Accidental Tech Podcast

401: Sandwich-Closing Force

10.22.2020 - By Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John SiracusaPlay

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Pre-show:

Dreaming in code

Grand refactorings

HomePod, HomePod Mini, and Sonos One (oh my!)

Follow-up:

Apple’s Magnetic Connectors Patent

Accessory Design Guidelines for Apple Devices (PDF) (via Michael Bettiol)

Periscope lenses don’t have moving elements (via Timo Grün)

iPhone 12 Pricing

T-Mobile joins the $30 off club

Chargers & earphones & old phones

Official battery specs for Apple products (via Roland Månsson)

Start here

…which links here…

…which can get you here

Settling an old bet from episode 291 at 1:55:14 (via Tim Chaten)

Marco’s Time Machine woes

The 2.5” enclosure that supports large SSDs

Determining how many photos you’ve taken with each iPhone 11 Pro lens

Jason’s write-up on using Photos’ Smart Albums

Alex Chan’s post about using exiftool

Casey (summarized results) (raw results)

Ultra wide: 7%

Wide: 83%

Telephoto: 10%

Marco

Ultra wide: 9%

Wide: 75%

Telephoto: 16%

Buying decisions

Tracking your iPhone shipment

#askatp

Have we tried watchOS sleep tracking? (via Eduardo Berner)

Sleep Cycle (App Store link)

What is taking up so much space on our phones‽ (via Jayanth Visweswaran)

Casey’s storage

Is John going to get an OLED TV? (via Tobo Granyte)

Post-show:

Ridiculousness in AT&T;’s coverage maps

Gruber’s review

“Please turn off your MiFis”

An attempted intervention regarding Casey’s

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