

Mar 07, 20181 hr 52 minEp. 264

263: Old Potato

Follow-up: John is on NoMAD Active Directory Jamf's blog post Casey adopts a new child Timber Fireball AnyList Nexia AOL Instant Messenger handles ICQ Vulkan is coming to macOS More from AnandTech Metal Apple's dual-display patent ATP #193: The Escape Zone #asktiff Nintendo Switch Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Alto's Odyssey iMac Pro Shadow Complex Pusheen Box #askatp Max out ❤️ or 🍩? (via Jimmy Bosse ) 👾 nostalgia (via Brian Middleton ) Skee-Ball Street Fighter II Cruis'n USA Hyrdo Thun...

Mar 01, 20181 hr 34 minEp. 263

262: A Clear Path to Okayness

Casey's new career of missing obvious programming solutions Analog(ue) #126: I Love You So Much; This is Infuriating GIFwrapped Slopes Siri all up in Daniel Jalkut's business Sonos and wood Who has a HomePod? Echo Spot Google Home Mini Doubting Apple "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." Creative Nomad Siri The Talk Show #215: The "Press Real Hard" Era Apple pumps the brakes Six Colors 2017 report card Steven Sinofsky tweets: 28 , 31 , 32 , End #askatp Modular Mac Pro saves the Mac Mini?...

Feb 24, 20181 hr 53 minEp. 262

261: Seven-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 Sponsored...

Feb 16, 20181 hr 48 minEp. 261

260: The Todoyist Problem

Follow-up: Is throttling old phones really better? Does anyone other than tech bloggers give a 💩 about smart speakers? Raspberri Pi music player update Plastic Player Mini NES Console Apple's emoji is theirs and you can't have it . Connected #179: The Tiny Head Pandemic Sam Eckert gets a phone call from App Review Bittracker later gets approved with emoji Marco's to-do app spirit walk Taskpaper Due AnyList Clear Todoist Omnifocus Things Fantastical Calculator Construction Set #askatp Does Casey...

Feb 09, 20181 hr 56 minEp. 260

259: I Hired Myself

Who ordered a HomePod ? Query #23: Hands-on with the HomePod iPod Hi-Fi iMore HomePod FAQ Casey orders an Ethernet adapter USB-C Ethernet Adapter USB-C HDMI Dongle Amazon Locker Forthcoming replacement Casey's Mac "app" Casey's photo management workflow Dr. Drang's photo scripts Casey's scripts OperationQueue Marco's secret project ATP #231: I Am Not a Salad Power User Arduino Raspberry Pi Raspbian MPD HiFiBerry Turn Touch netcat #askatp Long-term file storage M-Disc AAA games for iOS/tvOS (via ...

Feb 01, 20182 hr 12 minEp. 259

258: Non-Beta Data

Follow up: Battery replacement reticence iOS 11.3 battery health messaging macOS Spectre and Meltdown fixes go back to El Capitan HomePod preorders and ship date announced Some interaction tidbits iOS 11.3 preview Bohemian Rhapsody Animoji Karaoke Jason Snell's wishful thinking tvOS 11.3 macOS 10.13.4 and the end of 32-bit #askatp Unifying 3D Touch and long presses (via Todd Vaziri ) What is AirPlay 2? (via Alex ) WWDC 2017 Session John's spines (via Andrew Lymn-Penning ) Post-show: BMW are mone...

Jan 25, 20181 hr 36 minEp. 258

257: Smell the Wind

Casey and Erin had a baby! John's first and second dad comics Casey's photo management workflow Follow-up: Europe's black Mac PCalc About screen, revver of fans ARM Windows PCs Windows RT MacBook "Adorable" Upgrade #168: Hail Hydrant Marco's observational tweet about iPads TripMode MessagePad Windows 10 Sets MDI Copland 2010 Apple Bionic Google Fushcia Old school error numbers #askatp Non-Pro iMac upgrade cadence (via Erik Berlin ) John's 🧀 grater (via Andy Hume ) Messages in iCloud (via Kurt )...

Jan 18, 20181 hr 36 minEp. 257

256: A Heroic Threshold for Pain

Apple's Meltdown/Spectre statement How it affects WebKit Raspberry Pi's writeup Measuring performance ∆ iMac Pro peripherals on eBay Full set: $1080 Trackpad: $310+ Magic Mouse: $295+ Macintosh TV Follow-up: Arctic Silver Follow-up: Battery replacements and solving customer problems Follow-up: iPhone X screen burn-in Marco's iMac Pro, one week in Sony α7R III review DP Review on the α7R III Canon 5D Mark IV #askatp Would apple delay the Mac Pro for a new CPU architecture? (via Clint ) What does ...

Jan 11, 20182 hr 1 minEp. 256

255: The 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 Br...

Jan 04, 20182 hr 5 minEp. 255

254: Hot 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 pic...

Dec 26, 20172 hr 25 minEp. 254

253: I Think I Ordered One

Follow up: Jeep Wranglers iMac Pro RAM upgrades iMac Pro input devices Mac Pro will be "upgradeable" iMac Pro orders #askatp Entry-level open-backed headphones (via JD Lewin) Schiit Fulla 2 Grado SR60e : $80, but uncomfortable Beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro : $225, for treble lovers (250-ohm recommended) Sennheiser HD 650 : $300, for treble haters Car magazines for kids (via Jeremy Nachman ) Motor Trend on YouTube Car and Driver John's observational tweet Cars from a Woman's Perspective Do we really ne...

Dec 20, 20172 hr 6 minEp. 253

252: Any Day Could Be Mac Pro Day

Pre-show Neutral: Casey has car problems Follow up: Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad is apparently bendy #askatp Holiday gift ideas Mophie Qi charger Casey's 2015 ideas Casey's 2016 ideas Fenix LD22 flashlight Grovemade Qi charger Briggs & Riley backpack Zojirushi SM-YAE48 travel mug ThermoWorks Thermapen Mk4 Casey's Go Pack Code nostalgia A not-so-brief interlude about Overcast and feed redirects sudo John's black screen of death ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County iMac Pro MKBHD's re...

Dec 14, 20171 hr 56 minEp. 252

251: Uninstall Your Water Reminder App!

Casey argues for day/month/year instead of year/month/day ( ISO 8601 ) Celsius is stupid for ambient air temperature Follow up: Root bug post was in the dev forums, not the support forums. Reporting to [email protected] XProtect and Xplorer Shell script iOS keyboard woes and Gboard John's Touch Bar switch DragThing Jony Ive hears your feedback #askatp Should we get rid of paper books? (via Josh Keegan) Will Apple ever make backlit desktop keyboards? (via Craig ) How does dynamic podcast...

Dec 07, 20172 hr 19 minEp. 251

250: We’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 i...

Nov 30, 20172 hr 29 minEp. 250

249: Beehives 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 A...

Nov 21, 20172 hr 24 minEp. 249

248: Chili Cookoff

Follow up: Tradespeople and Face ID Multitasking gesture wonkiness on the home screen "I got this phone for $50 and it's fine" Pro-rated AppleCare+ MacBook key repairs OLED and burn-in Kbase article (👋🏻, Stephen) iOS' commentary iPhone X camera Joe Rosensteel has thoughts about portrait mode Casey notices some failures too Focos #askatp GeForce Now (via Kim Ahlberg ) OnLive VPNs (via MarcMV ) Encrypt.me AirPower for Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard What does "close to the metal" mean? (via Jonat...

Nov 16, 20171 hr 54 minEp. 248

247: A Place to Stick Your Gum

Follow up: Apple TV 11.2ß makes John happy Time Machine local snapshots App Camp for Girls fundraiser #askatp iPhone X cases (via Nathan Walls ) Apple Leather Case (Casey bought black) Impact of Siri's ineptitude (via Kapila Wimalaratne ) Sony A7R III (via Ananda ) Canon 5D Mark IV iPhone X: The ATP Review iStockNow FaceID Security Guide Post-show: Casey's odd in-flight activities Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Warby Parker : Boutique-...

Nov 10, 20172 hr 35 minEp. 247

246: I Just Want My Stories

Follow up: F1 flappy paddles iPhone X preorder results Recent performance of the rumor mill Marco's iMac returns MacBook Pro keyboard repair cost Apple TV output formats New "WWDC" video New Apple TV beta The Verge's take #askatp Mac antivirus software? Would we use Apple OSes on any other hardware if they were theoretically compatible? Retro ThinkPad Back to Work #346 Apple fires engineer involved in iPhone X leak (via Tim Walker ) Casey's Instagram post iPhone X reviews, and the PR strategy St...

Nov 02, 20172 hr 22 minEp. 246

245: Senior-Citizen Advantage

Follow up: The right to chair arms #askatp Bitcoin The Talk Show #74 : Glenn Fleishmann explains Bitcoin iPhone SE... X? Macintosh SE/30 How to catch Phish A Live One Live Phish It's preorder time Casey's tips What are the iPhone X's biggest risks? The Mac Mini is... still a thing ? Riccardo Mori's 3 options Post-show: Casey's still a car journalist Wheel Bearings Parking garage clip ZF 8HP transmission Ars Technica Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use code ATP for 10% off your f...

Oct 26, 20172 hr 15 minEp. 245

244: The 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: YouTube channel Patreon Hire him to...

Oct 19, 20171 hr 54 minEp. 244

243: Knew About the Dollar Signs

Pre-show: macOS upgrades vs. clean installs Follow up: Google Pixel preorders (via Hannes Hauer ) Google customer service strategy Casey has received his first AT&T bill with his Apple Watch Sonos and Google sitting in a tree... Anker and Amazon are K-I-S-S-I-N-G Speaker fragmentation Google Home Max and Mini Casey's 👋🏻⛰️ FOMO #askatp Browser choices (from Kyle ) Accord thoughts (from Sebastian ) Command line (from Comay ) Git Tower tcsh Perforce fish Apple Phone → Watch notifications Due ...

Oct 12, 20171 hr 43 minEp. 243

242: These Arms Are Coming Off

Pre-show: iPhone X New Google Pixels Follow up: John received his Apple TV 4K #askatp iOS error-logging frameworks Qi chargers Mike Bolton proposes a typing challenge St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Brady Center to prevent gun violence Hispanic Federation for Puerto Rico relief New Amazon Echo announcements Verge Summary New Echo Echo Connect Echo Plus Fire TV 4K Sonos One Echo Spot Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: John buys a chair Wirecutter Steelcase Gesture Herman Miller Embody...

Oct 06, 20171 hr 59 minEp. 242

241: Jazzercise Boot Camp

Pre-show: Jazzercise 1982 video compilation Follow up: St. Jude Fundraiser Update Apple TV 4K has a fan 😭 Teardown Downloading 4K iTunes movies Boot Camp and cheesy Apple videos Sam Abuelsamid of Wheel Bearings clarifies TLX DCT #askatp Being good beta citizens and not making @tapbot_paul angry APFS and Fusion drives Apple Watch Series 3 review Marco's post about APIs Under the Radar #99: Effecting Change Upgrade #160: A Helipad on Your Table Connected #161: A Handbag? Face Cream? A Chainsaw? �...

Sep 29, 20171 hr 54 minEp. 241

240: Undefined Wait Period

Stephen Hackett's St. Jude's Fundraiser Follow up: iPhone X screen size John Siracusa, Dongletown, USA Bigger OWC dock John's forthcoming OWC dock Elgato dock Window management Apple Watch LTE pricing: Data is substitutive, not additive (via Oliver Thomas ) More on Apple TV 4K Whether it has a fan or supports 24 Hz output 32 vs. 64 GB Craig Federighi's Face ID apology tour The Talk Show #200 Confirmation of John's prediction about face swipe timing Running Mac betas No APFS for Fusion Drives Mor...

Sep 21, 20172 hr 17 minEp. 240

239: Set This Money on Fire

Apple Special Event, September 2017 Dan Frommer's photo essay Today at Apple Apple Watch intro video Featuring Kyles the Gray ! Louis CK: Everything is Amazing & Nobody is Happy Overcast and Apple Watch offline playback Watch Dots Qi charging standard ATP #172: iPhone X Five Years of OS X iPhone X in the HIG Disappearing scroll thumb Jokey notch scrolling Rolodex Light L16 camera Back to Work #341: Rich Boy Phone iPhone Folio Case Inside Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: Marco figures...

Sep 14, 20173 hr 12 minEp. 239

238: Begging for the Hub

Follow-Up: Isn't iCloud close to full-machine backup? Do you really need to spend $1000 on a camera? Printing photos Photo resolution #askatp iPhone-buying strategies Casey's lessons learned Is 4K worth it? Steve Yedlin on 4K Viewing distance calculator Why & how we use Plex Casey's Plex Primer Don Melton's scripts ffmpeg John's 2017 MacBook Pro impressions Apple LED Cinema Display Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad Logitech Optical USB Mouse ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County Business ...

Sep 07, 20172 hr 34 minEp. 238
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