Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John SiracusaTechnology

Accidental Tech Podcast episodes

November 05716: Take the Null
Pre-show: Siri AI foibles
The High Line
🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️
Follow-up:
Fineliner
Fineliner 🤝🏻 ATP Graffiti shirt (via Nick Foster)
Download for use in Fineliner (in Fineliner’s settings, Font, Import Profile; note that this will overwrite your icons and avatar, too)
Palm Vx
PalmOS emulator
Why Overcast Radio LLC?
MacBook PROLED
Allison points out some dimensional errors on our part
You can completely turn off the touch screen (via Gui Rambo)
Pinch-to-zoom
Glowing Apple logo implementation software details
Avoiding keyboard marks with a microfiber keyboard dust cover (via Keith Huss)
Rounded corners (via Jeff)
Video
Reimar Servas show us why rounded corners are bad (via Marcin Wichary)
iPhone Duo
iPhone Duo will welcome you… sometimes? (YouTube timestamp link to 1m15s)
Crackgate
Andy Ihnatko notes Crackgate is a thing
Jay Peters at The Verge with a statement from Apple
CuriousHagi on YouTube (via Terrence O’Brien at The Verge)
Inner case with and without matte protector on JerryRigEverything (YouTube timestamp link to 6m45s)
Hinge is an ingress point for sand (10m35s)
iFixit Teardown
Two batteries are listed separately in Settings
iPhone Mirroring is outer-screen only (via Stephen Robles) (YouTube timestamp link to 42s)
Unlocking using the meat of your right index finger (via Sam Shepherd)
Reachability is coming in iOS 27.3
Phil Schiller’s long goodbye
…and Ternus’s long hello
…and Tim’s long goodbye
Apple Leadership
Post-show: Marco’s iPhones Duo
Members-only ATP Overtime: Some fan-made tools for ATP listeners
ATP Titles by Cole Orton
Quiz
ATP Thingy Finder
Transcript search sites
CatATP
Chapter art
ATP Search by Marcos Huerta
ATP Transcripts by Roger Goldfinger
Podsearch by David Smith
Sponsored by:
Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings.
Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.
Tailscale: A secure network that just works.
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2 hr 20 min
October 29715: Diner Lobster
Pre-show: Marco has a new toy
Stock checker
🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Time Management is here! 🗣️
iPhone Duo first impressions
Stephen Robles’s shortcut
New Apple announcements
Monday: iPad Mini
Tuesday: M6 iMac
Tuesday: M6 MacBook Pro
Wednesday: OLED MacBook Pro
Launch video
Advertisement
🚨 THE LID LIGHT IS BACK! 🚨
Stephen Levy at Wired
Design for Touch on Mac
Mac Studio with 512 GB RAM
Post-show: Marco’s new app, Fineliner
Parakeet
Members-only ATP Overtime: Is Apple re-entering the server market??
Macworld: Apple may revive Xserve for the AI market
The Information
Gurman responds on Twitter
Sponsored by:
Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings
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2 hr 40 min
October 23714: Get the Bigger Pizza
Pre-show:
John’s of Bleecker
Marco and Casey at John’s
🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is here! 🗣️
Follow-up:
HomeView
When was the HomeView hardware created?
Is it expensive? (via Paul Heering)
Amazon Echo Show 5: $99
Amazon Echo Show 8: $199
Amazon Echo Show 11: $249
Amazon Echo Show 15: $349
Wall-mount & regular HomeView pricing
Is it to prevent cheapskates? (via mvk)
Is it to prevent add-on dinguses (via Ben O’Matic)
Knock-offs coming soon?
Turns out, Jimmy is that guy. 😏
Phone screen vs. Duo screen
Will Marco be adding CarPlay support? (via Rick Allen)
Apple TV
Price history
March, 2015: Apple lowers the price from $99 → $69 (timestamp link to 10m14s)
Glenn Fleishman’s chart
Microphones and HomePods
AV1 (via Michael Barnes et al)
Reddit feature comparison
What is “audio passthrough” (via Andrew Haglund)
Explainer from Caleb Denison
The iPhone Duo has a replaceable cover layer
Interview with Kate Bergeron
iPhone Duo Creator Showcase
iPhone Duo preorder experience
iPhone Duo reviews
MKBHD
HTX Studio
Tim Pan
Joanna Stern
Nilay Patel & Allison Johnson
Gruber
John also brought up Computer Chronicles
Apple “Pro and Tell” event next week
Post-show: Marco has something to share
ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II
The thing Marco shared
🚨 You will want to click this after Marco introduces it, but before John talks about his experience! 🚨
Members-only ATP Overtime: The people holding up the internet
XKCD 2347
Sponsored by:
zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now.
Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last.
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2 hr 26 min
October 15713: I Have Medium Hopes
Apple’s New Home-Related Products
HomeView
Newsroom
iMac G4
Intro video
TV commercial
Schneider press release
Wired’s review
WWDC 2026: Rev Up Your CarPlay App
Developer agreement
“HomeView” & “homeOS”
Apple TV 4K gen 4
Nvidia Shield TV
Newsroom
Intro video
MacRumors Buyer’s Guide
New Siri Remote
Precision finding requirements
HomePod mini 2
Newsroom
Intro video
Home collection
Newsroom
MacRumors
(See also the Schneider press release above)
Post-show: Casey got a UTR-LR
UTR
Flex Mini
Members-only ATP Overtime: Regarding Passkeys are a Trap…
Ricky Mondello’s response
Scott Helme’s response
Sponsored by:
Tailscale: A secure network that just works
Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy
Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last
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2 hr 15 min
October 08712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized
Pre-show: Marco tries a Waymo
Follow-up:
Casey’s MyBMW foibles
iMazing
Approov
BMW case study
Screen sharing
OBD-II
Home Assistant + Pushover + Shortcuts? (via Khaos Tian)
GL.iNet Comet Q
PiKVM
Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the apps
AirPower desk video was by HTX Studio
…who previously interviewed Tim Cook! (via Elijah Yap)
Original video (via Adeiko)
Ubiquiti home Wi-Fi vs. Eero
Previously on ATP Overtime
A positive anecdote
A negative anecdote
FiOS CableCARD discontinuation
RecDiffs #295: If I Adjust for Europe
TiVo’s desperation
One-AirPod vs. two-AirPod audio settings
Settings → Accessibility → AirPods → your AirPods
M6/A20 Pro details
High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on A20 Pro
Timestamp link to cores discussion @ 9m37s
High Yield & SemiAnalysis video on the M6 vs. M5
Timestamp link to M6 layout discussion @ 8m9s
Timestamp link to core images @ 12m40s
Timestamp link to A20 vs. M6 core comparison @ 9m37s
Rumored October event
See also, new home trinkets?
Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS
Jason Aten on Muse reading his iMessages
Meta calls foul
Post-show: Casey and Marco go Phishing
Q Barbecue
Capital Ale House
Allianz Ampitheater
Setlist
Recording
Cupertino’s
iPhone Duo 3D-printing model (you want the variant labeled “Fixed the large black areas showing through.”)
Members-only ATP Overtime: AppZapper 3000 and The Delicious Generation
Disco Demo video
John’s review of Delicious Library from 2004
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Sponsored by:
Coax: Channel-surf your home media server
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2 hr 18 min
October 01711: Hot Dog on an Actuator
Pre-show: Marco has M6 performance numbers
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern
The Marco Offset™
Follow-up:
John’s mouse pad (via Andy)
Rounded corners are, bad, maybe?
AirPower… desk? 🤨
John’s weird AirPods 5 issues
Finding Intel apps in macOS
System Settings → General → About → Intel-based Apps
Learn more…
M5 Ultra Mac Studio GPU scores
New Mac mini storage caveats
𝓍OS 27 Screen Time woes (Timestamp link to 8m50s)
iOS 27 vs. Pi-hole
dazfuller
Aaron Vegh
GM vs. CarPlay
Casey’s blog post
Casey’s mea culpa
Wait, just kidding
Apple Watch is listening…
Steve Riggins
What about “Hey, Siri”?
Nick Heer
MKBHD
Ask ATP:
What’s the highest mileage we’ve ever gotten to in a car? (via Elliot)
Saturn SL2
Nissan 300ZX
Nissan Maxima
Volvo 200 series
Honda Civic fifth-gen
Porsche IMS bearings
BMW VANOS
What is John going to do to deal with Gmail policy changes? (via Mark Bramhill)
Would Apple reuse the 2019 design for a phantom new Mac Pro? (via Ben Cooper)
Post-show: Casey tries to hack his car
Home Assistant
Wireshark
Charles Proxy
MQTT
Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus’s “Intelligent Personal Hub” and Apple’s home AI hub
Digital Hub strategy (Timestamp link to 1h29m46s)
Intelligent personal hub
Gurman
Sponsored by:
Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings.
Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.
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2 hr
September 24710: That New Mouse Pad Feeling
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
Podcastathon on Friday October 2 @ noon eastern
The Marco Offset™
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Follow-up:
New treats
John
iPhone 18 Pro
John’s case
AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case
IP57
Dust protected
Immersion, up to 1m, for 30 minutes
Oddities
Volume control
Marco
Apple Watch S12 Ceramic
Apple Watch S12 bezels are bigger than S10?
Mac mini
Casey: Apple Watch S12 Aluminum
How should Apple have handled iPhone Duo dev tools? (via Oscar Echeverri)
Photos libraries on external drives (via Larry Fieman)
Preliminary M5 Ultra GPU Geekbench scores
Chart
Apple watch “Readiness Score” seem to be mostly bunk? (via Michael Katz)
iPhone Duo dev tools released
Aaron Vegh’s video
Post-show: Marco’s Mac mini update
Ubiquiti WAN Switch
GL.iNet Comet Q and the PoE one
Members-only ATP Overtime: Ubiquiti’s new home Wi-Fi that does “full-duplex MLO
Previously discussed on ATP #672: Wi Hyphen Fi
The Disappointing Truth about Wi-Fi 7
Introductory video
Sponsored by:
Daft Music: Made for Apple Music.
Clic for Sonos: A premium Sonos companion. No lag. No hassle. Just music.
Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last.
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2 hr 14 min
September 17709: Steel-Cable Insurance
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: Show Q&A
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
The Marco Offset™
Todd Vaziri on James Bond homages in the event video
Comparison video
Previously, in 2018
Making of (via Techzha)
Preliminary Geekbench scores
A20 Pro (iPhones 18 Pro)
CPU
GPU
M6
CPU
GPU
M5 Ultra
CPU
iPhone 18 Pro Max & Apple C2
Solar phone charging? 🤔 (via flanker)
Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space
Aperture blades on iPhone 18 Pro / Pro Max camera
MKBHD’s review
PetaPixel’s Review
Explaining starbursts
Straight vs. rounded examples
Debate on DPReview forums
iPhones 18 Pro Face ID (YouTube timestamp link to 13m34s)
iPhone Duo
How will iPhone Mirroring work?
No Action Button 💔
The Duo does have a split keyboard
An aside about our enthusiasm for the Duo
Ternus & Joz interview part 1 & part 2
Thomas Ricker at The Verge
Stephen Robles insights
iPhone side-dock example
MagSafe accessories will be… tough
A Face ID complication (via Pedro Fernandes)
Apple Pencil support
USB-C Apple Pencil not Pencil Pro
Gruber
Steve Troughton-Smith
Fake bezel
Benjamin Mayo at 9to5Mac
Demo video (Twitter link)
iOS 27 doesn’t include automated password changing
Photos libraries on external drives (via Mike Brogan & Jason Snell)
Optimize Storage (via Jason Snell & Fabrice Neuman)
John’s cheap S3 setup
Configuration
CLI invocation:
aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \
--bucket my-cool-bucket-name \
--lifecycle-configuration file:///Users/yourusername/Desktop/s3-lifecycle.json \
--transition-default-minimum-object-size varies_by_storage_class
_DavidSmith on iPhone Air & 17e sales
Gruber’s breakdown
iPhone 17: 36.5%
iPhone 17 Pro Max: 29.9%
iPhone 17 Pro: 29.4%
iPhone 17e: 2.5%
iPhone Air: 1.5%
Post-show: John needed Marco’s 3D printer
Oyen Digital MiniPro RAID V4 Dual-Bay
Modesty panel
Command Strips
Members-only ATP Overtime: The triumphant return of the Genius Bar?
Sponsored by:
Granola: The AI notepad for back-to-back meetings
zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now.
Claude: Ready to tackle bigger problems? Get started with Claude today.
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2 hr 8 min
September 10708: Primary, Tertiary, and Third Cousin
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
The Marco Offset™
September 2026 event
MacRumors on the cellular chips
SynthID Standard
Apple Audio Intelligence Privacy Overview
Surface Duo
PowerBook Duo
Rafa’s toot about layouts
Apple Developer Videos
Post-show: Jetty update
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s new business terms in the EU
Ben Thompson’s breakdown
Gruber’s take
Adrian Weckler at Irish Independent
Sponsored by:
ElevenLabs: AI Customer Support Agents
Factor: Healthy Eating, Made Easy
Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last
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3 hr 5 min
September 03707: Haunting the Campus Like a Ghost
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time! 🗣️
The Marco Offset™
Follow-up:
Luz fooled me, Jerry!
Extremely convincing fake by Daniel Luz
Mea culpa
Apple fooled us all
Siri blobs fix
System Settings → Screen Time → Content & Privacy → Content & Privacy (turn the switch on) → Siri → Writing Assistance (turn the switch off)
John is happy with new Macs timetable
Are photo libraries on external disks supported?
Knowledge base
Iris
Yankees / Sox in Apple Vision Pro
Dithering
Motivations for SME adoption (via shac ron)
✅ Tim Cook exit interview
AT 688: A Company Man at 1h8m29s (Overcast timestamp link)
Phil takes another step toward the door
Emma Roth at The Verge
Phil on ATP #317: We’re Customers Too
iPhone 17 / 17 Pro / 17 Pro max / Air Exit interviews
iPhone event preview
Post-show: John’s storage update
Backblaze B2
Amazon S3
Members-only ATP Overtime: Ternus & the Vision Pro
10 May: Mark Gurman
3 June: Juli Clover at MacRumors
21 August: Gurman
30 August: Gurman
Sponsored by:
zocdoc: Find the right doctor, right now.
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2 hr 6 min