Accidental Tech Podcast

By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

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May 06, 2022481: 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)
Andrew notes this still works even if double-click is disabled globally
Control Center
Just hold the phone next to the terminal
WWDC 2022 Apple Park Special Event
MacRumors on the Developer Center
Jason Snell on Apple Studio Display settings
Mechanical Watch How-To
On SEC violations and Elon Musk
Apple TV+ Quickies
Sunday Ticket on Apple TV+?
JustWatch
Apple is making a movie about the Danbury Trashers‽
Untold: Crime and Penalties
Analog #193: Milestones are Being Hit
iPhone 14 Pro Rumored Designs
#askatp:
Is Casey still using Combine? (via André Videla)
Functional reactive programming
Casey’s RxSwift & Combine Posts
AsyncAlgorithms
What is Marco’s Overcast redesign process? (via Steven Garrity)
Where is the Mac’s sound mixer? (via Carl Freyer)
Rogue Amoeba’s SoundSource
Post-show: Casey needs a project
Breakdown of Cat 6/6a differences
Quinn Nelson’s Video
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2h 12min
April 28, 2022480: Three Wise Admins
The ATP Store is live until 30 April at 8PM New York time. Order now, or Casey will haunt your dreams! 👻
Frame Game
Explainer post
Fastest solve: 12 seconds
Follow-up:
Apple Studio Display camera update
Snell’s coverage
Snell’s video
Comparison with iMac Pro by James Thomson
Sonos Roam power button (via Brilliant Things)
What is up with iPhone lock buttons these days, anyway? (via Patrick Niemeyer)
Apple’s Self-Service Repair site is now up
Stephen’s write-up
Repair manuals
John Gruber ATP had wondered about “civilians” inside the Apple Park ring
Benedict Evans’ fence observation
Thom Yorke hates Creep (via Spencer Wohlers)
Update on Marco’s game-streaming setup
Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro
Blackmagic DeckLink Quad HDMI Recorder
Sonnet Echo Express SEIIIe Thunderbolt-PCIe enclosure
Sonnet Allegro USB-C 4-port PCIe card
Sonnet Allegro USB-A 4-port PCIe card
Magewell Pro Quad HDMI Capture
Elgato Cam Link Pro
Casey has finally moved his email to Fastmail
Referral link
John added a security camera
Physical security hack
Logitech Circle View
Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s buyout offer
Stratechery: Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Musk’s Financing, The Status Quo and Future Variance
Stratechery: Back to the Future of Twitter
The Verge’s coverage
The Origin of “Tweet”
Post-show: We can’t help but have more Twitter/Elon thoughts
Thread about Bill Gross buying Twitter clients, and Twitter’s reaction
Something Awful Forums
Kara Swisher on Elon Musk
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2h 42min
April 18, 2022479: 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! 👻
Pre-show: Marco has HomePod problems
Pop Hits: {year} (1955–2021)
Rock Hits: {year} (1965–2021)
Hard to Handle by Otis Redding
Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes
Creep by Radiohead
AirPlay 2-Enabled Speakers
Follow-up:
Hilariously, a third consecutive week of news about Original Gravity, this time via Jared Kole
Which ethernet controller does the CalDigit TS4 use?
Intel I225 PCIe
Ethernet fix
Sleep fix
Ecobee & HomeKit cooperation (via Eric Powell)
Ecobee AC adaptor instructions
Step 3 → Scenario A → Alternative solution: 24VAC plug-in transformer
Some thoughts about 🇪🇺 thermostats via Cameron Wood
USB-C KVM dev boards do exist, as found by Victor Leung
Mac Studios have different power supply… suppliers (via Joshua Prismon)
Ioniq 5 & Kia EV6 & Lucid Air
Do better, Lexus.
RIP, Rob-ART Morgan
What is Elon Musk, anyway?
Unsafe at Any Speed
Chevrolet Corvair
Elon Musk and Twitter
NOTE: We recorded this episode right before his demand “offer” to buy the entire company.
Elon buys 9.2% of Twitter
Elon delays filing with the SEC and “made” $156 million
Parag Agrawal announces Elon joins the board
Twitter says Elon won’t get special treatment
Nilay Patel’s take
Parag Agrawal announces Elon won’t join the board
Elon is sued for delayed disclosure
Paul Singer, Doomsday Investor
#askatp
As the M1 is based on the A14, might the M2 skip the A15 and instead be based on the A16? (via Darin Kelkhoff)
How does Marco stream for Team Arment? (via Uncle Apple)
Elgato HD60 S+
Logitech whatever $50ish webcam
CalDigit TS3+
OBS
Lenovo ThinkVision M14 USB-C bus-powered monitor
NDI
Could/would Apple use OLED in laptops and iMacs? (via Simon Ejsing)
If the Studio Display was released concurrently with the Pro Display XDR, would John & Marco still get the XDR? (via Jon Yergatian)
Post-show: John’s Sonos Roam
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2h 5min
April 12, 2022478: 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! 👻
Pre-show: Marco has questionable media choices
Severance
The Dropout
WeCrashed
Silicon Valley
Antitrust
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Follow-up:
Tragic Original Gravity news (via Ari Badgers)
Good Karma
The etymology of “decibel” (via Matt Rigby)
Don’t forget the iPhone 12/13 mini (via Carl Rozas)
An aside about House of Prime Rib
Anthony Bourdain’s experience (RIP)
Quinn Nelson’s observation about the Studio Display
His “review” video
iFixit teardown video
USB-C “KVM” (via abcd)
On the crummy Ethernet speeds in modern Macs
Hacker News post
CalDigit TS4
On using Canon EF lenses with mirrorless cameras
Casey’s New Setup (yes, again. 🤫)
John’s new thermostat
Taco box
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2h 7min
April 06, 2022477: 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
Black Trackpad
Squat TouchID Keyboard
Lenovo Go Wireless Split Keyboard
Fingerprint security
Stephen Hackett on Apple color mark-up
Follow-up:
Marc Edwards from Bjango has a follow-up on Retina displays
Some thoughts on acoustics from Sam Kusnetz
John Lee Supertaster
Chris Gonyea points out errors with some USB-C ↔ Ethernet adapters with the Studio Display
Issues with iCloud and custom domains
DKIM issues & SPF via Eli Lindsey
Expectations for WWDC, the event
Original Gravity Public House
iPhone 14 Rumors
Pill & Hole Punch
Previously in pill & hole punch
iPhone 14 is in EVT, perhaps without periscope camera?
MaxTech on the iPhone 14 camera rumors
#askatp
If going from Canon dSLR → mirrorless, is it worth jumping to Sony? (via Elijah)
Are fusion drives even worth it in 2022?
diskutil
Is there any sort of KVM-like thing for Thunderbolt? (via Matt Chinander)
Given The Cook Doctrine, why is Apple bothering making their own cellular modems? (via Daniel Bergqvist)
Apple A4
Apple A6
Post-show:
Marco files a complaint about RecDiffs
Marco forgets an anniversary
John’s sitrep
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1h 60min
March 31, 2022476: 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 the power supply too notes Phil Stollery
Twitter thread from “OnlyMe”
Graph
Feedback from acoustician Andrew Wade
Apple’s official noise ratings (via Renfred)
Mac Pro: 11dB
Mac Studio: 15dB
Macbook Air: 3dB
MacBook Pro: 3dB
iMac Pro: 13dB
Mid-2015: 6dB
Regarding Qualcomm patent shakedown racket licensing
Reuters article
See also
Court case
Discourse and Open Source (via Jeff Atwood)
John on patents
Hypercritical #67: A Pill That Helps with Whatever
Hypercritical #68: Patent Hands
Hypercritical #69: Sport of Kings
Discourse free hosting programs
How to Pay Professional Maintainers
Software warfare in node-ipc
Github issue
Description/Discussion
Summary from Michael Tsai
🎉 New Overcast Update 🎉
#askatp
Do we have a preferred file naming scheme? Is it 20210329_Proj3_SitePlan? (via Unforgettable Luncheon)
Why are Time Machine network backups so slow? (via Carson Brown)
SMB
Does removing I/O throttling make backups faster?
Is backing up to networked storage improving?
Will Apple ever make their own display panel? (via “C”)
John had something he wanted to discuss.
John’s Blog Post
Reconcilable Differences #179
Timestamp link to the discussion at 50:47
Santa
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2h 21min
March 24, 2022475: 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 😱 fan noise 😱)
Jason Snell’s review
Max Tech’s Teardown
Max Tech’s Thermal Throttling
TG Pro
Quinn Nelson’s thoughts
QuietMac
Why 5K?
Casey’s 2021 Retina Monitor Sitrep
Casey’s 2017 Retina Monitor Sitrep
Apple Studio Display default resolution oddity?
Studio Display foibles
Very short Thunderbolt monitor cable? (~3ft/1m?)
“Non-removable” monitor cords
Panzer yanks out his cable
Snell’s Review
On Studio Display rotation
Studio Display Recovery Mode
Apple documentation
Gui Rambo’s Findings
Firmware Updates
As seen previously
Studio Display… Ethernet?
The Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise
Studio Display has 64GB onboard storage
Only 2GB is in use
Running processes
The Verge on the camera bugs
Joanna Stern’s sample photos
Joanna Stern’s video review
Latest Mac Pro rumors/theories
Max Tech’s video
Majin Bu’s Diagram
Lifuka
Post-show: Revisiting Synology backup
Backblaze B2
Synology Cloud Sync
Synology Hyper Backup
Arq
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2h 1min
March 17, 2022474: 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 A7III does have animal eye detection (via Alec Pulianas)
Base Mac Pro gets a spec bump
MaskerAid Updates
Photo library access
Method Swizzling
ARM Mac Pro worst-case scenarios
Max Tech: Apple M2 Duo?
Patent: Systems and Methods for Interconnecting Dies
Patent: Fully Interconnected Heterogeneous Multi-layer Reconstructed Silicon Device
Majin Bu’s tweet
Universal Control Impressions
Synergy
#askatp:
Did the DTK set reasonable expectations for M1 devices? (via Ryan Petriello)
Does switching to higher-resolution displays put a strain on the CPU/GPU? (via Peter Wagoner)
What are the three ugliest Macs of all time? (via Wade)
John
Molar Mac (Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One)
LC 580
Casey
Polybook
Flower Power
All 13 Colors of iMac
2004 17” iMac G5
Mac Pro
Marco
2006 17” MacBook Pro
John’s PowerBook G4 Review
11” MacBook Air
2004 17” iMac G5
2019 Mac Pro
Rack-mount Version
Post-show: A preview of Casey’s new setup (really) with a CalDigit TS4
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1h 56min
March 10, 2022473: Fanboats and Coattails
Apple’s “Peek Performance” Event
New Apple Watch band collection
Beanie Babies
🇺🇦 Tim Cook 🇺🇦
Apple TV+
Luck (TV Series)
Luck (Film)
Apple + Baseball
Jason’s recap
An aside about transportation woes
Gibbs Aquada
Duck Boat
Fan/Air boat
iPhone SE 3
iPad Air
Clockwise #441: Talk Talk Music
M1 Ultra
Gurman’s original article (18 May 2021)
John’s diagram (21 May 2021)
John’s warning in ATP #453 @ 32:34 (Overcast timestamp link)
Hector Martin’s tweet
NUMA
Mac Studio 🎩
Robot or Not #229: Friendship
An aside about Marco’s laptop-laptop woes
“Fivehead”
xMac
The Verge discovers the 2 pound ∆ from Max → Ultra
Camera Movement Guide (with apologies to friend of the show Todd Vaziri)
McDLT and a McDLT commercial
AGP
Dan Moren: Missing Mid-Range Desktop Mac
A lot of bickering about the future of the 27” iMac
Mac Studio Display
Casey’s previous rant
Casey’s original rant
QD-OLED Display
Filipe Espósito’s tweet
Post-show: There’s still an Intel Mac Mini
MD101LL/A
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2h 45min
March 03, 2022472: File a Casey Radar
Pre-show: 🇺🇦 ATP Stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦
Washington Post coverage
Jason Snell on Apple vs. 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳
Follow-up:
There definitely is not a “cure” for celiac disease
Conquering shared contacts with a shared iCloud account
Several fascinating pieces of accessibility-related feedback
Casey’s new app, MaskerAid
Announcement blog post
Analog(ue) #199: A Little Bit of Personal News
Example image
SF Symbols
Apple’s Spring Event predictions
Post-show: Marco Christmas!
Allston Christmas
Paradigm Atom
Sony A7 III
Sony 35mm f/2.8 Lens (SEL35F28Z) (Marco’s most-used lens)
Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA Lens (SEL55F18Z) (What John should buy)
Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Lens (SEL50F12GM) (What John wants instead, but will never buy, therefore preventing him from ever buying anything)
Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Lens (SEL85F18/2)
LensRentals
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2h 18min

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