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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

327: Better Late Than Wrong

Follow-up: "Interactive version control" comic " Preview for video" Videoloupe (via Matthew Schaffer ) LumaFX Perfect Horizon (via Jan Östlund ) Telestream Switch+ Vignette ( App Store Link ) Analog(ue) #157: I Just Want People to Like My Stuff MacStories Cult of Mac 9to5Mac TechCrunch GIFWrapped Independence Marco's AirPlay 2 "Greycation" AVSampleBufferRenderSynchronizer Castro Playdate Firewatch Untitled Goose Game Cabel Sasser's XOXO 2013 talk Teenage Engineering OP-1 Apple's Refreshed MacBoo...

May 23, 20192 hr 57 minEp. 327

326: Blow Your Redo Stack

Pre-show: Bug-out bags and disaster planning Casey's Go Pack Northeast blackout of 2003 Casey's fantasy generator Follow-up: THANK YOU for buying T-Shirts! John's "Frame Game" Apple's fix for the new ZombieLoad Intel CPU exploit HeartBleed Steve T-S on macOS 10.15 house-cleaning Ink IINA Booting in 64-bit only mode #askatp : Are comments in code a "code smell"? (via Alex White ) SE-0004: Remove ++ and -- operators How does John rate movies? (via Dan Provost ) John's Letterboxd What's our WWDC ED...

May 16, 20192 hr 12 minEp. 326

325: Relive Your Calculator-Watch Dreams

The ATP store is back with brand new designs! Only available until May 12! Order now ! Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shirt designs this year. Follow-up: MDM parental-control conspiracy theory Jury-duty technology iPod Nano 5th-gen had a video camera Nintendo Play-Yan Bloomberg's WWDC round-up AvantGo Gboard (App Store link) Due The Law of Leaky Abstractions BestPhotos California dial Nomos Club Campus Panerai Radiomir California #askatp : What do we listen to when w...

May 09, 20192 hr 12 minEp. 325

324: Automatic Kicking Machine

The ATP store is back with brand new designs! Only available until May 12! Order now ! Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shirt designs this year. Follow-up: Australia Post's website link guidelines (via Robb McAlavey ) How could one leverage copyright to block podcasts in clients? Clip sharing with Overcast AVAssetExportSession animationTool Overcast for macOS Three-column version marzipanify Steve's blog posts New York Times on Apple "cracking down" on MDM apps Apple r...

May 03, 20192 hr 3 minEp. 324

323: A Slightly Smaller Thumb

The ATP store is back with new designs! Only available through May 12! Order now ! Our thanks to The Iconfactory for helping us out with the T-Shirt designs this year. Pre-show: Amazing refrigerator episode of Reconcilable Differences ATP Store Iconfactory Patreon Iconfactory apps Follow-up on Intel exiting the cellular-modem business: Thoughts from anonymous Intel tipsters Thoughts from an IP lawyer Luminary's missteps The Pen Addict More from Gui Rambo Apple Watch auth beyond just computer unl...

Apr 25, 20192 hr 54 minEp. 323

322: Morale-Sucking Maple Syrup Fires

Pre-show: Casey and John file Overcast bugs Follow-up: More AirPower follow-up. (Really!) Netflix, AirPlay, and screen rights AirPlay quality loss AirPod fidget spinner Of course Katie Bouman should get the credit How to Understand the Image of a Black Hole Apple and Qualcomm settle and then Intel exits 5G business Apple press release John on patents 1 , 2 , 3 iOS 13: Dark Mode, Volume HUD, multi-windows/"cards" on iPad PanelKit Kai's Power Tools Unified Find My iPhone & Find My Friends Tile...

Apr 18, 20192 hr 46 minEp. 322

321: Dumbed Down, Locked Down, and Locked Out

Pre-show: Casey's #snelltalk submission John's appearance on Upgrade Follow-up: Last week's PowerByProxy-AirPower story is disputed Game of Thrones and modern television Apple News on John's Mac is still broken Apple Cinema Display LED Netflix No Longer Supports AirPlay Clarification from Netflix Demotivators: Meetings The Great iTunes Break-Up The Monkey's Paw QuickTime 7 SoundJam MP Cardhop MusicKit #askatp : Is it bad to use high-wattage chargers even though the devices get warm? (via Sean Ke...

Apr 12, 20192 hr 54 minEp. 321

320: Here Comes the Big But

Follow-up: AirPods 2 hinge is different iFixIt Teardown People use GSuite! Dozens of us! Workaround that uses Charles Proxy Probably a Google issue? AirPower cancelled Studio Neat Material Dock Google Stadia Previously on ATP OnLive Playstation Now GeForce Now Google Public DNS Kali #askatp : Have any tips on booking a Disney World vacation? (via Stephen Kim ) David's Vacation Club Rentals 50's Prime Time Café Disney's Hollywood Studios Wizarding World of Harry Potter What do we use to post/shar...

Apr 04, 20192 hr 56 minEp. 320

319: We Should Probably Get to the Apple Event

ATP Live at WWDC 2019 Tickets are $29 and go on sale Friday, March 29 Hammer Theatre, Monday June 3, 6:00 PM Follow-up: "Pro" iPad Mini Studio Neat Canopy AMD vs. NVIDIA iMacs with spinning disks Marco and HDMI-CEC Joe and Scott 's tip Ivan's tip Joanna Stern on the butterfly keyboards Casey's Mail.app gets broken in 10.14.4 MacRumors thread Review of the new AirPods Apple March 25 Event Craig Hockenberry & Iconfactory's Patreon Apple News+ Steve Troughton-Smith UIMenuController Joanna Stern...

Mar 28, 20192 hr 9 minEp. 319

318: Not a Casino I Want to Play In

Follow-up: Hierarchy of Needs is satisfied... by a ThinkPad? Searching for things in Settings.app Nvidia and Apple CUDA Apple's wild and crazy week Monday : New iPads! iPad Mini !!! iPad Air Jessie Char's revised lineup Tuesday : New iMacs ! Upgrade #237: New iMacs, iPads, and the 2019 March Event Draft Colleen Novielli Connected #235: Stephen's Hellish Nightmare of Dates iMac Pro bumps Wednesday : New AirPods March 25th Apple event #askatp : Why doesn't Marco lease iPhones? (via Jacob Ford ) Wo...

Mar 21, 20192 hr 56 minEp. 318

317: We’re Customers Too

A special extended WWDC segment Macworld New York 1999 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Lamborghini Miura McLaren F1 Jaguar XKSS Bugatti Type 57 Atalante Porsche 550 Live ATP "Save the Date": evening of June 3 Apple and Spotify Spotify's website and video Apple's response Manton Reece's take #askatp : Is Perl dead? (via Gustavo Poscidonio) Can using AirPods in loud environments cause hearing damage? Post-show: Casey's rejiggered priorities Analog(ue) #151: Super Simple? Thank You Very Much YouTube cha...

Mar 16, 20192 hr 1 minEp. 317

316: MacBook Hierarchy of Needs

Follow-up: Two-hand Springboard rearrangement Ask Tog Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda Finding 32-bit apps Corning is working on flexible glass Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Thunderbolt 3 → USB4 Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Apple vs. NVIDIA System Integrity Protection CUDA (not Cuda ) End of configurable Macs? Gruber's $0.02 MacBook Hierarchy of Needs Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs #askatp : How much will John spend on a new Mac Pro? (via Matt Corkum ) Are we really professional podcasters ? (via A...

Mar 06, 20192 hr 1 minEp. 316

315: 1.0 Was Just Speed

Follow-up: 16" laptops Bus-powered Thunderbolt 3 hubs Elgato CalDigit Monoprice StarTech (2 USB ports! But $183.) USB 3.2 standard names Foldable phones from Samsung and Huawei Upgrade #234: The Ideological Folding Wars Hypercritical #86: Naked Robotic Core A giant battery with a phone in it Panasonic Toughbook Apple's Rumored March Event and gaming subscription service Lisa Jackson #askatp : How do you purge many old apps at once? (via Mark Heeler) Does John still want a spatial finder? (via Pl...

Feb 28, 20192 hr 47 minEp. 315

314: Kernel Panic in the Night

Follow-up: Hosting a podcast for free on Anchor or SoundCloud Contacts syncing limits Mojave stability Possible T2 Mac audio glitching bug Rumor explosion from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman 16-inch MacBook Pro iBook G4 31.6" 6K3K display with Mini-LED-like backlight Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June Marzipan rumors Overton window #askatp : Could the next Apple TV be wireless? (via Ed Cormany ) Is wireless CarPlay a deal-breaker? (via Eddie Lee ) How is season 3 of The G...

Feb 21, 20192 hr 6 minEp. 314

313: The Residue of Seven People

Pre-show: Casey is surfing the 'net at lightning speeds Marco's 👂🏻💦 Eustachian tube Scott O'Reilly Spider Strategies The Dash Apple's security bug bounties Apple compensates FaceTime bug kid Some information on Deirdre O'Brien Ryan's tweet Business Insider profile Apple Joint Venture The changing role and training of an Apple Genius Spotify also bought Anchor Stratechery & Exponent LibSyn John on e-books Amazon buying Eero Ring video doorbell Eero Plus subscription Ubiquiti #askatp : How ...

Feb 12, 20192 hr 34 minEp. 313

312: Fashion Phase

Pre-show: Marco's hideous audio code Accelerate vDSP framework Follow-up: Google's enterprise certificate was revoked Facebook's was reinstated Apple apologizes for FaceTime bug and takes a field trip John's "MagSafe" MacBook Air Marco's USB-C light-up cable Marco's iPad screen protector Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple Today at Apple Dr. Drang's take Vogue Profile About her family #askatp What external drives do we recommend? (via Steve Lowe) Backblaze's Hard Drive Stats IBM "Deathstar" IBM Microd...

Feb 07, 20192 hr 53 minEp. 312

311: Mutually Assured Destruction

Follow-up: 👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 screwed up "finsta" Debate over the prevalence of the stage lighting problem Silence of Siri and other IoT info Wireless Accessory Config Does anyone doubt that Facebook is straight garbage? TechCrunch summary ReCode recaps Apple's response Confirmation of all internal apps failing Google wanted in on the snooping action too Apple's FaceTime bug Video evidence sent to Apple Other documentation sent to Apple Contact Apple About Security Issues Bloomberg/Gurman iPhone Scoop...

Jan 31, 20192 hr 54 minEp. 311

310: Apple Playstore

SLACCIDENTAL TECH PODCAST SHIRTS!! Order right now or you'll miss it! Orders stop 8 PM Monday evening Follow-up: The Terminator saga continues "Apple One" feedback Instagram, friendstagrams, and spam accounts Google+ Circles John's Internet of Things Smart Outlet² Belkin Wemo Kasa Casey's [Broader] Internet of Things Blog post Docker Homebridge MacBook Pro "stage light" fault and iterative development American Original #askatp What happens to projects like homebrew if the ARM transition happens?...

Jan 24, 20192 hr 3 minEp. 310

309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex

Pre-show: Affluent bezelles (Overcast: bezelle , correction ) Follow-up: Casey's WAF-F20 waffle maker 🤤 John's Terminator woes Apple's universal subscription-management URL Movies Anywhere iPhone Smart Battery Cases XS , XS Max , XR iPhone X compatibility Studio Neat Material Dock John's pouch Apple's 2019: what do we want, and what will affect Apple the most? iPad Mini and/or iPod Touch? iPhone Upgrade Program #askatp Why didn't John buy a 2013 Mac Pro? (via Wojtek Pietrusiewicz ) Do we all pl...

Jan 18, 20192 hr 45 minEp. 309

308: Left-Handed Streaming Service

Pre-show: What is a jam band, mannnnn? Follow-up: Unshaky China is an equal-opportunity financial disappointment for everyone iPhone quarterly growth John's graph Samsung warns of 30% dive also via Horace China smartphone shipments down LG sees 80% 4th quarter drop via Charles Arthur Upgrade #227: Twenty Nine TeeVee Ben Thompson: Apple's Errors Firefox is still a thing Apple is putting iTunes and/or AirPlay 2 in various TVs Samsung Vizio and LG Sony Myke's tweet and follow-up Upgrade #222: That'...

Jan 10, 20192 hr 44 minEp. 308

307: Casey Apple Pencil

Happy new year! John reviews the Tesla Model 3 John reviews Casey's Volvo XC90 John reviews Casey's iPad Pro Casey's sticker situation Casey reviews his Apple Pencil SketchParty TV Marco reviews Linea Linea blog post Screen protector update Apple's financial news Gruber's take Ben Thompson's warning in 2017 Is falling stock price going to cause a retention problem? Gruber on retention in 2013 RSU #askatp What does John think about the Nintendo Switch controller? (via Josh A.) Reconcilable Differ...

Jan 04, 20192 hr 53 minEp. 307

306: My Watch Has Ended

Follow-up: Casey gets medium very upset about Medium Did Google really cripple Edge's YouTube performance? John's 2018 Butterfly Keyboard Watch Paul and Storm tweet Clean your Mac at a 75º angle Marco's fingerprinty iPad solution Paperlike John's LEGO and the instructions John Giannandrea appointed to Apple executive team Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space ( Overcast timestamp where smartwatch power-consumption analysis begins ) iPad Pros can ship bent... 🤷🏻‍♂️ Dan Riccio's comments Marc...

Dec 26, 20182 hr 53 minEp. 306

305: An Uneasy Peace

Follow-up: Tesla update Wired article Why DSLRs and mirrorless cameras have a 30-minute video limit GarageBand as an example of why not to use Dropbox for everything Bundle Shortcuts JS Behind the scenes Examples CAML Apple Music sunsets Connect Microsoft Edge is coming to macOS ATP #8: Hold Me! Hacker News post NPR's Remote Audio Data (RAD) spec RAD FAQ RAD (film) Wheels: An Inline Story NPR One Apple podcast analytics HTTP ETag #askatp What's important for a new TV? (via Kapila Wimalaratne) Ho...

Dec 18, 20182 hr 42 minEp. 305

304: Island of Shortcuts

Marco's lost video Casey reviews a product that Marco loves Patagonia Micro-Puff Hoody Accidental Trunk Podcast An update on Marco's Tesla problems What is the mystery box in the trunk? i3 frunk is not weather-sealed Casey's superior cars Porsche Panamera Audi A7 BMW 3-series GT Porsche Taycan The power of macOS Virtual output device for simultaneous multi-Bluetooth-headphone listening via Audio MIDI Setup Descent and Thrustmaster Joysticks QWOP Colony Walkthrough video 1 & video 2 Fixing a ...

Dec 13, 20182 hr 58 minEp. 304

303: Your Mahogany World

Follow-up: Another iSH and youtube-dl update Unknown encoder 'copy' Github issue Maybe 8K is all about @3x ? PenTile More theories on Apple price increases Comparing modern devices against their premiere versions What about tariffs? (via Andy Hansen ) Is Apple's prioritization of profit over marketshare the right approach? Upgrade #222: That's Not a Plan Marco flies next to a Microsoft commercial Apple's other operating system #askatp Do we have opinions about endianness ? (via Matt Christensen ...

Dec 06, 20182 hr 13 minEp. 303

302: Paint This Square

Follow-up: Another iSH and youtube-dl update Google Photos Disk images and filesystems — oh my! Tips for transitioning careers for employees and hiring managers Fizz Buzz Test What happened to 5K displays? LG Ultrafine Display Planar IX2790 Dell UP2715K Bjango/Marc Edwards' post Dell UP3218K Apple Entrepreneur Camp David Smith's tweet Jessie Char on Layers How much does it cost to get a Mac that performs as well as an iPad Pro? Steve Troughton-Smith Tweet John's Google sheet Banktivity TripMode ...

Nov 28, 20182 hr 9 minEp. 302

301: I Cut Them Up in the Air

Essential's "audiophile" headphone-bump dongle Follow-up: Total ATP length so far The Surface Go is more interesting than we thought An update on youtube-dl and iSH Google Photos has let Casey down #askatp How would we quarterback a x86 → ARM transition? (via Cameron Kerr) Rosetta Can one switch careers into development in one's late-30s? How do we slice bagels? (via Dave Altizer ) Bagel guillotine Bread knife Post show: ATP Thanksgiving Top Four #22: Thanksgiving Side Dishes Map of regional Tha...

Nov 20, 20182 hr 49 minEp. 301

300: First of All, It’s Easy

🎉 300th Episode Spectacular! 🎉 ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County ATP #225: A Conversation with Siri Hypercritical #15: The Bridges of Siracusa County Follow-up: Retina MacBook Air battery replacements are easier iFixIt Command Strips command.com Control Strip Mac Pro Pontification Ars Technica's Samuel Axon with Anand Shimpi and Phil Schiller Apple T2 Thunderbolt 3 Royalty Free iPad Pro impressions Marco's video review Working Copy Screens youtube-dl iSH Cygwin Jason Snell's review Upgra...

Nov 15, 20182 hr 24 minEp. 300

299: Headphone Bump

The ATP Store is back!! Place your orders until 15 November! Follow-up: The Good News Podcast #201 with Jeremy Burge iPad Pro and Apple Pencil compatibility Some Macs' microphones are disconnected by hardware Our website is now dark-mode enabled! Thanks, Spencer Wohlers! iPad Pro impressions #askatp How has being a programmer changed our world view? (via Jonathan Bowling ) VIC-20 Why do high-end iOS devices need so much less RAM than Macs? (via Benedikt Beckmann) Post-show: More iPad thoughts &a...

Nov 08, 20182 hr 3 minEp. 299

298: Protective Sandwich

ATP T-shirts and pins are back! Apple October 2018 event MacRumors on the MacBook Air's low-power CPU AnandTech confirms with more info Intel's ARK product sheet Relay FM Membership USB-C to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter USB-C to SD Card Reader USB-C 1m charge cable USB-C to Apple Watch cable USB-C to Lightning cable Post-show: Hobnobbing with the Apple executives Sponsored by: Casper : Get $50 off select mattresses with code ATP . Terms and conditions apply. Eero : Finally, Wi-Fi that works. Get...

Nov 01, 20182 hr 27 minEp. 298