Reviving the HomePod: A Repair Journey

• Pre-Show: AI slop vs. not… so… AI… slop
  • AITAH
• Follow-up:
  • Casey spends 24 hours with iOS 26 on his carry phone
    • John’s dancing controls
  • ☝️ Well, actually ☝️, myriad of is okay (via Jason Eccles)
    • Merriam-Webster’s take
  • Are size classes similar to today’s design changes? (via Bryan Guffey)
    • Auto Layout
  • John’s HomePod has risen from the dead!
    • Nic’s Fix
    • Watch John’s actual repair happen
  • 🍿 John would like to air some AppleCare One grievances 🍿
    • John’s tantrum
    • AppleCare One Terms & Conditions
• Blood oxygen with Apple Watch [sorta] returns to the US
  • Gruber’s take
  • Victoria Song at The Verge
• 😳🥳 M5 MacBook Pro with cellular is coming‽ 🎉😳
• A19 Pro in Studio Display 2?
  • Previously, in low-cost MacBook rumors: A18 Pro
• Your Mac game is probably rendering blurry
  • CGDisplayCopyAllDisplayModes()
  • FB13375033
• Ask ATP:
  • Should the name “Siri” be retired? (via Aaron Bushnell)
  • Did Vehicle Motion Cues help John? (via Roly C.)
  • How do we click our trackpads? (via Eli)
• Post-show: Oh yeah! 🗣️ New ATP Members special: ATP Insider: Vacations 🗣️
• Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple’s research into using LLMs to make UIs
  • Apple trained a LLM to teach itself good SwiftUI
  • Research paper
  • Stephen Robles’ video

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