Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

Technology

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

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519: Paint My Wings

01.26.2023

Pre-show: Frame Game ❗️ New Member’s special ❗️ Belated observation of an anniversary Casey’s ATP announcement tweet Follow-up: The new Mac mini is the same dimensions as the old one But the base-model SSD is far slower… again. Max Tech ...

Accidental Tech Podcast episodes:

01.26.2023 519: Paint My Wings Pre-show: Frame Game ❗️ New Member’s special ❗️ Belated observation of an anniversary Casey’s ATP announcement tweet Follow-up: The new Mac mini is the same dimensions as the old one But the base-model SSD is far slower… again. Max Tech ...
01.19.2023 518: Deconstructed iMac Pre-show: Marco’s window-washing woes Chicken hat dregs ❗️ Imminent members-only special ❗️ Follow-up: Getty Images suing creators of Stable Diffusion Stable Diffusion Litigation One more from CES: solid-state cooling PC World video Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Twitter kills (some) third-party clients ...
01.09.2023 517: A Tesla Full of Kindles Pre-show: Marco still has his red hat cursed car Follow-up: Backing up iPhoto Libraries (via Jonas) Dell 5K monitor Dell 6K monitor Teaser video Dell resolution: 6144 × 3456 XDR resolution: 6016 × 3384 CES TV News Samsung 77-inch QD-OLED ...
01.03.2023 516: One of My Fits of Rage Pre-show: Vacations, illness, birthdays, and carrot cake Follow-up: AI Art & Copyright (via Amy Lee) Github Terms of Service Github Corporate Terms of Service CRUD chkbit True Life Diary Marco, CloudKit, and Overcast Under the Radar #258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook ...
12.28.2022 515: The Elder Programmer Look Pre-show: Marco has decreed today is Christmas Eve. Project Highrise Don’t Starve Together Follow-up: Butterfly Keyboard class-action lawsuit payouts Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion Have I Been Trained? Have I Been Pwned? A ...
12.22.2022 514: My Immense Softness Pre-show: Period pieces about x2 and k56flex Superbad DIVX Follow-up: Casey has fixed his Docker problems with Colima? Apple is considering dropping the WebKit requirement? Blink Gecko Some clarifications and feedback about the SR-71 (via Chris) Trident II D5 Inertial ...
12.15.2022 513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat Pre-show: Is moisturizer real? Orange Goop The
12.08.2022 512: Owned With a P Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price Follow-up: Mastodon instances and federation Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually Sharrow
12.01.2022 511: Moving to Antarctica Pre-show: Sharrows EVERYONE has written in to tell us about the bike-lane symbols, thank you, no need for anyone else to write in – ed. The ATP On-Demand Store is live for your holiday needs! Follow-up: Bridging async/await ↔ Obj-C ...
11.22.2022 510: It's Occupied by Bears Pre-show: Marco makes Casey’s day B FCModel Hacking with Swift Follow-up: Using network locations in macOS Ventura ControlPlane Casey’s adventure with date formats Bonus: man pages in Preview John’s iPhone Cases Bullstrap $85 → $68 Ryan London $54 Mastodon The ...
11.17.2022 509: Tiny Tyrants Pre-show: John is a Swiftie Follow-up: John’s 2FA transfer options, and a suggestion from particles! Automating Watch faces (via Alex Serriere) Newer Apple TV 4K models support HDR in YouTube (via Matt Freedman) Photos, Smart Albums, and boolean logic (via ...
11.10.2022 508: Later Is Getting Later and Later THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off! Pre-show: lol twttr Hotline ...
11.03.2022 507: It Sucks, Doesn't It? THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! The store will be open until Sunday, 13 November! Don’t delay! Our thanks to the teams at Studio Neat, and, as always, Cotton Bureau. Don’t forget, members get 15% off! Pre-show: Marco’s RTD BBEdit ...
10.27.2022 506: Our Only SEO Is You THE ATP STORE IS BACK, BABY! #
10.20.2022 505: A Mental Laxative Pre-show: Marco rediscovers his love for programming, by procrastiworking. Follow-up: Apple TV, Match Content, and HDMI QMS QMS Explainer Audio-dejudder Casey’s iPhone upgrade, eSIM, and Verizon fees Follow-out for Upgrade #429: Freedom Doors John’s mouse ATP #449: An Unclean Mouse ...
10.13.2022 504: Too Much Apple in My Apple Pre-show: In a move that surprises nobody, Marco lost a bet Coriolis force Follow-up: On portraits and AI image generation Unofficial ATP subreddit Marco’s bad icon Marco’s good icon Glove boxes open via touchscreens‽ Model Y review Match content setting ...
10.06.2022 503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza Follow-up: Marco has settled on the Peak Design case What even is in Shared Photo Libraries, anyway? The
09.29.2022 502: Going Retina Again Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: Marco has glasses Too big according to John Too big according to anyone “Big Steve Jobs energy” The Steve Jobs frames (we think) …and iPhone cases Pitaka MagEZ Case ...
09.22.2022 501: Torsional Rigidity Check Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: Relay FM Feuding Families ATP Movie Club: Episode 2: The Rundown Remember, only for members! Casey’s traumatic moment, captured Follow-up: Apple Pay and “valid” addresses iPhone 14 has revised, ...
09.15.2022 500: All the Nerds in the Room Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Extended Pre-show: Marco finally catches up to Casey & John Dilating drops
09.08.2022 499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: A bidding war for a good cause Apple Event, September 2022 Apple Watch Series 8 Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) Apple Watch Ultra Panerai Luminor Tourbillon GMT Photos from ...
09.01.2022 498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe Please donate to St. Jude! Let’s cure childhood cancer together. Pre-show: Marco has leveled-up as a nerd.
08.25.2022 497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere Pre-show Netural: In a shocking piece of news, Marco’s Defender hasn’t exploded (yet)! Marco’s “Thule” Casey’s WireLiss CarPlay Adapter
08.18.2022 496: One of My Lesser TiVos Follow-up: What’s up with
08.11.2022 495: Five Points for Smell Follow-up: Android totally copying Java was fair use (via Rob Sayre) Oracle’s S3 clone Branded tires (via TK & Sam Abuelsamid) Ford demands Goodyear remove Wrangler branding John’s TV updates Geoff C’s theory NTP Justin Winchester’s theory Bravia Core Cable ...
08.04.2022 494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench Pre-show: Geometry Dash Number Munchers Number Munchers on Classic Reload Number Munchers on the App Store Unity Unity CEO’s colorful opinions The Talk Show #353: Shop Different Playdate Pulp VVVVVV FromSoftware Follow-up: John on M1 MacBook Air vs. M2 MacBook ...
07.31.2022 493: Downstairs Downstairs Pre-show: Last two weeks updates The Talk Show #352: “I’ve Kissed that Mouse” Reconcilable Differences #102: Preparing the Way DFU Restore Billy Joel and his helicopter concert commute Jones Beach Night 1 Night 2 Follow-up: Custom
07.20.2022 492: Umbrella Hammer Toadstool Pre-show: Air conditioners, memories, and house veins Mini-split Follow-up: M2 MacBook Air [also] thermal throttles Jason’s review You should probably subscribe to 6C, too The Verge Gruber’s review Ars Technica’s review John’s Mac Studio safety straps M2 has Ultra-Wideband Chip? ...
07.14.2022 491: Salmon and SwiftUI Casey and Marco have 99 problems, and SwiftUI is every. damn. one. of. them. Casey’s problems PhotosPicker FB10491818 FB10566546 presentationDetents() FB10636765 ImageRenderer FB10393458 Under the Radar #246: Hard Forks UIStackView UIViewRepresentable UIHostingController Pointer Follow-up: Alternative pi-hole fix BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR=false in pihole-FTL.conf ...
07.07.2022 490: Tiny Pictures of Knobs Pre-show: Some thoughts on who should have agency over womens’ bodies Roe v. Wade In-vitro fertilization Ectopic pregnancy Evidence-based medicine Trigger law Follow-up: Using a M1 Mac mini as a Plex server Other video transcoding M2 MacBook Air available to ...
06.30.2022 489: Very Inappropriate Thoughts About This Computer Pre-show: Marco flirts with his past Follow-up: Bitcode has been deprecated Previously, on ATP #205 (Overcast timestamp link) (Transcript) New big HomePod rumor Ricky on Passkey syncing YubiKey Very important Caffè Macs follow-up BNPL Planet Money The 256GB 13” M2 ...
06.23.2022 488: Pebbles on the Scale Pre-show: Marco’s HomePod journey continues HomePod mini USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter Follow-up: iPad Pro (2018) has 4GB or 6GB RAM The offending party has been sacked Apple educational discounts & software bundles Pro Apps Bundle for Education Education Store ...
06.16.2022 487: Mid-Life Rally Pre-show:
06.07.2022 486: Field Day at Apple Park Pre-show: Marco is [always on vacation] in California!
06.02.2022 485: This Is Casey Actual Pre-show: Streaming changes Audio Hijack Our Twitch channel for live streams Follow-up: Fastmail The Price is Right is available for free on Pluto TV Regarding filming workout videos Amulet Hotkey DXZ4 X Windows Display Postscript WWDC in-person info/schedule (via Paul ...
05.26.2022 484: Hot-Spare Price is Right Pre-show: Sick-kid TV Channels Paramount+ AppleTV Channels Follow-up: Warnings about PoE splitters from Matias Korhonen Pro-fiber propaganda Adam Papamarcos’ OM4 fiber cable Assmann Group Ad-blockers on desktops (via Ryan) “Sign in with X” (via Brian Donovan) A concert-related Apple Music ...
05.19.2022 483: The Faceless Knob Pre-show: Two is one, one is none. Zoom F3 USBPre2 MixPre-3 Follow-up: Cleaning apps and “launch services” launchd Launch Control A hint more on Casey’s frivoLiss ethernet project Many recommendations for Monoprice slim 6A patch cables Jonathan Litt reminds us ...
05.12.2022 482: I Should Probably Get Reading Glasses Follow-up: A little more on Bartosz Ciechanowski’s explainers Mechanical Watch Explainer GPS Naval Architecture Patreon Apple’s New Developer Center More from Parker Ortolani John’s multi-factor authentication college account update An aside about password managers Protobuf John’s Microsoft Precision Mouse Casey’s ...
05.06.2022 481: Accidentally Made It Too Good Follow-up: Follow-out: Clockwise #449: It’s Still Working, I’m So Sad T-Shirt Results (THANK YOU!) Marco’s tech woes USBPre 2 Zoom F3 On Double-Clicking the lock button for Wallet Open the wallet app → double-click the side button (via Trevor Kay) ...
04.28.2022 480: Three Wise Admins The ATP Store is live until 30 April at 8PM New York time. Order now, or Casey will haunt your dreams!
04.18.2022 479: Never Mind, I'm Out The ATP Store is live until 30 April at 8PM New York time. Order now, or Casey will haunt your dreams!
04.12.2022 478: No Bum Cores The ATP Store is live until 30 April at 8 PM New York time. Order now, or Casey will haunt your dreams!
04.06.2022 477: In the Metal Pre-show: Marco played himself Would there be a “Studio Display Max” within two years? 22” Cinema Display 23” Cinema Display 27” Cinema Display 27” Thunderbolt Display Marco’s Studio Display impressions NuShelf Dual Mount for Mac mini New Peripherals Black Keyboard ...
03.31.2022 476: Plausibly Viable Follow-up: Resolution independence 10.4 Tiger 10.5 Leopard 10.7 Lion Steve Jobs’s Retina Diagram Retina Display announcement Joe Lion explains why silicon wafers are round Video Explanation Jonathan Ragan-Kelley explains EMIB and LSI Regarding Mac Studio fan noise The fans cool ...
03.24.2022 475: Shove It Out the Back Pre-show: We’ve got 99 problems and Apple Music is… most of them. On the Mac Studio’s extra SSD slot 512 Pixels Ars Technica Hector Martin Asahi Linux John’s heart shatters into a million pieces (Mac Studio cooling and
03.17.2022 474: That's Where the Magic Happens Follow-up: iPad Air does have stereo speakers Mac Studio HDMI is still 2.0 HDMI 2.1 27” Studio Display Pro coming soon? “Five-head” Origins The Flop House #94: Conan the Barbarian @ 29:46 Victor Borge’s Inflationary Language 20 Fenchurch Street The ...
03.10.2022 473: Fanboats and Coattails Apple’s “Peek Performance” Event New Apple Watch band collection Beanie Babies
03.03.2022 472: File a Casey Radar Pre-show:
02.24.2022 471: My Fiber Situation Is Fine Pre-show: Casey messes with Marco during his very difficult day Celiac Important follow-up: in short, actual celiac disease cannot be cured, so the people in question most likely had other forms of gluten intolerance Colostrum (the pills Marco got — ...
02.17.2022 470: Computers Can Do Things Follow-up: Jump-starting an ICE using a Tesla (via Jesper Weltz) Another video (via Jameson) James May’s Model S’s catastrohpic failure Porsche Taycan Mercedes-Benz EQS AirTags anti-tracking update The Downeaster “Alexa” Amsterdam’s transformation from car-centric to people-centric Paris’s car-free zone announced ...

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Accidental Tech Podcast episodes:

519: Paint My Wings

518: Deconstructed iMac

517: A Tesla Full of Kindles

516: One of My Fits of Rage

515: The Elder Programmer Look

514: My Immense Softness

513: Scribble on the Shared Placemat

512: Owned With a P

511: Moving to Antarctica

510: It's Occupied by Bears

509: Tiny Tyrants

508: Later Is Getting Later and Later

507: It Sucks, Doesn't It?

506: Our Only SEO Is You

505: A Mental Laxative

504: Too Much Apple in My Apple

503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza

502: Going Retina Again

501: Torsional Rigidity Check

500: All the Nerds in the Room

499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me

498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe

497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere

496: One of My Lesser TiVos

495: Five Points for Smell

494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench

493: Downstairs Downstairs

492: Umbrella Hammer Toadstool

491: Salmon and SwiftUI

490: Tiny Pictures of Knobs

489: Very Inappropriate Thoughts About This Computer

488: Pebbles on the Scale

487: Mid-Life Rally

486: Field Day at Apple Park

485: This Is Casey Actual

484: Hot-Spare Price is Right

483: The Faceless Knob

482: I Should Probably Get Reading Glasses

481: Accidentally Made It Too Good

480: Three Wise Admins

479: Never Mind, I'm Out

478: No Bum Cores

477: In the Metal

476: Plausibly Viable

475: Shove It Out the Back

474: That's Where the Magic Happens

473: Fanboats and Coattails

472: File a Casey Radar

471: My Fiber Situation Is Fine

470: Computers Can Do Things

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