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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Accidental Tech Podcast episodes:

September 22, 2022501: 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, easily-repairable internals
Repair costs
SIM tray spacer
John’s second iPhone case
Bullstrap case
Ryan London case
Marco’s case updates
Pitaka Case
Casey’s on the HDHomeRun Prime with Channels Train
PCMCIA
Glasses updates
Blue-blocking lenses were universally panned
Zenni Optical
Apple’s upgrade guide (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen)
iPhones 14 Pro Experience
John on the Podcastathon
Apple’s guidance on transferring watches
John’s status bar
Halide
Ryan Jones’s chart about camera bumps
Paste warning is a bug
Gruber’s chart
Post-show:
Marco’s car wears a watch (image)
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2h 14min
September 15, 2022500: 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
🎉 ATP EPISODE 500!!! 🎉
catatp
ATP Episode #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier
Mac OS iguana easter egg (video)
Mac OS iguana easter egg explanation
Some discussions about a 🆕 special members-only perk
Follow-up:
John’s Polarizer & lens protector
Special relativity
Variable Neutral Density Filter
Bell’s Theorem (via Stepan Dolezal)
Polarizing Filter (via Rob Sayre)
UV Filters are useless? (also via Rob Sayre)
iPhone focal lengths spreadsheet (by Colin Robertson)
2× crop goes from 9.8 × 7.3mm → 4.9 × 3.65mm
Prior 2× cameras were 4 × 3mm
Satellite location sharing
Collect calls
Apple Watch S8 is basically the same CPU as S6 & S7
Apple Delays iCloud Shared Photo Library
Dynamic Island name recommendation from Dan Engler
API
The Verge’s iPhone 14 Pro review
Subpixel rendering
Pentile display
Krebs unequivocally walks back the Ubiquiti reporting
What did the hosts order last week?
John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case
John’s forthcoming black-leather iPhone 14 Pro case
Marco races the clock
Don’t miss a special treat before the after-show. (Thanks, Jonathan!)
Post-show: Marco asks for tips about 👓
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2h 4min
September 08, 2022499: 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 Matt Panzarino
Size comparison by Neil Cybart
GPS L5
AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
Helly R!
iPhone 14 & 14 Plus
Emergency SOS via satellite
Iridium
Garmin Inreach Mini 2
iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max
John’s Tweet about 🤢 “Dynamic Island” 🤢
Anti-aliasing
Don’t miss a special treat before the after-show. (Thanks, Jonathan!)
Post-show: Leaks abound
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2h 35min
September 01, 2022498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe
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Pre-show: Marco has leveled-up as a nerd. 🤓
HP M182nw
Follow-up:
John’s polarizer and lens protector
Calibration of Rock Band instruments (via Johannes Zander)
Casey got buzzed by Apple Maps cars
“Image Collection” Locations (via Holgr in the chat)
Apple Watch Series 7 exit interview
iPhone 13 Pro exit interview
John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case
iPhone 14 & 14 Pro expectations
Single pill/lozenge?
Gurman confirmation
Garmin InReach
Apple Watch Series 8 expectations
G-Shock
Garmin adventure watches
AirPods Pro 2?
Don’t miss our special ending theme (thanks, Jonathan Mann!)
Post-show: 👃🏻❓
Levoit HEPA Air Purifier with Toxin Absorber Filter
Fresh Wave Odor-“Removing” Gel
Zero Odor Pro
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2h 25min
August 25, 2022497: 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
🇸🇪 Study on Touchscreens vs. Physical Controls
Example XC90 touchscreen
Follow-up:
On people copying S3 API
CarPlay navigation voice volume
Former setting, prior to iOS 15 (via Daniel Finley)
Use the driver’s side volume control on the wheel to adjust volume (via Josh Biggs)
Postpartum doulas are a thing (via Matt Rigby)
4K TV
FiOS channel stand-by banner recording
A godawful map of 4K over the air
A rough crack at a vastly improved map via chatroom user SageOlson
RVA has 4K
Audio/video sync
Catchin’ Sync (also via Matt Rigby)
Catchin’ Sync on the App Store
John’s first attempt at sync (H265)
John’s second attempt at sync (WebM 1)
John’s third attempt at sync (WebM 2)
TiVo ad skipping
Casey’s feedbacks
FB10566546 is fixed! 🎉
FB11080380 is fixed, but includes a new regression. ☯️
Five other bugs have had no responses yet, though. 💔
Marco’s bug (FB10758252) is fixed! 🎉
Running to the press never helps
Martin Pilkington
Björn Skoglund
Apple Event is Wednesday, September 7
iPadOS is delayed
The recent Plex Hack
#askatp:
How in the world are some app updates multiple hundreds of megabytes‽ (via Bart Kowalski)
Paws
Swagger
What do we think of Svalt? (via Robert Campbell)
Thermal Pads
Post-show: Casey’s modified his car
19” Englishtowns
18” Pretorias
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2h 17min
August 18, 2022496: One of My Lesser TiVos
Follow-up:
What’s up with 🚩 on the 🏖️ in 🇦🇺? (via Ross Poulton)
John’s TV
Channels vs. TiVo vs. FiOS TV
TVEverwhere
HDHomeRun Prime
Christina’s Tweet
John’s tips for alleviating audio delays
Calibration Video
Screenshot
Niki Tonsky’s System Settings wonkiness thread
Jason on Network Locations
Invisible confirm button
Casey has some thoughts and feelings about Feedback/Radar
For Apple people, these are Casey’s bugs. He has received no response on any of them.
FB11080380 (filed 5 August)
FB10684032 (filed 14 July)
FB10491818 (filed 14 July)
FB10636765 (filed 12 July)
FB10566546 (filed 7 July)
FB10394633 (filed 21 June)
FB10391991 (filed 21 June)
Marco’s bug: FB10758252 (response, paraphrased: you’re holding it wrong/it’s broken as designed)
Serenity’s tip about documentation Feedback
#askatp:
How does one manage DNS and certificates for home servers? (via Christopher Anderson)
Pi-Hole local DNS
Tailscale
hosts
Synology QuickConnect
What should a first-time parent know? (via Carlos Quinela)
Baby Connect
How do we protect our focus time and balance versus family time? (via Nick Serrano)
Post-show: John rents a Toyota Camry and 🗣 HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT CARPLAY 🗣
Casey’s discovered but useLiss video
John’s oversized light
Toyota GR86
Toyota Supra
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2h 35min
August 11, 2022495: 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 Matters Plug & Play USB Ethernet Adapter (USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet to USB, Ethernet Adapter for Laptop) Supporting 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network in Black
Reddit tip
RTFU: TiVo code search codes
Channels
Support Document about HDHomeRun
SiliconDust HDHomeRun PRIME Cable HDTV 3-Tuner
The solution to the box mystery
Vacation Tech Retrospective
Casey’s Travel Setup
Casey’s new inverter
John’s camera lenses
SEL70350G Sony E 70–350 mm F4.5–6.3 G OSS
SEL2470GM2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II
SEL85F18/2 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Lens
John documents aggressive birds
John’s deer friend
Marco’s monogamous backpack: Peak Design Everyday v1
Chase Reeves on YouTube
Post-show Neutral: Marco’s Car Charcuterie
FJ Cruiser
Toyota 4Runner
Jeep Wrangler 4xe
Land Rover Defender
Ford Bronco
Rivian R1S
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2h 13min
August 04, 2022494: 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 Air speakers
You can set up Fastmail to have a catch-all
Casey’s referral code
Find My on vacation
Steps via Steve J. Stutz
Open Find My
Tap Devices
Tap on the device you want to silence
Scroll down and under Notifications toggle off Notify When Left Behind
Paul Squires understood the assignment
HomeKit automation & locations
Derek Martin has tips regarding how to transfer to a new home address
Jim Bruhn provides instructions for how to disable hub features:
Settings
Airplay and HomeKit
Home Hub → My Home
Switch to Disconnected
Are there any decent AppleTV photo-viewer apps? (via Torb Lunde Mirada)
Contact address ordering
Reorder It! from @takaaki024app (via philuop)
Robb Woodring saves the day with changing default messaging address/number
Go to an existing thread
Tap the name of the person at the top
Tap Info
Tap and hold the Message/bubble icon
Select the appropriate number
Unlocking automotive features
Blaine Toups’ Jaguar F-Type’s two extra cylinders
Car & Driver write-up
Tesla’s Acceleration Boost (via Josh Rapoport)
Sean Harding makes a good point about API deprecation
John’s New TV
Amazon link
Previously on ATP…
Dirac Live
FILMMAKER MODE
4K HDR Demo Video
Mac OS X Unix-style crash
Post-show: Is it okay to copy a competitor’s API?
S3
Cloudflare R2
Linode Object Storage Service
Backblaze B2
Ceph
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2h 2min
July 31, 2022493: 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 🇦🇺 emails (via Mark Vos & Brendan Ragan)
.id.au Rules
Casey’s Fastmail Referral Code
BMW subscriptions (via Chris Church)
BBC Coverage
Amazon Remote-Deletes 1984 from Kindles
Calibre
Steve Stutz tells us you can get the mophie 3-in-1’s from Zagg at a discount
🇪🇺 & USB-C regulations (via Vern Johnson)
Address & contacts (via Soluble Apps and Sherif Hassabo)
vCard
#askatp:
Can an indie app enter a crowded field? (via Abel Demoz)
Aviary 2
Mac Power Users #648: Software Club: Apollo for Reddit
PaintCode
Monodraw
Why don’t we use cross-platform frameworks? (via Russel Bernau)
Unity
Unreal Engine
Game Developers Conference
Putting wood behind the arrow
Is Time Machine still the best feature ever implemented on the Mac? (via Guilherme Alles)
Would John potentially void his TV’s warranty to prevent auto-dimming? (via Mark Vos)
HDTVTest’s Video
RTings’ Burn-In Test
Has John decided on a backup strategy for his son’s MacBook Air? (via Brian Lazarz)
Post-show: Casey’s HomeKit Adventures
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2h 10min
July 20, 2022492: 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?
Default destination for Messages
Apple
Jann Gobble
IPSec is not mandatory for IPv6 (via Brian Petersen)
Wikipedia
Squozen
AirPlay & Touch Bar network problems
Mnpn
Writeup
Apple Patents Dual “Pro Stand”
Casey’s stand
EU may mandate USB-C on all devices, including iPhones
Go Pack
mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe
Proposal Q&A
#askatp
How do we manage mail notifications on our devices? (via Michael Chan)
Mimestream
Swift Mail (for Fastmail/JMAP)
How do we backup our photos/videos? (via Don Clark)
Do we think macOS will bloat enough to make Apple Silicon seem slow? (Nitesh Singh)
Why does John say “program” from time to time? (via William Reynish)
SwitchGlass
How does a current-whippersnapper pick a decent custom domain for email? (via Fletcher O’Connor)
Casey’s Fastmail referral code
How does John prepare the way for a Mac to enter cold storage? (via Dave Braasch)
Post-show: Updates on our SwiftUI journeys
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1h 57min

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