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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August 05, 2021442: Bob’s Barbecue
Pre-show:
Phish is back. Yay? (Yay. -ed.)
Days of the New’s new album
Travis Meeks
Days of the New II
Follow-up:
Apple Music
Everyone (including Andrew Bement) pointed Casey to SongShift (App Store link)
There are lots of third-party music players, which Marc Barrowclift reviewed
Photos
Regarding concert pairing
WWDC 2018 keynote, 29m25s (via Benjamin)
See also KBase
Deleting all your photos from Google Photos is… the worst.
Photo editing tips from Henrik
See also PHAdjustmentData
AMD Radeon PRO W6000X-series GPUs now available for Mac Pro
Brewster’s Millions
Apple, NSO, and bug bounties
#askatp
Do we still use e-readers? (via Aryan Aneja)
Jason Snell on the Kobo Libra H2O
Calibre
Michael B. Johnson
Do we use a VNC app to remote into our Macs? (via Stephen Robles)
Wireguard
Screens
Back to My Mac
X Window System
Display PostScript
Why hasn’t Apple built their own chip foundry? (via Philip Wilkinson)
TSMC
PA Semi
Post-show: App Store keyword squatters
Weather • (App Store link)
Review of iPadOS 15’s Weather App
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1h 57min
July 30, 2021441: Meals at Home
Pre-show:
LivePhish.com
Playdate
Collin Donnell
Status Board
Tamagotchi
Follow-up:
Everyone, but especially Americans, please get vaccinated!
More Safari Updates
Stroke around window widgets on macOS
iPadOS Updates
iOS Updates
Sam Gross’ HIG observation
Live Text will be available on Intel Macs too!
TextSniper
“Scorch marks” on Lightning connectors
Electrical contact cleaner
MagSafe “Soap Dish”
Elective repairs for cosmetic damage at Apple stores
RFSolution: How do I empty my Google Drive trash‽
Casey’s Apple Music impressions
Casey’s iCloud Photo Library impressions
Casey’s MagSafe Battery Pack review
Quinn presses a button
Post-show:
GM’s new battery tech
Marco is going to a Phish show!
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1h 50min
July 20, 2021440: The Reality of Magnets
Pre-show: Marco’s accident
DJI Mavic 2
Follow-up:
There are dozens of people who like compact Safari (via Anthony Lee)
Perhaps wonky Safari is a nod to an AR future? (via Dan Blondell)
Round Rects Are Everywhere!
Mac Safari’s tab-close UI (via Guy English)
Other multi-UI apps (via Daniel Jalkut)
NetNewsWire
Photos Extensions
Darkroom flag & reject workflow (via Ben Gollmer)
Write-up (on Medium 🙄)
Raw Power (via Kyle McMahon)
Introductory video
Caveats
OpenDoc
The best news about Monterey yet (via Aaron Brager)
Apple MagSafe Battery Case Pack Thing
KBase document
Six Colors Write-Up
Anker PowerCore Magnetic 5K
Panzarino’s video
Quinn’s estimates
State of iPhone MagSafe
Elevation Lab MagBase
Post-show: Casey needs the Diamond Dogs
Ducking
Tighten Up
Pushover
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2h 27min
July 15, 2021439: Eventually Converge on Correctness
Pre-show:
Casey’s macOS Bug Report
Math Emporium
Power Mac G4 Cube
Crystal Garden
Follow-up:
New Safari tab interface in Monterey beta 3
Toppy Tabs
Ribbon
Word 6 Screenshot
Elective AppleCare+ Repairs
Photo Ingest
Photo Mechanic
Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader
“Made for Apple Photos”?
The Aeron was revised in 2017 (via Alexander)
Differences
Casey’s Shocking News
Post-show bonus #askatp: Does Adam still wear his Apple Watch? (via Andrew Blomquist)
Apple Watch SE
Family Setup
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1h 53min
July 08, 2021438: Some Amount of Futzing
Pre-show: Case-Liss Casey Liss
ZZQ
Q Barbeque
Casey’s Shattered Windshield
John’s iPhone case
Follow-up:
HomeKit and Bonjour/zeroconf
Lutron Caseta
Matter
Thread
Quinn’s Video
HSTS and Safari (via Jakob)
DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption
Thoughts on Safari from Scott Sutton
Safari Technology Preview (“Purple Safari”)
Eye-tracking Memoji? (via Daniel Yount)
Executive images
John mousepad update
Managing Digital Documents (via Jason Abreu)
1Password for Families
Fujitsu ScanSnap
Raven Scanners
You Need a Budget
Banktivity
Backblaze 3-2-1
Casey’s Apple One Epiphany
Songwhip
#askatp:
What’s the desk chair update? (via Carlos Luis Portillo)
Embody
Aeron
Steelcase Gesture
How do we import photos taken on a “big” camera? (via Stephen Kim)
GeoTag
Pipe Dream
Why wouldn’t Apple want to license the M1 to Nintendo? (via Zephyz Zhaar)
OLED Switch
Tegra X1
Breath of the Wild
Post-show: Marco is a monster who doesn’t like air conditioning
ERV
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2h 23min
July 01, 2021437: The Right Side of the Mouse Pad
Pre-show:
Nostalgia for compulsory technology
Toshiba e740
Microdrive
Volvo XC90
Being old in a college town
Top of the Stairs
Follow-up:
Safari reload update in Monterey beta 2
HTTP Strict Transport Security
hstspreload.org
Report for hypercritical.co
iOS 15 can adjust more than just text size
Settings → Accessibility → Per-App Settings
On the need for Apple to defend in-app purchase revenue (via Abel Demoz)
The Art of the Possible
John’s Mouse Pad Woes
SwitchGlass
Cool, Geeky Mac Apps
Boop
SwiftBar
BitBar (the OG)
Falling into disrepair
Reboot
TextBar (an alternative)
#askatp:
What’s the deal with Matter (née CHoIP)? (via Jon Strand)
Comic Book Guy
Ecobee
Lutron Caséta
Old-school timer
What’s the deal with Mighty? (via Peter Waller)
Would Apple ever release a M1 card for Intel Mac Pros? (via Brian Hamilton)
MacCharlie
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1h 59min
June 24, 2021436: Eddy Cue Shows Up at Your Door
Pre-show:
FAA’s TRUST program
FAA Part 107
DJI Mini 2
Follow-up:
Safari page reloading
Pull-to-refresh
John’s extension
Finn Voorhees’ experiment
Safari on iOS 15 & Monterey automatically upgrades HTTP → HTTPS… kinda
iCloud Private Relay
Rauli Rikama’s observations
What about embedded browsers? (via Maarten Hazewinkel)
Private Relay is always used for known trackers (via Renaud Lienhart)
FLoC
You monsters that use unnatural scrolling
Scroll Reverser
Mos
Avara source code is available (via Dan Watson)
Descent screenshot
Avara screenshot
Star Fox screenshot
COSI
Sega VR
Apple Podcasts & our show notes
SSD wear reporting in macOS
Mailo
StoreKit refund API (via Jake Mor)
Per-app text size slider
tvOS 15 will allow sign-in via iPhone/iPad
#askatp:
Have we cut the cord? (via Ian)
OTT
Channels
TV Everywhere
CableCard
JustWatch
What keyboard do we use? (via Kyle Matson)
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Cherry MX Sampler
Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard for Business 5KV-00001
Apple Extended Keyboard
Apple Wireless Keyboard]
What’s the deal with “side-loading”, anyway? (via Lewis O’Neil)
Apple’s FUD PDF
Daring Fireball
Gui Rambo tweets 1 and 2
Post-show:
Taz-Mania
Battletoads
Cool Spot
TrapAdventure 2 (iOS)
Celeste
Dark Souls
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1h 55min
June 17, 2021435: A Strong Number Four
Pre-show:
Freaks and Geeks
Follow-up:
Universal Control & device arrangement (via Andreas Beyer Bowden)
More from Viticci
Center Stage
Object Capture quality
Matt Waller’s Baby Yoda
Mikko Haapoja’s pineapple
macOS Monterey Live Text (OCR) works with captchas too!
App Library in the dock is optional
Safari 15 and Reload Button
Instructions to restore old-style Safari tab bar
Feature flag
Many macOS Monterey features are Apple Silicon-only
Apple’s fine print
Maps app globe after toggling a debug flag
A trip down DOS gaming memory lane
IPX
Kali
Null-modem cable
Descent
PhoneNet
Bolo
Stuart Cheshire
Zero-configuration networking
Avara
Disk Utility has been updated in Monterey! 🎉
Monterey lets you Erase all content & settings!
Apple’s explanation
How iCloud Private Relay Works
Pi-hole
#askatp:
How is being a developer on Apple Silicon? (via Abel Demoz)
What year will be the final year of macOS on Intel? (via Ralf Krakowski)
How do the low-power M1 cores use only 1/10th the power of the high-power M1 cores? (via Brian Pirie)
Icestorm cores
Firestorm cores
Post-show Neutral:
Bugatti Chiron
Bugatti Veyron
Roll-out
Video
Tesla’s Test Strategies
NHTSA
M539 Restorations
BMW E46
M539 Restorations - YouTube
2014 Honda Accord Sport 6MT
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2h 12min
June 08, 2021434: A Squirmy Soup of Rectangles
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2021
TextSniper
iPad Multitasking Video
iPad Menu Screenshots
iPad Menu Video
Mosaic
NSUserActivity
DUNS Number
Synergy
Fitt’s Law
USDZ
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Post-show:
Original Prince video
What happened?
Remastered version in which the outcome is more visible
Todd Vaziri
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3h 5min
June 03, 2021433: Before We Leave the Dump
Follow-up:
Casey’s HDMI HOMI Update
HDMI cable types
Wi-Fi 6
Back to Work
Thread
Dolby Vision and raised blacks (via Kai Kontio)
iMac Fans
Jonathan Dietz’s Apple Silicon cost-estimate spreadsheet
Apple Podcasts issues:
Broken show notes?
Apple Podcasts subscriptions delayed
🤮 Apple’s Self-Serving Puff Piece 🤮
Thoughts on Flash
On Apple’s Piss-Poor Documentation
vDSP Functions
WWDC 2021 Predictions
Tick-tock
WIMP
Image map
Casey’s WWDC 2021 Wishes
Functional Reactive Programming
Casey’s explanation of Disposable/AnyCancellable
async/await
Actors
Hacking with Swift
Swift by Sundell
Carrot Weather
objc_msgSend branch prediction
Matter (formerly CHoIP)
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2h 8min

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