Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
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Feb 24, 2023 • 2h 8min
523: I Can’t Give Him the Carrot Fast Enough
Pre-show: ✅ ATP hat-trick achieved ☹️
Follow-up:
Getting a copy of your data from Apple
privacy.apple.com
Zack Whittaker’s experience in 2018
GDPR
iMazing
On our slagging of Dolby Pro Logic (via Rob Howard)
A tip about Skip Intro on Apple TV (via Mark Johnson)
More on the Sony HT-A9 & SA-SW5 from John Coke and Ian White
Linus Tech Tips
Alternative thoughts on why Xcode downloads are huge (via Michael McGuire)
Marco should buy a Ford F150 Lightning? Maybe? (via William Vabrinskas)
Some further thoughts on COVID from Keith, medicinal chemist
NYC study
More recent study
VA Study
Reuters
Scientific American
The Guardian
iPhone 15 CAD drawings
…and colors
MaxTech video
Post-show: Marco has many bits of car news
CarMax
Jackery
Rivian R1T
BMW i3
Yellow Stripey Things
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Feb 16, 2023 • 2h 8min
522: I’ll Just Keep You for Ten Years
Pre-show: Marco is living the true Land Rover experience
TFL Offroad
Your Daily Lex
Follow-up:
The foibles of a 2.1 setup (via Samuel Polay)
Sony HT-A9 & SA-SW5
Video review
Bundle on Amazon
What’s the ∆ between Apple TVs? (via Andy Galletly)
An Unsolicited Streaming App Spec
Streaming App Sentiments
Current vs. Previous-Gen Apple TV 4K
YouTube video
Identify your Apple TV model
imessage-exporter (via Christopher Sardegna)
Google Takeout
Apple dropping Product Design Chief role
Mac Studio is one-and-done?
Jason’s post
#askatp:
Does subscribing to a dead show cause burden on Overcast? (via Scott Wright)
Would a 8 × 64 GB MacBook read data 8× faster than a single 512 GB MacBook? (via John Susek)
How do we handle unknown callers? (via b4rt0s1k)
NoMoRobo
Post-show: The Liss family has finally fallen (but are okay though)
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Feb 9, 2023 • 2h 6min
521: Dance Compatible
Pre-show: Marco relives his middle-school years
Follow-up:
HomePod 2
Siri speed test video
And a related #askatp from Justin Saucier
Sonos Premium Entertainment Set with Arc
HomePod 2 power connector
IEC 60320
A fix for tapping the HomePod near an outlet
Foo Fighters performed at iPhone 5 launch (via Sverrir Björgvinsson)
Twitter shenanigans continue
Twitter Dev’s tweet
Coverage on The Verge
Elon’s completely ambiguous tweet
Coverage on The Verge
Movetodon killed for reasons
Mastodon Flock still works
Paul Haddad reports the new rules
Marco’s HomePod 2 Review
KEF Q150
HiFiMAN HE-6
Harman Curve
Dave2D HomePod 2 Video
#askatp:
Will large enterprises set up Mastodon instances? (via Gavin Whitaker)
Masto.host
Why are Xcode downloads so darn huge? (via Nathan Roberts)
How the heck do you search for code-related help for iOS/macOS stuff? (via Darin Kelkhoff)
Queryable: iPhone photo search app
Post-show: Audio is difficult
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Feb 2, 2023 • 2h 10min
520: Bananas Ingestion System
Pre-show: Your hosts have a discussion about music. We’re… um… sorry.
macOS: Settings → Advanced → Add songs to Library when adding to playlists
iOS: Settings→ Music → Add Playlist Songs
Follow-up:
Overview of US healthcare terminology
Ars Technica on the US healthcare situation
HomePod updates
MKBHD video
9to5Mac’s photo
Marco’s charging woes (via Jonathan Dietz)
A kludgey fix suggested by Conrad Poohs
M2 Pro/Max
MaxTech video
Vadim Yuryev
Backing up iCloud Photo Library
icloud-photos-sync
Also available as a Docker container!
Shared photo libraries support coming?
Khan Academy Kids & ABCMouse
Foldable iPad with carbon fiber kickstand?
Apple’s “Reality Pro” AR/VR goggles: 🎵 what is it good for? 🎵
The Information
9to5Mac
Gruber
Gurman
CrunchPad
Apple Watch Leather Link band
Valve Index
Meta Quest
Hypercritical: Antacid Tablet
Hypercritical: Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
Post-show: Marco is confused by his iPad
M539 Restorations
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Jan 26, 2023 • 1h 54min
519: Paint My Wings
Pre-show:
Frame Game
❗️ New Member’s special ❗️
Belated observation of an anniversary
Casey’s ATP announcement tweet
Follow-up:
The new Mac mini is the same dimensions as the old one
But the base-model SSD is far slower… again.
Max Tech
Twitter officially bans third-party clients
Diff (via Andy Baio)
Twitter Dev’s tweet
Jason’s thoughts, which are 😗👌🏻
Jason’s follow-up
Twitterrific Goodbye
Linea
Tot
xScope
Tweetbot Goodbye
Ivory
Twitter does, indeed, seem to be crumbling
Valentines Day at White Castle
Unusual ways to listen to ATP
Some Movie Club follow-up:
Regarding Hunt’s language change (via David Watson)
Some thoughts from Patrick Warn
The Whistle Blower
Smarter Every Day gets on the USS Toledo
Marco’s USB-charging question
The John Gruber gloves
Zippo HeatBank 6 hand warmers
C2C caberQU
Apple is exploring touchscreen Macs 😱
#askatp:
Any app suggestions for young kids? (via Lee Jarvis)
Toca Boca
Paint My Wings
Pok Pok
ABCMouse
Sago Mini
How in the 🤬 can you move or rename an open document on macOS? (via Brian Coffey)
How do we handle health insurance [since 🇺🇸 sucks]? (via Nevin)
Post-show: Window-washing follow-up
Unger HydroPower Pure Water system
GEKA QuickConnect
DeWalt’s awful cordless “power” “washer”
DeWalt’s awesome cordless blower
Solving the Biggest Problems with Windows
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Jan 19, 2023 • 2h 23min
518: Deconstructed iMac
Pre-show:
Marco’s window-washing woes
Chicken hat dregs
❗️ Imminent members-only special ❗️
Follow-up:
Getty Images suing creators of Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion Litigation
One more from CES: solid-state cooling
PC World video
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Twitter kills (some) third-party clients
Craig Hockenberry
The Verge
Twitter’s sole “statement”, five days later 🙄 × ∞
The Verge on “🫡”
Upgrade+ 442: Filing bug reports with Apple
An entry from the we-have-the-best-listeners file
Apple’s Week of Announcements
New Macs
Dan Moren
Color-matched MagSafe cables‼️
iStat Menus
New HomePods 😱
Post-show: Casey got the Belkin Continuity Camera doodad
External Display Mount
Laptop Display Mount
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Jan 9, 2023 • 2h 13min
517: A Tesla Full of Kindles
Pre-show: Marco still has his red hat cursed car
Follow-up:
Backing up iPhoto Libraries (via Jonas)
Dell 5K monitor
Dell 6K monitor
Teaser video
Dell resolution: 6144 × 3456
XDR resolution: 6016 × 3384
CES TV News
Samsung 77-inch QD-OLED
LG Signature OLED “wireless” TV
LG Micro Lens Array
Samgung microLED TVs
Roku is making TVs 🤨
Sony is not showing TVs
Qi2 is MagSafe?
Rewind.ai internals (via Kevin Chen)
ScreenCaptureKit
Vision Framework
Video Toolbox
#askatp:
What would be important in a “3rd alternative” desktop operating system? (via Stephan Jacobs)
System76
macOS achieves UNIX (not Linux) certification
Getting macOS UNIX-certified
Do we use RSS? Which apps, if so? (via Andy Clarke)
Reeder
NetNewsWire
Feedbin
Unread (App Store link)
ReadKit
TIN
Post-show:
🗣️ BREAKING NEWS 🗣️ Tesla Steering Wheel Retrofit
Mercedes EQS SUV brake pedal (via James Russell)
Quinn Nelson’s thoughts: 1 & 2 & 3
Technology Connections enters the chat: 1 & 2
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Jan 3, 2023 • 2h 10min
516: One of My Fits of Rage
Pre-show: Vacations, illness, birthdays, and carrot cake
Follow-up:
AI Art & Copyright (via Amy Lee)
Github Terms of Service
Github Corporate Terms of Service
CRUD
chkbit
True Life
Diary
Marco, CloudKit, and Overcast
Under the Radar #258: A Less-Cloudy Outlook
Samsung ViewFinity S9
The Verge
Samsung Announcement
HDR600
#askatp:
How do we backup & store Xcode project folders? (via Eshu Marneedi)
Tim Bray on Mastodon search
How does John feel about lossy streaming on his fancypants new TV? (via Sean Cameron)
HDTVtest
What’s the best way to backup a Photos library to a Synology? (via Justin Fisher)
Post-show: John’s Earthworks Ethos adventure
Marco’s Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review
Elgato Wave XLR
Blue Yeti
Shure PG42 USB
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Dec 28, 2022 • 2h 13min
515: The Elder Programmer Look
Pre-show: Marco has decreed today is Christmas Eve.
Project Highrise
Don’t Starve Together
Follow-up:
Butterfly Keyboard class-action lawsuit payouts
Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion
Have I Been Trained?
Have I Been Pwned?
A fun Twitter → Mastodon web app (via Ted Tschopp)
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
macos9.app
Rewind.ai is available
Lensa AI (App Store link)
John’s iPad Mystery
iPad Pro (4th generation)
iPad Pro (6th generation)
Casey’s AirPods Pro Mystery
Always-On Display Tweaks in iOS 16.2 (via Brandon Butch)
Apple car project hits [yet more] road bumps
Bloomberg article
John & Jason talk about this on Upgrade #436
Gruber’s summary
Care by Volvo
#askatp:
Why even bother with your own blog/domain anyway? (via Petar Petrović)
Fastmail
Squarespace
Hover
Linode
What should I do about bit rot? 😱 (via Jeremy Nash)
Synology
ZFS
TrueNAS
Unraid
Btrfs
Do we use native mouse acceleration?
SteerMouse
Post-show: Christmas Movies
Elf
Christmas Vacation
Claymation Christmas
A Christmas Story
Die Hard
Garfield Christmas
Muppets & John Denver
album.link
Songwhip
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4 snips
Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 45min
514: My Immense Softness
Pre-show: Period pieces about x2 and k56flex
Superbad
DIVX
Follow-up:
Casey has fixed his Docker problems with Colima?
Apple is considering dropping the WebKit requirement?
Blink
Gecko
Some clarifications and feedback about the SR-71 (via Chris)
Trident II D5
Inertial Navigation System
Schuler tuning
Astroinertial Navigation System in the SR-71
Podcast story about the missing hemisphere of star data in the SR-71 (at 43:31)
John McElhone’s Detective Work
Moisturizers are, indeed, real.
Cetaphil: Casey was right, according to everyone
O’Keeffe’s Working Hands Cream: Marco’s waxy-barrier pick
CeraVe Moisturizing Cream: Marco’s daytime-softness favorite
Eucerin Advanced Repair Hand Cream: Another highly-recommended option
Mac Pro, but less so
#askatp:
Do any of us journal? (via Arthur Dickerson)
Day One
What are the top-level folders on our home directory? (via Matt Toohey)
How does Casey even use Spaces, anyway? (via Cai)
Post-show: So, uh, what the heck are we gonna do about our theme song?
Jonathan Mann
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