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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

344: Peace in the Battery Kingdom

Donate to St. Jude Running campaign total Follow-up: Bank of America and ShopSafe Gruber's theory on Apple presenter names Midnight Green: Not a China thing SixColors on the U1 and UWB chips More iPhone 11 details iPhone thickness over time Alleged specs Note: 6GB has been mostly debunked after this tweet was posted TechCrunch review Two-way charging hardware is there but disabled? Apple software-releases matrix AppleCare+ goes subscription iPhone 11 press reviews John Gruber Gruber's grip Matth...

Sep 18, 20191 hr 50 minEp. 344

343: The Stand Is Your Hand

Please donate to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital After you donate , check out the march to Relay's $75k goal Apple September Event New York Times Op-Ed Halo at MacWorld 1999 Opening Video Perspective Designed by Apple in California See Trailer Upgrade #262: The Skyskrapers of Camera Bump City Dear Apple: Face to Face — Apple Watch New Apple Health Studies Apple Watch Series 4 Unboxing QuickTake WiFi 6 Ben Thompson's take, including cost Sponsored by: Squarespace : Make your next move. Use c...

Sep 12, 20192 hr 31 minEp. 343

342: The Opposite of Con

Casey, DMB, and Sirius XM Follow-up: Drawbacks to Apple using opt-in privacy Apple card activation videos ≤ iPhone X ≥ iPhone XS/XR Credit cards advertising based on the weight of the cards Kerf bespoke Apple Card cases (via The Kavalier ) dbrand Skin Apple September Event Old Apple Wallpapers Motorola Razr Volkswagen Spektrum Anchoring Under the Radar #170: Spending Dan Riccio's Battery Surplus Post-show: The Summer of Marco Sponsored by: Away : Because this season, everyone wants to get Away. ...

Sep 04, 20191 hr 58 minEp. 342

341: John Is My Default

Pre-show: Marco ran out of dog food at the beach He is well-aware that his temporary food is not perfect and has not been reviewed by a vet or dog nutritionist, and will resume using "real" dog food when he gets home in 3 days Marco's breakfast story-highlight on Instagram Follow-up: Disabling auto-boot on keypress: sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00 Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Melamine foam John's Apple Card Apple Card care & feeding instructions Global entry card & sleeve (The card is sitting under th...

Aug 29, 20191 hr 50 minEp. 341

340: You Are a Computer Athlete

Follow-up: Store-brand Velveeta WalMart store brand Kroger store brand KeyboardCleanTool PlayStation 5 hardware Xbox One S Xbox One X Xbox One S All-Digital Forager Stardew Valley Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast Apple Rainbow Apple Logo Returning? Think different #askatp: What are some techniques to avoid RSI ? (via Mark Bramhill ) Welcome to Macintosh Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard Dynaflex Gyro Hand Exerciser Pragmatic #50: Accidental Clicking Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide Fun Fact #...

Aug 19, 20192 hr 2 minEp. 340

339: Ketchup Momentum

John's cheese-grater update NiCad battery NiCad battery example Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Ketchup Heinz Ketchups More on Apple Card Opting out of arbitration for Apple Card Apple Card has no web interface Follow-up: JSON streaming Length-prefixed JSON Line-delimited JSON Upgrade bets on Marco and John buying the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Overcast timestamp link Apple at Black Hat Announcement summary Apple laptops can turn on by any key or track pad press New LG UltraFine 5K Display #askatp: ...

Aug 15, 20192 hr 3 minEp. 339

338: Double Chunking

Overcast beta and sync changes ETag JSON Protocol buffers SAX parser Chunking Vignette duplicate-image-detection update WWDC 2019 #222 Casey's current algorithm as suggested by Craig Hockenberry XOR A quick aside about SwiftUI DSL Casey on complexity John Sundell's web DSL Swift by Sundell #53: "The Swift Apple" with Brent Simmons Inessential by Brent Simmons Swift by Sundell #52: "Diving into Combine" with Casey Liss Follow-up: Mimeo Photos and watermarking Sony cameras α6400 α7R IV α7 III RX10...

Aug 08, 20191 hr 39 minEp. 338

337: Sea Conditions Are Calm

Pre-show: John's vacation wrap-up Chunnel Auto Train Follow-up: John's Apple sticker on his Civic Shallow water blackout Thunder in Paradise Dropbox alternatives Synology Drive Resilio Growl Port forwarding information The Talk Show #258 with discussion about iCloud Drive wonkiness The Talk Show #259 with Marco How does the Overcast recommendation algorithm avoid promoting awful people, unlike YouTube's algorithm? (via Justin Cardinal ) This Video Will Make You Angry Casey needs some advice abou...

Aug 02, 20192 hr 12 minEp. 337

336: Your Face Is Not Your Face

Pre-show: Nutrition is hard when you're in high school. Top Four #19: Cereals From a Van WSJ Grape-Nuts article Follow-up: iOS 13 optimized-battery-charging specifics Apple TV remote's influence on product box size Time Machine reliability when hosted on a NAS RAID "Dropbox" on the Synology? Big WWDC Marco's AR glasses John's suggested glasses for Marco Overcast State of the Union AR glasses cancelled? Steve Troughton-Smith says "not so fast my friend" FaceTime Attention Correction Hypercritical...

Jul 24, 20191 hr 58 minEp. 336

335: Withhold the Fun

Relay FM 5th Anniversary Show iOS 13 charging optimization Follow-up: APFS volumes for photos instead of sparse disk images Dave Nanian tweets: 1 2 SuperDuper Fun Fact on the root group being named wheel shall/should/may/can iPhone SE & headphones Powerbeats Pro Beats Studio Apple Bankrolling Original Podcasts? Dropbox pulls some forking bullshirt More from Marco Dropbox vs. Twitter #askatp: Do our cars or our iPads have more stickers? (via Josh Lewis ) Do we fill up our 256 GB phones? (via ...

Jul 18, 20191 hr 35 minEp. 335

334: Mechanical Disadvantage

Pre-show: Must vs. Shall RFC 2119 FAA: What's the only word that means mandatory? Follow-up: John's cheese grater broke Casey's shaming OXO current model John's model Casey's pitched option 99% Invisible: Built on Sand Deviation from the Ive design philosophy Marco's "new" iPhone and Apple Watch Apple's new (and "new") laptops MacStories summary Cheaper SSDs Sparse image man tmutil #askatp: Naming computers (via Ron Olson) Catalina's move from bash to zsh? (via Pedro Estarque) fish shell Caring ...

Jul 11, 20192 hrEp. 334

333: Pesky Human Issues

Follow-up: Expansion Slot Utility PCI Express Jony Ive leaves Apple Clockwise #301: My Vulcan Mind Ben Thompson's piece ATP #120: One Magical Wire Wall Street Journal on Ive's Departure Jony Ive's Christmas Tree The Talk Show #256: 'A Bit Too Thin', with Special Guest Ben Thompson Dieter Rams Gruber last week and this week Evans Hankey & Alan Dye May-Li Khoe's tweet Love, Death, & Robots ("Zima Blue" is the episode mentioned) #askatp: How does the Overcast recommendation engine work? (vi...

Jul 04, 20191 hr 49 minEp. 333

332: Fuzzy Muppet Felt

Pre-show: Marco's new beach toy Follow-up: Ricky Mondello on Sign In with Apple macOS app-removal bets: #287: Open-Faced Compliment Sandwich ( Overcast timestamp link ) Marco's spirit walk AirPods {Fit in The case} Airpods Earpods Covers Compatible with airpods 2&1 Anti-Slip Silicone Soft Sport Covers Accessories Apple AirPods Earbud 2 Pairs (White) Powerbeats Pro Tavern puzzle Sony WH1000XM3 Rumored 16" MacBook Pro #askatp: Would Apple re-implement Target Display Mode on the 5K iMac? (via J...

Jun 27, 20191 hr 50 minEp. 332

331: The Technical Burden of Users

Follow-up: Mac Pro vent design New Yorker article Apple Reverses Course on MDM & Parental Control Apps Apple tightens up rules for enterprise app certificates iOS 13 Bluetooth permission dialogs Marco's tweets 1 2 3 Benjamin Herrin's findings application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) UIDevice Mac Pro FPGA The Talk Show #254: Live from WWDC 2019 Mac Power Users #485: WWDC and Interview with the Mac Pro Product Manager Pro Display XDR Sign in With Apple An aside about Overcast and user dat...

Jun 20, 20191 hr 51 minEp. 331

330: A Rotation You Can’t Complete

Pre-show: root's wheel group ( more ) Marco comes to terms with Swift John's preposterous Safari Extension Follow-up: ASCII art apps Mac: Monodraw Web: ASCII Flow Blending stump is a lasso tool "Sim" game series Transport Tycoon 100 WWDC features that may have gone unnoticed WWDC favorites a week on Combine Framework SwiftUI UICollectionView Compositional Layout Mac Pro APFS and Catalina Casey's SSD Mac Pro Pegasus enclosures Tim/Jony hole/lattice design conversation G4 Cube Userspace drivers Ap...

Jun 13, 20192 hr 1 minEp. 330

329: Mac Pro Day

Our live show from WWDC 2019! Sponsored by: Boosted : Vehicle-grade electric skateboards and scooters to solve your transportation woes. Use code ATP at checkout to get $75 off your vehicle. Mack Weldon : Reinventing men’s basics with smart design, premium fabrics, and simple shopping. Get 20% off your first order with code ATP . Linode : Instantly deploy and manage an SSD server in the Linode Cloud. Get a $20 credit with code atp2019 . Cards Against Humanity : A party game for horrible people. ...

Jun 04, 20191 hr 28 minEp. 329

328: The Pixel Stump

Follow-up: Explaining Code using ASCII Art iFixit's New MBP Teardown Apple Watch Independence _'s Watch Usage Chart Apple Watch Designer Anna-Katrina Shedletsky Decrypted: Conversation with Phillip Shoemaker Previously about Shoemaker: Apple's App Store Director Sells His Own Fart Apps macOS 10.15's System Partition System Integrity Protection New iPod touch Guilherme Rambo's Screenshot Leaks iOS 13 Blending Stump macOS 10.15 Apple Pro Display Pontificating about the Mac Pro ...oh yeah and some ...

May 30, 20192 hr 2 minEp. 328

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 MacBook...

May 23, 20191 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 EDC...

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 we...

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, 20191 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, 20191 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 Kel...

Apr 12, 20191 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/share...

Apr 04, 20191 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 ) Wou...

Mar 21, 20191 hr 56 minEp. 318

317: We’re Customers Too

Our interview with Phil Schiller 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 As...

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 Pla...

Feb 28, 20191 hr 47 minEp. 315
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