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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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
September 16, 2025657: Ears Are Weird
Marco 0️⃣ → 1️⃣
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
Podcastathon 2025: Friday, noon → midnight EDT
Stephen Hackett said the foldable will be the “iPhone Ultra”
μm is a “micron”
The iPhone Air battery pack does have a USB-C port after all
iPhone 17 Pro requires a new adapter to charge at full speed
Apple 40W Dynamic Power Adapter
Anker Nano 45W charger
A19 vs. A19 Pro
A19 Pro benchmarks
The N1 is in every new iPhone
The whole of the iPhone Air is in the camera plateau
Large image
Casey’s memory problems corner
ATP #655 (Overcast timestamp link)
The mmWave antenna window is back
Background
Logo placement on Apple’s cases
Clear Case with MagSafe
TechWoven Case with MagSafe
Some funny renders from iPhone case makers
Theories about the iPhone 17 Pro colors
Every masterpiece has its cheap copy
Luke Skywalker
University of Virginia
Denver Broncos
Auburn University
2021 impactful boosters
iPhone Air
Will it bend?
Joz (& Ternus) with an incredible [lack of] flex
17 was a last-second decision? (via Sam Henri Gold)
Max Tech’s discoveries
The Air does not have stereo speakers
The Dynamic Island is lower than on other phones
The USB-C port is not vertically centered
Image
No Cinematic Mode video, including the selfie camera
The new selfie camera is actually a 24MP sensor
No LiDAR scanner
Air & 17 non-Pro are limited to USB 2
USB 2.0
Every new iPhone screen has the same specifications, save size/resolution
Apple iPhone comparison page
iPhones 17 can now toggle screen flickering off
Pulse-width modulation
9to5Mac’s coverage
PWM sensitive subreddit
Apple Watch
Satellite data requires a cellular plan
Jason & Greg Pierce agree
Is “24-hour” battery claim because of a change in measurement?
Underscore’s observations about the Ultra
Apple Watch battery
AirPods
Ear shapes (via Tirial)
About that “2×” noise reduction
AirPods product page
The new AirPods Pro case is not smaller
“New generation of Ultra Wideband technology” is the U2 chip
Live translation is on-device (not in ☁️)
Live translation is blocked for EU users with EU Apple Accounts
Apple feature availability
Safari on iOS 26’s compact toolbar
Tahoe Toolbars (via Zhenyi Tan)
* Frosting download link
* Frosting test page
Post-show: John’s red dot
Members-only ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation
How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back
A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control
Meet the Little Brain Region that Helps You Say What’s on Your Mind
Speech sequencing in the human precentral gyrus
Scientists develop interface that “reads” thoughts from speech-impaired patients
Alterego
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1h 54min
September 10, 2025656: A Long T-Shirt
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
iPhone event
AirPods Pro 3
Apple Watch Series 11
No new System-in-Package?
Whoop Band
Apple Watch SE 3
Apple Watch Ultra 3
LTPO
Satellite can-kicking continues
iPhone 17
Memory Integrity Enforcement
iPhone Air
iPhone Air MagSafe Battery 💔
iPhone 17 Pro & Pro Max
Software ship dates
Post-show:
Apple trade-in
✨ Tina’s dream has come true! ✨
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s competing implementations for the new Siri
Gurman, 13 August
Gurman, 22 August
Gurman, 3 September
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2h 37min
September 04, 2025655: Shorts-Compatible Body Type
Pre-Show: Trouble in Razer paradise
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Follow-up:
Casey has thoughts about the compact iOS 26 controls in Safari
Settings → Apps → Safari
Apple device advice for those that are athletically engaged
Place your phone face-down (via. A. O.)
Sleep focus is an option (via A. M.)
So is Theater Mode and, if taps are an issue, water lock (via Ryan)
How to stop Siri from randomly activating all the damn time by D. Griffin Jones
Fun fact: you can add it to the Health app! (via Niv Ben-Porath)
…but it won’t affect your rings
A truly hilarious story from Anonymous
Developing “product sense” (via Joseph Kibe)
Productive Tensions by Christopher B. Bingham & Rory M. McDonald
iPhone 16 exit interview
Peltier device
Obscura
Halide
iPhone event preview
Crossbody strap
Apple Natural Titanium Milanese Loop (Marco’s summer watch band)
Post-show: Smaller e-ink note-taking tablets
reMarkable Paper Pro Move
The Verge’s coverage
Ars Technica’s coverage
Supernote Nomad
iFLYTEK AINOTE Air 2
Viwoods AiPaper Mini
Members-only ATP Overtime: US government buys 10% of Intel
Ars Technica
New York Times
The Verge
Intel self-announces all the red flags
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2h 5min
August 28, 2025654: Athletically Engaged
Pre-Show: Casey and Marco are sad
Ben Rice McCarthy
Under the Radar
Follow-up:
🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
The Marco Offset
Anonymous crushes the dreams of Marco and Casey about cellular MacBooks
Another Anonymous shares a bit too much information about accidental Siri activations 😆
🤬 John’s AppleCare One update 🤬
Help with Trackpad dragging
System Settings → Accessibility → Pointer Control → Trackpad Options… → Dragging Style → Three Finger Drag
Screenshot
…or Drag Lock
Masimo comes for [more] blood
UK drops utterly bananas backdoor legislation
Studio Display with A19
Daniel Luz points out makes a funny comparison to Macs
Fabian Häusler theorizes it’s about binning
Apple’s Hide my Email feature
An unexpected wrinkle Timothy Martin points out
Anecdote from David Beck
Apple Event: 9 September 1PM OTTZ
Interactive logo
Still image for posterity
Reverse-engineering by sam henri gold
“TechWoven” and “Liquid Silicone” cases leaked
Maijin Bu on TechWoven
…and on Liquid Silicone (and again)
Apple will simplify the Camera Control button
Ask ATP:
What’s the ∆ between snapshots and backups? (via Phil Hirst)
Hyperspace
Why is Finder slow to delete files? (via Dan)
How will Apple reconcile AI and carbon neutrality? (via Sam Hunt)
Post-show: Some venting about politics and 𝓍26.
Jeff Atwood’s post
John’s reply
There’s nothing Republicans won’t ruin
Members-only ATP Overtime: Rumored Apple roadmap
Apple readies first upgrade to its struggling Vision Pro headset
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1h 48min
August 21, 2025653: Warning Stories
Pre-Show: AI slop vs. not… so… AI… slop
AITAH
Follow-up:
Casey spends 24 hours with iOS 26 on his carry phone
John’s dancing controls
☝️ Well, actually ☝️, myriad of is okay (via Jason Eccles)
Merriam-Webster’s take
Are size classes similar to today’s design changes? (via Bryan Guffey)
Auto Layout
John’s HomePod has risen from the dead!
Nic’s Fix
Watch John’s actual repair happen
🍿 John would like to air some AppleCare One grievances 🍿
John’s tantrum
AppleCare One Terms & Conditions
Blood oxygen with Apple Watch [sorta] returns to the US
Gruber’s take
Victoria Song at The Verge
😳🥳 M5 MacBook Pro with cellular is coming‽ 🎉😳
A19 Pro in Studio Display 2?
Previously, in low-cost MacBook rumors: A18 Pro
Your Mac game is probably rendering blurry
CGDisplayCopyAllDisplayModes()
FB13375033
Ask ATP:
Should the name “Siri” be retired? (via Aaron Bushnell)
Did Vehicle Motion Cues help John? (via Roly C.)
How do we click our trackpads? (via Eli)
Post-show: Oh yeah! 🗣️ New ATP Members special: ATP Insider: Vacations 🗣️
Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s research into using LLMs to make UIs
Apple trained a LLM to teach itself good SwiftUI
Research paper
Stephen Robles’ video
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1h 48min
August 14, 2025652: You Have 24 Hours to Comply
Pre-Show: Marco and Casey’s no-good, very bad days.
Follow-up:
Casey didn’t read the fine print on Express Replacement 🤦🏻‍♂️
Short Pump
John cycled his mouse again
AppleCare One
Moving a device on a payment plan (via “Clark Griswold” and Anonymous)
Tina’s iPhone
Tina’s Mac Studio
Tahoe beta 5: checkbox contrast improves
iOS 26 beta 6 Liquid glass changes
Smart TV interfaces over time
“Shortcut”
New Magic Remote
Running your own mail server
How does iCloud-on-your-domain work? (via potato.zip)
Hide my Email (via Peter Puleio)
Jason Diller thinks it’s not so bad
Post-quantum cryptography
Harvest now, decrypt later (via Lisa Ugray)
Since iOS 17.4 for iMessage (via Saul Sutherland)
Apple Security Research blog post
Compelled adoption (via Brian Jarvis)
Chrome adopted it in 2024 (via sayrer)
2024: State of post-quantum internet
2025: Update
John wages war against icons
Adopting Liquid Glass: App Icons
WWDC 2025 #361: Create Icons with Icon Composer
John’s Mastodon thread
Václav Slavík’s solution
FB19437407
FB19497128
FB17892659
There’s likely to be a lot more of this
Ask ATP:
Is Liquid Glass on macOS a subtle move toward touchscreen Macs? (via Daniel Liu)
How does one build a “good product sense”? (via Ian Anderson)
Inspired by Marty Cagan
How does one effectively de-duplicate photos using Photos.app? (via Keith Heaton)
Post-show: Marco’s air-conditioning “update”
Members-only ATP Overtime: AI voice control as a threat to Apple’s platforms
Apple’s Upcoming AI Voice Control will Change how People Use iPhones
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