iPadOS 26.1 Slide Over rework frustrations

• Pre-show: Marco’s “Vacation” results
  • Goose
    • Goose @ Richmond Allianz Ampitheater, 3 October 2025
  • Allianz Ampitheater
  • Chicken Salad Chick
  • Nugs.net
  • ZZQ
  • Suggestions from Casey, in no particular order:
    • Hungersite
    • Give it Time
    • How it Ends
    • Dripfield
• Follow-up:
  • ATP in the wild
    • Original report form Richard Earney
      • Follow-up by Matt Smith
    • Follow-up on Mark Christian’s report by Santiago Hervella
  • AirPods 3
    • Ear Lottery
      • Michael corroborates Marco’s experience
      • …but Franklin Delano Stallone offers hope
      • …and sometimes AirPods 3 are a marked improvement, reports Matthew Schaffer
    • Tony Dehnke does an ANC comparison
    • Live translation results
  • David Schaub’s horror story about filling up your phone
  • Mike Taffet does science on iPhone ↔ iPhone transfers
  • Marco’s USB odyssey
    • Jack Wellborn had a similar experience
    • Syd Polk wonders if it’s a Sequoia thing
    • (Among others) Fabien theorizes its’ an alignment thing
      • Keith Heaton brought receipts
      • Tailgate Tub
    • Active vs. passive Thunderbolt cables
      • OWC
      • Informative Reddit comment by LaughingMan11
  • Synology alternatives
    • Colin McKellar suggests QNAP
    • See also:
      • UGREEN
      • Unraid
      • FreeNAS/TrueNAS
      • …
    • 🎉 …may not be necessary anymore! 🎉
      • Coverage from Guru3D
      • SpaceRex on YouTube
      • Lee Hutchinson at Ars Technica
• More more first impressions
  • Quick AirPods Pro 3 update
  • iPhone case updates
    • Omar Shahine performs surgery on the Nomad back
    • Torras clear case
    • Bullstrap open-bottom leather case
    • Peak Design Everyday Case (Charcoal color has the good fabric)
    • Still to test: Süti PhoneBack in black leather, if it ever ships
  • iOS 16
  • iPadOS 26: Now with slide-over!
• Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store
  • Previously, in Hong Kong
    • Tim’s explanation
    • Response letter
  • Reuters’ take
  • MJ Tsai
  • Gurman on Apple succession
• Post-show: Pour one a Sprite out for a real one TiVo
  • Channels
  • AOL dialup service ends
• Members-only ATP Overtime: The Meta Ray-Ban Display, and Apple’s response
  • The Verge
  • Gurman: Apple pivots

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