Accidental Tech Podcast

New member-exclusive ATP Insider: Making The Show Follow-up: John’s [hopefully] (?) forthcoming app A funny conspiracy theory shared by Thomas Alvarez Christian Kent’s correct/joke More app name ideas… Experts have weighed in on John’s idea Alternative space-saving idea from Timm Schoof Using self-service parts for upgrade is not really possible because ✨software✨ Pinstripes are back, baby! Jeff Johnson Reddit post Is Siri… emotional… now? Marco’s new e-ink toy Integrations API Note that it’s backordered for a bit New Wildlife immersive video episode Blackmagic announces immersive video camera _’s toot Quicktime VR Matterport Apple Vision Pro 🤝 PlayStation VR2 Controllers PlayStation VR2 Steve Jobs quoting Alan Kay People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. Post-show: John’s app progress Casey’s thoughts on [dire lack of] Apple documentation Meet StoreKit for SwiftUI (WWDC 2023) Apple’s Backyard Birds sample app map(_:) Hacking with Swift Members-only ATP Overtime: The Mac monitor situation 5K is 5120 × 2880 Marc Edwards’ chart Samsung ViewFinity S9 5K At the time of recording, on sale for $720 Jason’s review ASUS ProArt Display 5K PA27JCV Professional Monitor Review by D. Griffin Jones BenQ PD2730S ASUS PorArt Display 6K PA32QCV Apple’s plans Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. MasterClass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Aura Frames: The best digital photo frame. Use code ATP for $35 off the best-selling Carver Mat frame. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Laundry tactics Follow-up: Last (?) batch of football (🏈) news Channels Simon B. Støvring on the Festivitas holiday lights CGPath Casey’s phone could recognize his washing machine chime Apple has a self-service repair store (via Ricky Haase) FotS Jonathan Dietz Jr. on SSD performance M1-M3: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3NVMeController M4: ioreg -lrw0 -d1 -c AppleANS3CGv2Controller M4 Extreme is allegedly canceled Original post on The Information Gruber’s take The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor John’s adventures in saving space Symbolic links Hard links ditto diskDedupe SuperDuper! visionOS 2.2, macOS 15.2, and Mac Virtual Display Casey’s toots At the library Mac Virtual Display in action “Study Room 1” Casey is such a dork 🤓 Post-show: Should Casey delay a Callsheet launch in hope of an App Store feature? Members-only ATP Overtime: Macintosh emulator is forbidden from third party app stores 👎🏻 Apple’s self-described notarization boundaries Notarization Review Guidelines Mini vMac Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Aura Frames: The best digital photo frame. Use code ATP for $35 off the best-selling Carver Mat frame. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco [re-]discovers progressives Follow-up: Yet more football (🏈) news Seriously y’all, the Giants are so bad 😭 TVEverywhere & Channels AVP immersive content tallies (via _) Cleaning a Mac keyboard while screensaver lock is on (via Paradise Pete) We are one again asking you to consider CleanupBuddy Another explanation for ballooning app sizes (via Alex) More thoughts on Mac SSD upgrades (via FotS Jonathan Dietz, Jr.) Anobit Yet apparently reverse-engineered upgrades are coming? Polysoft Kickstarter Luke Miani tries it Threads tests allowing users to choose their own default feed Ivory Reeder Tapestry Zuck’s post Pat Gelsinger is out at Intel Ben Thompson’s take (Paywalled) Ben Bajarin’s take Larrabee Fairchild Semiconductor #askatp: What do we wish we could add to our apps, but Apple prevents? The Mac is the Model Festivitas Post-show: Members-only ATP Overtime: Photography Corner Tips from FotS Tyler Stalman Cropping isn’t always necessary (via Nicholas Gaffney) Psychology of photography (via Matt Johnson) Sponsored by: 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Trade Coffee: Coffee at home, made better. Get your first bag free! Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: All John’s apes gone Follow-up: Casey has found yet new ways to make himself miserable Sunday Ticket updates On sale! It was free yesterday… kind of TV Everywhere An alternative approach DAZN NFL Replay Tailscale and Exit Nodes Concert for One: Raye NPR Tiny Desk Concerts NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Raye Using large external drives with macOS Photos library An anecdote from Marc Wickens Booting from an external Downloading large App Store apps App Store → Settings Competition for the wall-mounted HomePad (via Alesh Houdek) Apple Intelligence notification summaries Steve Troughton-Smith Chris Hancock DOJ says Google must sell Chrome Google’s spin response Ben Thompson’s take Gurman on a “more conversational Siri” #askatp: Can one push computation onto the performance cores? (via Andrew Hodgson) iStat Menus Why are apps getting so big? (via James Wilby) Post-show: Thanksgiving logistics Members-only ATP Overtime: Services on macOS Łukasz Rutkowski’s toot in Sean Heber’s thread Services on macOS Making a system-wide service ThisService (now defunct) Github In Automator Save your .workflow files in ~/Library/Services/ To assign a keyboard shortcut: System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts (button) → Services (sidebar) → Text (list section) FastScripts Sponsored by: Masterclass: Learn from the world’s best. Video lessons that inspire. Uncommon Goods: We’re all out of the ordinary. Get 15% off your next gift. Aura Frames: The best digital photo frame. Use code ATP for $45 off the best-selling Carver Mat frame. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

🗣️ New ATP Members’ Special: ATP Movie Club: Kiki’s Delivery Service Kiki’s Delivery Service Follow-up: The Weeknd: Open Hearts Link to the video itself <blink /> <marquee /> Lensrentals: Vision Pro M4 vs. M4 Pro Mac mini SSD speed ∆s (via Thor Johansen) Quinn’s video on PC equivalents to the Mac mini Apple storage pricing Mac mini vs. PlayStation 5 Pro Apple vs. market SSD prices Retailers are also hamstrung M4 MacBook Pro uses quantum dot technology Graphs Alternative drag cancellation options iOS Inactivity Reboot Wes Davis at The Verge 404 Media (Paywalled) Demo video Reverse engineering #askatp: How is an M4 Ultra expected to outperform PC GPUs? (via Ammar) Should macOS-as-a-file-server people worry about bitrot? (via Yannic Boysen) APFS in Detail: Data Integrity Post-show: Casey’s adventures in remote television Channels Beelink N95 Mini S HDHomeRun Connect DTV Reception Maps Members-only ATP Overtime: Is complaining about Apple’s prices useful? Do we have any effect? Progressive vs. regressive taxation (Apple is the former) Sponsored by: Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by Sunday! Follow-up: Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims) “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch) Mac mini “Modular” storage Quinn’s teardown dosdude1 demonstrates an upgrade Apple 8TB SSD Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro Differences between M4 and M4 Pro SSDs Benchmarks M4 512 GB M4 Pro 512 GB iFixit Teardown Apple’s replacement guide Other tidbits Heatsink differences 256 GB = 2× 128 GB Wi-Fi & Bluetooth are their own PCB #askatp: setting up external SSDs (via Peter Welpton) Thunderbolt performance limits Geekbench scores across Apple Silicon (via Wes Campaigne) iPhone Pro Clock speeds Ken Case’s observation Apple’s smart home ambitions #askatp: Should users be worried that 8/16GB RAM is “claimed” by Apple Intelligence? (via andrewsleigh) Why can’t Apple make a Studio Display with MacBook Pro backlight technology? (via Henri Sivonen) What power user hacks can we not live without? (via Ryan Tierney) Alfred Rocket SwitchGlass Front and Center Post-show: Marco’s Mac Mini setup Marco’s OWC drive enclosure Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro cheerleading Patrick’s original question Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Use code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Politics later. #195: The Show Must Go On (Overcast link) 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November! Follow-up: Mac mini Headphone jack placement Quinn’s observation Cruical 32GB DIMM Samsung SSD iMac Apple removes color-matched pointing devices option M4 vs. M4 Pro/Max SSD limits M4 Pro & M4 Max performance Walmart still sells a Mac with 8GB RAM Apple’s new USB-C Accessories require Sequoia Apple’s $69 Thunderbolt 5 cable (via Daniel Luz) There exists at least one dock with 10GbE (via Daniel Nelson) iFixIt’s iPad Mini (A17 Pro) teardown AppleTV gaming (via killvore) Keyboard Cleaning & MacBook Booting CleanupBuddy by Gui Rambo Alternative incantation from Daniel Pieper Power the machine off Left ⌃ and ⌘ as well as Right ⇧ for 7 seconds While still holding, hold the power button for 7 seconds This is not an SMC reset, but it’s close. Only lasts until the next boot 😑 Apple buys Pixelmator Apple buys stake in Globalstar Press release Globalstar Vision Pro v2 changes? Ming-Chi Quo Mark Gurman Post-show: Group therapy Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple Intelligence experiences Photo cleanup shoot-out by Joe Rosensteel Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

Pre-show: Marco did his homework! (😱) Submerged Sleep No More Americans, please vote for Harris/Walz. Please don’t elect a racist with facist goals A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles No, Kamala isn’t perfect, but she’s far better. I Will Vote vote.gov 🗣️ ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by 17 November! October Macs Monday: iMac Announcement video The RAM drought is over! 120Hz display‽ The turtle remains harpooned Magic Keyboard with lock key‽ 🤨 Prior art Relocated Fn key? Quinn’s video Tuesday: Mac mini Announcement video Thunderbolt 5 vs. Thunderbolt 4 Apple Thunderbolt 5 Pro Cable Wednesday: MacBook Pros Announcement video Post-show: Marco bought something. Because of course he did. Members-only ATP Overtime: Security research on Private Cloud Compute Odd licensing License Mike Hearn’s discoveries Sponsored by: Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift. Tiptop: Get $10,000 in Tiptop Promotional Credit. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed.

Pre-show: We’re still grumpy about the most recent member’s special Follow-up: New iPad Mini “Jelly Scrolling” is fixed? David Pierce disagrees though Submerged and Vision Pro demos (via Kevin Markham) Apple may stop producing Vision Pro soon? Some follow-up from the most recent member’s special Photo editing Exposing to the right DPReview More via Sam Doran Color spaces …are only applicable on JPEGs (via Léo Natan) Daniel Laan’s take What do we do with our computer’s color tweaks while editing (via Josh Harris) John’s thoughts on cropping Parallelizing file compression/decompression unxip (via Mihai Parparita) More from unxip author Saagar Jha Apple Archive (see also aa) “No hats, no walkmen” (via Dan Pierce) iPhone SE 4 rumors Aside: iPhone product mix from ATP #609 Overtime Case leak October Macs? 🧐 Ask ATP: How do we protect sensitive information like driver’s licenses? (via Jochen Marschall) How do we assist parents with account management and legacy planning? (via Kaleb) How do we clean our keyboards‽ (via Randall Miller) KeyboardCleanTool Post-show: John’s Quicksilver update Alfred LaunchBar Raycast Members-only ATP Overtime: What even is a photo, anyway? The Verge’s post Craig Federighi’s WSJ interview The Verge’s recap More from Allison Johnson Sponsored by: Clic for Sonos: Elevate your Sonos experience. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

🗣️ New ATP Member’s special: ATP Tier List: Storage Media 🗣️ Follow-up: Marco updates AutoSleep iPhone leather backs Suti PhoneBack Nomad Magnetic Leather Back HDR photos from big cameras Apple laptops can run without a battery connected XKCD: Ravioli-Shaped Objects You can soon get Apple TV+ on Prime Video Soccer corner “Drive to Survive” knockoff is coming (via Devon Dundee) On Messi/MLS popularity Shipping Forecast (via Antony Johnson) Enabling/disabling audio modes on AirPods 4 w/ ANC (via Scott Zero) John’s AirPods update GPX exports for geotagging photos (via Ryan Mikulovsky) Pedometer++ More thoughts on global keyboard shortcuts in Sequoia (via Michael Berk) NSEvent.addGlobalMonitorForEvents Passkey benefits Import/export is forthcoming Press release 1Password blog post Apple says “🤨” to OpenAI claims about reasoning Research paper Thread from Mehrdad Farajtabar More from Gary Marcus How LLMs might store facts Google breakup is a possibility Google’s response New iPad Mini Submerged Making of Submerged Vergence-accommodation conflict Ask ATP: How do you get started editing photos? (via Maxel Amador) What’s the point in performance cores if they’re not used? (via Scott Schuchart) Amdahl’s Law Members-only ATP Overtime: What is the right product mix for iPhone Max Tech’s iPhone 17 naming wishcasting Sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP. Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!