🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Tier List: Corporate Logos Tim Cook teaser History lesson Mac Studio General announcement M 3 Ultra announcement M3 Ultra Ars Technica It is 2× M3 Max According to to 🇫🇷 website : no interposer in M4 Max Gurman in April 2024 M4 MacBook Air Announcement iPad 6GB RAM, as was foretold Gurman misssed on this one iPad Air Announcement Audio regression? Post-show: Casey does free labor for Apple John’s computer speakers are dying ☹️ Possible replacement #1: Kant...
Mar 07, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Ep 629•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Marco messed with the system Zoom F1 USB Pre 2 Schiit Jotunheim Follow-up: New “Boundless” immersive episode: Arctic Surfing Bono Autobiography Prospects for humanoid robots macOS testing (via Anonymous) With apologies to Joe Rosensteel Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C Netflix’s Apple TV integration It’s more than just the app (via Serena ) What purpose does the TV app serve? (via Daniel Luz ) Implementation details (via Anonymous) iPhone 16e Name implications Poss...
Feb 28, 2025•2 hr 57 min•Ep 628•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Restaurant adventures continue VoIP ATA Ubiquiti Managed VoIP Follow-up: Apple Account transfers Updated restrictions & guidelines Stephen’s take The UK’s no-good, very-bad law WSJ opinion piece by Green & Stamos Matthew Green’s blog post macOS UNIX compliance Goodbye, Humane . We hardly knew you. And you hardly knew anything. Jay Peters at The Verge Humane press release Humane support document iPhone 16e announced Intro video Apple TV app is now on Android Ne...
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Ep 627•Transcript available on Metacast Follow-up: Flighty has other perks (via Stephen Klinck) First reports of Invites use in the wild (via Jim Weinert) You can use a cable with Sidecar (via Matt West ) Why not use a Wi-Fi hotspot for “cellar Macs”? Tailgate Tub Why not AirPlay to Sonos speakers? (via Ryan Powers) DeepSeek censorship across models (via Sebastian Raschka) Technical report Has Apple ever… used … Screen Time ? (via Jonathan ) macOS UNIX certification (via Paulo Pinto) Thom at OSnews Migrate purchases from o...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 58 min•Ep 626•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: BBQ ZZQ Q Follow-up: New immersive video: Man vs. Beast “Historical Commission” ? Sonos volume changes are local DeepSeek censorship mechanism (via Matthew Cave ) Docker Rosetta (via Brian Reiter) Hypervisor.framework Docker vs. OrbStack (also via Brian Reiter) Sending email Mailhog (via Matt Barlow) Mailpit (via John Caruso) Maildev (via Yves Serrano) ddev.com (via Bram Esposito ) Also consider Development Containers (via Dewald Reynecke) Marco’s TV audio sync issues...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 57 min•Ep 625•Transcript available on Metacast 🗣️ New ATP Movie Club Special! Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Follow-up: Honda Prologue vs. GM equivalents (via Matt Rigby) Apple insists it’s still going to make fetch happen ship next-generation CarPlay Handheld gaming PCs are having a moment Lenovo Legion Go S Ryan London is trolling John Black Brown John has so much RAM, he can’t even remember how much he has Hyperspace scrolling updates AppKit vs. WebKit NSCell vs. NSTableViewCell Every UUID Writing down every UUID Not all phone...
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 53 min•Ep 624•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: #GALP 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️ Jeff Atwood: Stay Gold, America Follow-up: Apple pauses notification summaries for news apps Marco’s BMW does have dual-screen CarPlay Acura RSX: Honda’s first all-original EV Another 5K monitor enters the arena: ViewSonic VP2788-5K Thom Bullock’s tweet As per Dave Hamilton (of Mag Geek Gab), $800! Fast directory sizing lives! /System/Library/Filesystems/apfs.fs/Contents/Resources/apfs.util man apfs.util Apple sample code is on GitHub (via David R...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Ep 623•Transcript available on Metacast Follow-up: AirPod noises Gui Rambo & AirBuddy One of the noises is “the case battery is low” (via Zach) Also, more on status lights (via Tom French) Another noise is a calibration noise (via Ian Williamson ) Knowledge base How to turn off charging sounds Look, ma! We’re famous! AirPod Noises (via Patch) TVs at CES 2025 Hisense’s 116UX with RGB mini-backlight Digital Trends coverage HDTVTest coverage DLSS History (via Hampus Jensen) Explanation (via flunkedflank ) Digi...
Jan 14, 2025•2 hr 24 min•Ep 622•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Our AirPods are trying to talk to us but we can’t understand them 20k Hz The Sound of Apple 1.0 The Sound of Apple 2.0 Auto-Tone (Rivian) statuslight.com Follow-up: That gas car review post that Marco was thinking of Former example Actual link we couldn’t [previously] find (via K ) Another example And another The Find My app can make Macs make noise (via Miles ) Maybe iOS 18’s Photos app isn’t all bad? (via Tim Luft) The Magic Mouse The Apology Mouse did not hav...
Jan 09, 2025•2 hr 12 min•Ep 621•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Holiday results Steven Levy: Gone, Without a Trace Casey’s impending mess John needs technical support Follow-up: Satirical posts about gas cars from the perspective of EV owners FotS Spencer’s find (discussed on the show) The one we were actually thinking of ( found afterward by K , thanks!) On Recents in the Finder sidebar Michael Starke points out it isn’t new Odin points out it’s a default Joe Lion has complaints Possible next-generation Vision Pro displays ...
Jan 04, 2025•2 hr 47 min•Ep 620•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: New member special: ATP Insider: Making The Show Become an ATP Member to listen ATP Gift Memberships Follow-up: “Hey, Future Marco” wasn’t discussed on the member’s special (via Martim ) Can Marco recognize waveforms? Descript Emo Siri It started before 18.2 (via Dan Mielcarz ) She pahks heah cah… sometimes? (via Dave Martin ) Immersive video More about the Blackmagic immersive camera (via videoalex ) Insta360 Titan Software-based immersive video Depth Anything ...
Dec 26, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Ep 619•Transcript available on Metacast New member-exclusive ATP Insider: Making The Show Follow-up: John’s [hopefully] (?) forthcoming app A funny conspiracy theory shared by Thomas Alvarez Christian Kent’s correction/joke More app name ideas… Experts have weighed in on John’s idea Alternative space-saving idea from Timm Schoof Using self-service parts for upgrade is not really possible because ✨software✨ Pinstripes are back , baby! Jeff Johnson Reddit post Is Siri… emotional… now? Marco’s new e-ink toy Integr...
Dec 19, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Ep 618•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Laundry tactics Follow-up: Last (?) batch of football (🏈) news Channels Simon B. Støvring on the Festivitas holiday lights CGPath Casey’s phone could recognize his washing machine chime Apple has a self-service repair store (via Ricky Haase) FotS Jonathan Dietz Jr. on SSD performance M1-M3: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3NVMeController M4: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3CGv2Controller M4 Extreme is allegedly canceled Original post on The Information Gruber’s take The Case for a ...
Dec 13, 2024•2 hr 59 min•Ep 617•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Marco [re-]discovers progressives Follow-up: Yet more football (🏈) news Seriously y’all, the Giants are so bad 😭 TVEverywhere & Channels AVP immersive content tallies (via _ ) Cleaning a Mac keyboard while screensaver lock is on (via Paradise Pete ) We are one again asking you to consider CleanupBuddy Another explanation for ballooning app sizes (via Alex ) More thoughts on Mac SSD upgrades (via FotS Jonathan Dietz, Jr.) Anobit Yet apparently reverse-engineered upgrades are...
Dec 06, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Ep 616•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: All John’s apes gone Follow-up: Casey has found yet new ways to make himself miserable Sunday Ticket updates On sale! It was free yesterday… kind of TV Everywhere An alternative approach DAZN NFL Replay Tailscale and Exit Nodes Concert for One: Raye NPR Tiny Desk Concerts NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Raye Using large external drives with macOS Photos library An anecdote from Marc Wickens Booting from an external Downloading large App Store apps App Store → Settings Competition for the ...
Nov 26, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Ep 615•Transcript available on Metacast 🗣️ New ATP Members’ Special: ATP Movie Club: Kiki’s Delivery Service Kiki’s Delivery Service Follow-up: The Weeknd: Open Hearts Link to the video itself <blink /> <marquee /> Lensrentals: Vision Pro M4 vs. M4 Pro Mac mini SSD speed ∆s (via Thor Johansen) Quinn’s video on PC equivalents to the Mac mini Apple storage pricing Mac mini vs. PlayStation 5 Pro Apple vs. market SSD prices Retailers are also hamstrung M4 MacBook Pro uses quantum dot technology Graphs ...
Nov 23, 2024•2 hr 57 min•Ep 614•Transcript available on Metacast 🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 ATP Holiday Store is open ! 🗣️ Place your orders by Sunday ! Follow-up: Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims ) “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch) Mac mini “Modular” storage Quinn’s teardown dosdude1 demonstrates an upgrade Apple 8TB SSD Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro Differences between M4 and M4 Pro SSDs Benchmarks M4 512 GB M4 Pro 512 GB iFixit Teardown Apple’s replacement...
Nov 14, 2024•2 hr•Ep 613•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Politics later. #195: The Show Must Go On ( Overcast link ) 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open ! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November ! Follow-up: Mac mini Headphone jack placement Quinn’s observation Cruical 32GB DIMM Samsung SSD iMac Apple removes color-matched pointing devices option M4 vs. M4 Pro/Max SSD limits M4 Pro & M4 Max performance Walmart still sells a Mac with 8GB RAM Apple’s new USB-C Accessories require Sequoia Apple’s $69 Thunderbolt 5 cable (via Daniel...
Nov 07, 2024•2 hr 16 min•Ep 612•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Marco did his homework! (😱) Submerged Sleep No More Americans, please vote for Harris/Walz . Please don’t elect a racist with facist goals A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles No, Kamala isn’t perfect, but she’s far better. I Will Vote vote.gov 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open ! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November ! October Macs Monday: iMac Announcement video The RAM drought is over! 120Hz display‽ The turtle remains harpooned Magic Keybo...
Oct 31, 2024•2 hr 23 min•Ep 611•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: We’re still grumpy about the most recent member’s special Follow-up: New iPad Mini “Jelly Scrolling” is fixed? David Pierce disagrees though Submerged and Vision Pro demos (via Kevin Markham) Apple may stop producing Vision Pro soon? Some follow-up from the most recent member’s special Photo editing Exposing to the right DPReview More via Sam Doran Color spaces …are only applicable on JPEGs (via Léo Natan ) Daniel Laan’s take What do we do with our c...
Oct 24, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep 610•Transcript available on Metacast 🗣️ New ATP Member ’s special: ATP Tier List: Storage Media 🗣️ Follow-up: Marco updates AutoSleep iPhone leather backs Suti PhoneBack Nomad Magnetic Leather Back HDR photos from big cameras Apple laptops can run without a battery connected XKCD: Ravioli-Shaped Objects You can soon get Apple TV+ on Prime Video Soccer corner “Drive to Survive” knockoff is coming (via Devon Dundee) On Messi/MLS popularity Shipping Forecast (via Antony Johnson ) Enabling/disabling audio modes on A...
Oct 17, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Ep 609•Transcript available on Metacast Follow-up: NotebookLM podcast Camera Control button material iPhone case suggestions Spigen Ultra Hybrid T MagFit Arc Pulse Leather backs Suti Nomad Atom Studios Sleep-tagging app suggestions Windows anti-malware app suggestions Adaptive Transparency report Wireless phone recovery 9to5Mac screenshot End ↔ end encryption coming for iPhone ↔ Android RCS messages More tweaks to screen recording prompts Jason’s toot Hotkey registration in Sequoia Response from Apple frameworks engineer Liquid ...
Oct 10, 2024•2 hr 56 min•Ep 608•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Windows woes Follow-up: Thank you , listeners. 💙 Hard-wired camera indicator light AirPods 4 bass & new MagSafe puck (via Wayne Dixon ) Quinn’s AirPods 4 review The A18 is not a binned A18 Pro Fabian Häusler’s interpretation The tiny ∆ between These AirPods iPhones 16 battery life Battery limiting AlDente app for managing charge settings Electrical battery release with reversed polarity (via David Schaub ) Verizon activation problems Verizon self-service (via Steven ) ...
Oct 04, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Ep 607•Transcript available on Metacast Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Ryan Ricard’s great idea Calculate your Marco Offset Podcastathon: Casey was live from noon → midnight on Friday, 20 September Follow-up: John filename extraction from Photos From the ATP Insider: Photo Workflows special John’s AppleScript Other suggestions Shortcuts (for example, Josh Woodward ’s) osxphotos (via Muli ) Directly read SQLite database Suggestion from Will Leinwebe...
Sep 24, 2024•3 hr 40 min•Ep 606•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: It’s early 🥱 ATP live announcement post Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Calculate your Marco Offset Podcastathon: Casey will be live from noon → midnight on Friday, 20 September 🗣️ New ATP Member ’s special: ATP Insider: Photo Workflows 🗣️ Follow-up: John finally admits what Casey and Marco knew last week It’s MicroLED not Micro OLED. The offending party has been sacked. AirPods 4 listening time S...
Sep 17, 2024•2 hr 24 min•Ep 605•Transcript available on Metacast Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Apple September 2024 Event Quinn’s video on Apple’s new OLED Underscore’s Apple Watch size comparison AirPods 4’s hidden capacitive button Camera Control overview Qi 2 [and more!] MagSafe Dr. Drang’s titanium grades iPhone 16 Pro gets JPEG-XL Della Huff on Instagram All models get 8GB RAM mmWave lives on! Everyone gets SIMs but America All iPhones 16 support Wi-Fi 7 ...
Sep 12, 2024•3 hr 45 min•Ep 604•Transcript available on Metacast Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Follow-up: Mac mini redesign updates from Mark Gurman Minimum Mac RAM (via Brian) Apple’s 1996 revival JPEG XL support (via Kelly Thompson) Google’s Image Coding Comparisons Chromium bug Distance vs. effort vs. quality vs. speed FTC’s noncompete ban was blocked 👎🏻 World vs. App Store Spain 🇪🇸 Original announcement (en Español) India 🇮🇳 UK 🇬🇧 iPhone 15 exit interview Appl...
Sep 05, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Ep 603•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: Apple’s packaging is still ★★★★★ Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Follow-up: Overcast 2024.8.2 update Downsides to visual screen capture indications (via Josh Hattersly ) John makes it through the Apple Intelligence waitlist Getting Apple Intelligence to create a memory of dirt-covered children (via Simon ) Prompt-injection on Apple Intelligence by Evan Zhou Adding grammar constraints to LLMs Llama documentation ...
Aug 29, 2024•2 hr 47 min•Ep 602•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: App Store reorganization 🗣️ New Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Domestic Workflows Follow-up: iPhone 16 “Capture Button” (via Aaron Dippner) iPhone 16 Pro’s fourth color More from MacRumors Microsoft Zune Available on Amazon! System color picker (via Gus Mueller ) NSColorPanel Screen recording Vista prompts (via Craig Hockenberry ) Persistent Content Capture Moom Remote access software (via Anonymous) CIRP Mac sales report from last week’s Overtime (via Ph...
Aug 22, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Ep 601•Transcript available on Metacast Pre-show: 🎉 Happy 600 Episodes, ATP! 🎉 Clear Channel ATP #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier Follow-up: Vista -fication of macOS Is the problem really the UI? (via Nathanial Cohen) What if it’s actually about domestic abuse? The alerts will now be monthly How gas stations make money (via David) Gurman news dump iPhone 16 camera button Advantages of a plastic Apple Watch SE iPhone 17 Slim won’t fold Apple sends checks for butterfly keyboards Vision Pro updates New Lake Vrangla Environm...
Aug 15, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Ep 600•Transcript available on Metacast 
