Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.... more

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November 25, 2025667: Wisdom and Treachery
Pre-show: Marco bought a new toy
ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II
Bryan’s toot
pen.tips
Paperlike 3
Paperlike Pencil Tips
Follow-up:
macOS Tahoe 26.2 β3 seems to fix Electon slowdown (per shamelectron)
Gurman says “not so fast, my friend”
Gaming in ARM
Anti-cheat complications (via Tyler)
Windows 11 on ARM (via David Gaw)
OpenAI Egg update
Interview video
Fred T
Apple N1 > Broadcom
An iPhone camera cluster theory
The UK is still trying to make fetch happen get themselves a back door
Financial Times
Apple Fitness+ is “Under Review”
Fast charging & battery health
Juli Clover summary @ MacRumors
Ask ATP:
Now that Marco owns a restaurant, does he tip differently? (via Max Velasco Knott)
What do we think about third-party packages? (via Eric Jacobsen)
swift-collections
swift-async-algorithms
CPAN
Flow
Is organizing /Applications a poor choice? (via Nathan)
Are our kids better than we are at video games yet? (via Omri Arbiv)
Ultimate Chicken Horse
SongPop Party
UltraKill
Universal Paperclips
Cookie Clicker
Post-show: The saga of Overcast episode images
Core Intuition
Linode Object Storage
CloudFlare R2
Members-only ATP Overtime: Should we ever be forced to put away our phones? (via Philip McDermott)
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1h 56min
November 20, 2025666: We Have Nothing That Hot
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II
ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It — 16 October 2023
Follow-up:
The origin of “diamond dogs” (via Jared Counts)
Wikipedia
Matte, glossy, glass, and nanotexture (via Johnny “Decimal” Noble)
Paperlike
Rock Paper Pencil
Steam Machine
EuroGamer article about APU/GPU (via DavidShaub)
PlayStation 5 OS is FreeBSD-based (via Jesús Santaigo Narváez)
Wikipedia
PS Dev Wiki
Steam Frame
Lenses (via Michael)
Spec chart (via James O’Loughlin)
Top strap image
Steam → Apple Vision Pro using ALVR (via Iain Wallace)
Guide on Reddit
SteamOS
Is not universally supported (via DavidSchaub)
Alternatives (via solmnmagus)
Bazzite
CachyOS
Anti-cheat considerations (via Julian Torres)
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
Steam strategy
Is Steam-on-ARM popular?
Hardware survey (via Lars Boris)
Additional thoughts from Ava
Steam has only one person to answer to (via charlesesmith)
Single thread performance ranking (via Steven Op de beeck)
“High-Res Antiglare” (via Adam Wunn)
John mourns the recent news
GPU issues (via Colin Cornaby)
GeekBench Metal scores
Mac Pro (2019) + AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Mac Studio (2025) + M3 Ultra
The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor
Tim Cook to step down as early as next year
Tim Cook & Kara Swisher in 2021 (starts at 35:51)
As discussed in ATP #425: Hey Billionaire
Financial Times, 14 November 2025
Gruber’s take
Joe Rossignol @ Mac Rumors
Apple Corporate Governance Guidelines
Post-show: Declan discovers “HyperCard”
Rage-baiting
Members-only ATP Overtime: The App Store on the web
Dan Moren @ Six Colors
MJ Tsai
Apple shipped its source maps
Svelte
See also: Apple Maps on the web
Announcement
See also: Apple Podcasts on the web
Juli Clover @ MacRumors
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1h 42min
November 14, 2025665: My Basement Is Beautiful
Follow-up:
John has some new Vision Pro treats
Flight Ready
In the defense of the CD-R (via Jonathan Goforth)
ATP Tier List: Storage Media
Auto-generated chapters in Apple podcasts
We’re dummies: ATP has a [chapter-free] bootleg
Some more technical details (via Stephen Robles)
Subscriber audio chapters are a mess
New MacBook Pro design is for M6 Pro & Max only?
Mark Gurman’s coverage
MD101
Tahoe & Electron app fixes
Discord is fixed (via Dayton Lowell)
Microsoft Teams Classic is likely to never get fixed (via Adam Wunn)
macOS Emoji Picker
⌃ ⌘ Space
Rocket
Pogo-stick robot
Boston Dynamics
A butt-dialing theory from Trey Carpenter
iPhone Pocket
Paul’s analogy
Gruber’s post
iPod Socks
On eBay
New Steam Hardware
Initial coverage
Image of the new devices
Announcement video
Digital Foundry’s coverage
Dave2D’s coverage
Steam Controller
TMR not Hall Effect
Understanding the difference
Steam Machine
Images on The Verge
Steam Frame
More photos
Post-show: Marco goes to Home Depot
Members-only ATP Overtime: Affinity graphics apps go free, and some people are upset
Press release
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2h 1min
November 06, 2025664: Humanity Gets in the Way
Pre-show: Casey dropped his 17 Pro
🗣️ The ATP Holiday Store is back! Order before 9 November! 🗣️
T568A & T568B
Idea courtesy Adam Brandon
Don’t Stop Believin’…
An aside about podcast chapters and Apple’s recent news
Follow-up:
The current MacBook Pro design is from the M1 (via Ben Mattison)
More dashed Mac Pro dreams
Apple’s internal chip codename nomenclature
Variants
P = A_
G = A_X / A_Z / M_
S = M_ Pro
C = M_ Max
D = M_ Ultra
X = M_ Pro/Max/Ultra
Examples
A11 = H10P
A12X = H11G
A14 = H13P
M1 = H13G
M2 Pro = H14S
GPUs use G instead of H
More island/chip names from 26.1 RC:
Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/arm/cpuid.h
Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/mach/machine.h
Apple codenames
John’s tale of Xcode 26.1 woe
John’s un-fixed Electron apps
More clipboard history options in macOS 26.1
M5 MacBook Pro speed tests
MaxTech
Casey has tried the new Developer Strap
Accessibility → Audio & Visual → Balance
An aside about nanotexture displays
Marco’s current iPad paper-texture overlay
Casey upgraded to Tahoe
Funky sidebar icon
/r/overcast
Under the Radar #330: Engaging with Reddit
Meltdown in the ProCreate subreddit over a painting of Master Chief
Post-show: Marco plays with 3D printing
Tinkercad
Bambu
Eric Welander’s video about Gridfinity
Toybox
Members-only ATP Overtime: Joanna Stern tries Neo, the household “robot”
WSJ Article (or On Apple News+)
QWOP
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2h 3min
October 30, 2025663: Defending the Honor of The Cheesecake Factory
Pre-show: Marco’s airplane neighbors
Flighty
🗣️ The ATP Holiday Store is back! Order before 9 November! 🗣️
T568A & T568B
Idea courtesy Adam Brandon
Follow-up:
Vision Pro
Mac Virtual Display
On Intel it’s only up to 3K 🤭 (via Thomas Cheng)
Apple Support
Tapping-and-holding × allows for hiding other windows (via Nick Anthony)
Vision Pro vs. ski goggles
Apple 🤝 Vapor Chambers
Would it come to the MacBook Air (via Andy Lang)
Coming to the iPad Pro?
Apple’s MLS deal
…is worldwide; not US-only
Apple advertises in Korea (via Jake Lee)
John’s Shortcuts bug
Calum’s example
Fleedar’s example
lukens77 on Reddit (via eurozerozero)
Is it all Shortcuts-related files?
Possible fix from gleeful
Overwrite If File Exists
Fixing the “iconic plateau” (via Gordon Mcdowell)
The Cheesecake Factory does, apparently, make everything fresh
ATP Inside: The Restaurant, Season One
Cube Rule
Mac Rumors
M6/OLED MacBook Pro?
Previously from Mark Gurman
Brendan Shanks’ discovery
𝓍OS 26 β4 includes Liquid Glass toggle
iOS/iPadOS: Settings → Display and Brightness
macOS: System Settings → Appearance
Example image
Lock Screen swipe for camera can now be disabled, too
Settings → Camera → Lock Screen Swipe to Open Camera
Is Tahoe safe yet?
The Electron bug
Fixes are rolling out
Detector app by Tomas Kafka, via Craig Hockenberry
Status of popular apps
Post-show: More of John’s impressions of the Vision Pro
Members-only ATP Overtime: How does one actually make an app? (via not that coach mike)
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1h 56min
October 23, 2025662: Just Break the Law
Pre-show: More people have been infected by Goose
🗣️ New ATP Members’ Special: ATP Insider: The Restaurant, Season One 🗣️
An aside about outerwear
🗣️ The ATP Holiday Store is back! Order before 9 November! 🗣️
T568A & T568B
Idea courtesy Adam Brandon
Follow-up:
Recognition corner
Casey begs for help
Callsheet List bug (FB17661404) is fixed in 26.1 🎉
However, Menu(::primaryAction:) is broken (FB20755661)
Some M5 Vision Pro clarifications
The M5 does have Memory Integrity Enforcement
The M5 MacBook pro without a charger is actually cheaper in most regions
EU is €100 cheaper without / €35 with (via Nick Heer)
UK is the same though
The non-determinism of LLMs (via Heiko Hotz)
New chat
Mira Murati’s company piece discussing non-determinism
The M5 Vision Pro
Dual Knit Band
HDCP
Television
Theater
New Developer Strap (behind Apple Developer paywall)
MacRumors coverage
Post-show: John’s weird Finder animation bug
AVIF
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple 🤝🏻 F1 in 🇺🇸
Previous offerings
Apple’s bespoke F1 camera
Wired’s coverage
Apple’s F1-themed WWDC intro
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2h 3min
October 16, 2025661: Intimate and Regimented
Follow-up:
Languages in Scotland
ATP merch has more benefits (via Christian Heiler)
Slide Over fade animation (via Daniel Luz)
Marco’s iPhone case survey: Ryan London bare bottom (via Oliver Thomas)
/u/LaughingMan11 is Benson Leung (via Deta & Daniel Luz)
ZFS and the Drobo dream (via Joe)
AnyRAID for ZFS Explained for Dummies
Hexos announcement
An aside for an argument
Apple M5
M5 Pro, M5 Max, TSMC’s SoIC
Ming-Chi Kuo
Chip on Wafter on Surface
Integrated Fan-Out Package-on-Package
M5 MacBook Pro
MacRumors on the [lack of] power adapter
Numerama
M5 iPad Pro
M5 Vision Pro
The Verge compares refresh rates
Sorry, no trade-ins
Logitech Muse spatial stylus
Apple TV+ is now Apple TV
F1: The Movie announcement post
Eddie Cue on The Town podcast
New icon
Post-show: iPhone setup, take two
Skip all the Siri/FaceID/etc things until setup is complete
Don’t try to memorize the flashing 6-digit code; choose another way
Members-only ATP Overtime: Alexa Plus in the real world
Jennifer Patterson Tuohy
“Temperature” on LLMs
Nilay’s take
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1h 50min
October 09, 2025660: It’s All Chicken Salad
Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results
Goose
Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025
Allianz Ampitheater
Chicken Salad Chick
Nugs.net
ZZQ
Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:
Hungersite
Give it Time
How it Ends
Dripfield
Follow-up:
ATP in the wild
Original report form Richard Earney
Follow-up by Matt Smith
Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella
AirPods 3
Ear Lottery
Michael corroborates Marco’s experience
…but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope
…and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer
Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison
Live translation results
David Schaub’s horror story about filling up your phone
Mike Taffet does science on iPhone ↔ iPhone transfers
Marco’s USB odyssey
Jack Wellborn had a similar experience
Syd Polk wonders if it’s a Sequoia thing
(Among others) Fabien theorizes its’ an alignment thing
Keith Heaton brought receipts
Tailgate Tub
Active vs. passive Thunderbolt cables
OWC
Informative Reddit comment by LaughingMan11
Synology alternatives
Colin McKellar suggests QNAP
See also:
UGREEN
Unraid
FreeNAS/TrueNAS
…
🎉 …may not be necessary anymore! 🎉
Coverage from Guru3D
SpaceRex on YouTube
Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica
More more first impressions
Quick AirPods Pro 3 update
iPhone case updates
Omar Shahine performs surgery on the Nomad back
Torras clear case
Bullstrap open-bottom leather case
Peak Design Everyday Case (Charcoal color has the good fabric)
Still to test: Süti PhoneBack in black leather, if it ever ships
iOS 16
iPadOS 26: Now with slide-over!
Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
Previously, in Hong Kong
Tim’s explanation
Response letter
Reuters’ take
MJ Tsai
Gurman on Apple succession
Post-show: Pour one a Sprite out for a real one TiVo
Channels
AOL dialup service ends
Members-only ATP Overtime: The Meta Ray-Ban Display, and Apple’s response
The Verge
Gurman: Apple pivots
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2h 15min
October 02, 2025659: Lose the Ear Lottery
Pre-show: Eh, that’ll keep…
M5 iPad Pro
FCC leaks
🗣️ St. Jude time is almost done! 🗣️
Supporting Action for Emergency Response
Lebanon case study
Global crisis repsonse blueprint
🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Dev: Computer Science Curriculum
Follow-up:
ATP in the wild (via Mark Christian & Richard Earney)
iOS 26.0.1 allegedly fixes N1 Wi-Fi/BT issues
CarlinKit wireless CarPlay dongle
What does iCloud back up? (via Dayton Lovell)
iCloud for Messages
A ringing endorsement from Nick
A potential fix for ∞ GIFs (via Nathan)
iPhone Transfers
Why not pre-populate them, Kindle-style? (via Winnie Lewis)
TestFlight is… better now? (via Daniel Nelson)
Some thoughts from Nick
Apple’s onboarding enshittification (via Imthaz)
Thought to text & AlterEgo
Firefox (1982)
Prior MIT project (via Hannes)
CJ’s thoughts
Preview video
EMG
EEG
More first impressions
TechWoven cases
Tina’s Bullstrap case
Bullstrap wallet
Stephen Robles leather iPhone case review
Nomad Magnetic leather back
Marco’s video of the flaw
iPhone 17
AirPods Pro 3
Erin’s Audio Corner
The Headphone Show
The Harman Curve
Ask ATP:
How do we really know if something is encrypted? (via Joshua Wold)
What is the point of neural engine cores, anyway? (via Tom Cole)
SIMD
Evaluating the Apple Silicon M-Series SoCs for HPC Performance & Efficiency
AMX Units
Neural Engine
Does filling a phone SSD slaughter performance? (via Sean Harding)
Post-show: Marco’s USB odyssey
CalDigit Thunderbolt Element 4
BLE caberQu
Members-only ATP Overtime: NAS Noodling
Synology [sorta] says third-party drives will be supported in the future
Synology Solution Day 2025 teaser video
Ubiquiti’s new NAS units
UNAS 2
UNAS 4
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2h 15min
September 25, 2025658: Your First Mistake Phone
Marco’s AppleCare “Express” Replacement
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Podcastathon 2025
Follow-up:
Auburn’s colors are UVA’s colors (via Tony Scida)
You don’t need the trick new Apple charger to charge an iPhone 17 at full speed
iPhone Air
Why people are buying the iPhone Air / 15” MacBook Air
Bending the iPhone Air
Apple (via Tom’s Guide)
Direct video link
JerryRigEverything (timestamp link to 6m35s)
Same video, different timestamp (7m37s)
Battery life
Mr. Whose the Boss
The Tech Chap
Tom’s Guide
Speaker (via Steve Troughton-Smith)
Thermals
MaxTech
iFixIt Teardown
Thickness
Visual comparison of thickness (via Ludwig Schubert)
Thin iPhone future? (via Ian)
iPhone 17 Pro
Teardowns
REWA Technology
All the screws
17 vs. 16
17 Pro internals
Vapor chamber
Logic boards
Vapor chambers explained
Max Tech
Scratches on the back?
More images from MacRumors
And from Watson
JerryRigEverything
iPhone sales
The Information (MacRumors summary)
iPhone setup advice
Casey’s tale of woe (see also Upgrade #582: First Chance to Make One Impression)
First impressions: iPhone 17 Pro
Scratchability
Telephoto camera
iPhone 16 Pro 5× vs. iPhone 17 Pro 8×
Post-show:
HP M553
HP M554
Members-only ATP Overtime: Anthropic’s $1.5B book piracy settlement
The Verge: Settlement announced, 5 September
Previously, on ATP #656: Anthropic asked for $1.5B/yr from Apple
The Verge: Settlement paused, 9 September
Ars Technica, 9 September
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2h 27min

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