Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
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Oct 6, 2022 • 2h 10min
503: Draw Your Own Slice of Pizza
Follow-up:
Marco has settled on the Peak Design case
What even is in Shared Photo Libraries, anyway?
The 🇪🇺 USB-C mandate passes a vote
Christina Warren’s tweet
MFI
mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe
AI Art
Cortex #133: The Ethics of AI Art
Projects
DALL-E
Stable Diffusion
DiffusionBee to run it on an Apple Silicon Mac
Midjourney
Google Imagen
Artist found private medical record photos in AI training image set
Everything is a Remix
Ornithopter
GitHub Copilot
Light & Magic
#askatp:
Can we give a primer on macOS window management? (via Philipp)
Philipp, I’m so sorry for my beloved co-hosts muddying the waters even worse, despite my best efforts -CML
How do we plan & track app development work? (via Dan Leehr)
How does John manage color on his TV? (via David Comay & Jeff Nachbar)
THX Tune-Up
FILMMAKER MODE
Calman Color Calibration Software
Post-show: Casey tries to recover from our earlier debacle
SwitchGlass
Front and Center
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Sep 29, 2022 • 2h 26min
502: Going Retina Again
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Pre-show:
Marco has glasses
Too big according to John
Too big according to anyone
“Big Steve Jobs energy”
The Steve Jobs frames (we think)
…and iPhone cases
Pitaka MagEZ Case 3
Peak Design Everyday Case for iPhone
ATP Movie Club: Episode 3: Edge of Tomorrow
Remember, only for members!
Follow-up:
iCloud Shared Photo Library limitations
There are lots of creaky clear cases out there
Stage Manager will support older iPads
UIScreen.main
NSScreen.main
When the always-on iPhone display goes dark
Black-and-white always-on Lock Screen
Settings → Focus → {focus mode} → Options → Enable Dim Lock Screen
Casey has some Apple Store experiences
Apple Watch Ultra
Alpine Loop
_’s Video
Returning a Solo Loop
TechCrunch coverage from 2020
Marco masquerades as a wedding photographer again
Sony ɑ7R III
Sony 90mm Prime Macro Lens
Photo Mechanic
Retrobatch
#askatp:
Does the always-on display increase burn-in risk? (via Steve Holroyd)
What is our version control strategy? (via Thomas Ferraro)
GitHub Flow
Oh 💩, Git!?!
Do we use the production or beta versions of our own apps? (via Nick Clinch)
Post-show:
Casey moves from Heroku → Linode
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code Server
VS Code Remote Development
X Windows
DynamoDB
John encourages Marco to walk through a forest and fight dragons
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Sep 22, 2022 • 2h 13min
501: Torsional Rigidity Check
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Pre-show:
Relay FM Feuding Families
ATP Movie Club: Episode 2: The Rundown
Remember, only for members!
Casey’s traumatic moment, captured
Follow-up:
Apple Pay and “valid” addresses
iPhone 14 has revised, easily-repairable internals
Repair costs
SIM tray spacer
John’s second iPhone case
Bullstrap case
Ryan London case
Marco’s case updates
Pitaka Case
Casey’s on the HDHomeRun Prime with Channels Train
PCMCIA
Glasses updates
Blue-blocking lenses were universally panned
Zenni Optical
Apple’s upgrade guide (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen)
iPhones 14 Pro Experience
John on the Podcastathon
Apple’s guidance on transferring watches
John’s status bar
Halide
Ryan Jones’s chart about camera bumps
Paste warning is a bug
Gruber’s chart
Post-show:
Marco’s car wears a watch (image)
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Sep 15, 2022 • 2h 3min
500: All the Nerds in the Room
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Extended Pre-show:
Marco finally catches up to Casey & John
Dilating drops
🎉 ATP EPISODE 500!!! 🎉
catatp
ATP Episode #400: Reach Is the Next Frontier
Mac OS iguana easter egg (video)
Mac OS iguana easter egg explanation
Some discussions about a 🆕 special members-only perk
Follow-up:
John’s Polarizer & lens protector
Special relativity
Variable Neutral Density Filter
Bell’s Theorem (via Stepan Dolezal)
Polarizing Filter (via Rob Sayre)
UV Filters are useless? (also via Rob Sayre)
iPhone focal lengths spreadsheet (by Colin Robertson)
2× crop goes from 9.8 × 7.3mm → 4.9 × 3.65mm
Prior 2× cameras were 4 × 3mm
Satellite location sharing
Collect calls
Apple Watch S8 is basically the same CPU as S6 & S7
Apple Delays iCloud Shared Photo Library
Dynamic Island name recommendation from Dan Engler
API
The Verge’s iPhone 14 Pro review
Subpixel rendering
Pentile display
Krebs unequivocally walks back the Ubiquiti reporting
What did the hosts order last week?
John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case
John’s forthcoming black-leather iPhone 14 Pro case
Marco races the clock
Don’t miss a special treat before the after-show. (Thanks, Jonathan!)
Post-show: Marco asks for tips about 👓
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Sep 8, 2022 • 2h 35min
499: Living Is Pretty Important to Me
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Pre-show: A bidding war for a good cause
Apple Event, September 2022
Apple Watch Series 8
Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)
Apple Watch Ultra
Panerai
Luminor Tourbillon GMT
Photos from Matt Panzarino
Size comparison by Neil Cybart
GPS L5
AirPods Pro (2nd generation)
Helly R!
iPhone 14 & 14 Plus
Emergency SOS via satellite
Iridium
Garmin Inreach Mini 2
iPhone 14 Pro & Pro Max
John’s Tweet about 🤢 “Dynamic Island” 🤢
Anti-aliasing
Don’t miss a special treat before the after-show. (Thanks, Jonathan!)
Post-show: Leaks abound
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Sep 1, 2022 • 2h 24min
498: Not MagSafe, but MagSafe
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Pre-show: Marco has leveled-up as a nerd. 🤓
HP M182nw
Follow-up:
John’s polarizer and lens protector
Calibration of Rock Band instruments (via Johannes Zander)
Casey got buzzed by Apple Maps cars
“Image Collection” Locations (via Holgr in the chat)
Apple Watch Series 7 exit interview
iPhone 13 Pro exit interview
John’s black-leather iPhone 12 Pro case
iPhone 14 & 14 Pro expectations
Single pill/lozenge?
Gurman confirmation
Garmin InReach
Apple Watch Series 8 expectations
G-Shock
Garmin adventure watches
AirPods Pro 2?
Don’t miss our special ending theme (thanks, Jonathan Mann!)
Post-show: 👃🏻❓
Levoit HEPA Air Purifier with Toxin Absorber Filter
Fresh Wave Odor-“Removing” Gel
Zero Odor Pro
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Aug 25, 2022 • 2h 16min
497: The Hotness Has to Go Somewhere
Pre-show Netural: In a shocking piece of news, Marco’s Defender hasn’t exploded (yet)!
Marco’s “Thule”
Casey’s WireLiss CarPlay Adapter
🇸🇪 Study on Touchscreens vs. Physical Controls
Example XC90 touchscreen
Follow-up:
On people copying S3 API
CarPlay navigation voice volume
Former setting, prior to iOS 15 (via Daniel Finley)
Use the driver’s side volume control on the wheel to adjust volume (via Josh Biggs)
Postpartum doulas are a thing (via Matt Rigby)
4K TV
FiOS channel stand-by banner recording
A godawful map of 4K over the air
A rough crack at a vastly improved map via chatroom user SageOlson
RVA has 4K
Audio/video sync
Catchin’ Sync (also via Matt Rigby)
Catchin’ Sync on the App Store
John’s first attempt at sync (H265)
John’s second attempt at sync (WebM 1)
John’s third attempt at sync (WebM 2)
TiVo ad skipping
Casey’s feedbacks
FB10566546 is fixed! 🎉
FB11080380 is fixed, but includes a new regression. ☯️
Five other bugs have had no responses yet, though. 💔
Marco’s bug (FB10758252) is fixed! 🎉
Running to the press never helps
Martin Pilkington
Björn Skoglund
Apple Event is Wednesday, September 7
iPadOS is delayed
The recent Plex Hack
#askatp:
How in the world are some app updates multiple hundreds of megabytes‽ (via Bart Kowalski)
Paws
Swagger
What do we think of Svalt? (via Robert Campbell)
Thermal Pads
Post-show: Casey’s modified his car
19” Englishtowns
18” Pretorias
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Aug 18, 2022 • 2h 35min
496: One of My Lesser TiVos
Follow-up:
What’s up with 🚩 on the 🏖️ in 🇦🇺? (via Ross Poulton)
John’s TV
Channels vs. TiVo vs. FiOS TV
TVEverwhere
HDHomeRun Prime
Christina’s Tweet
John’s tips for alleviating audio delays
Calibration Video
Screenshot
Niki Tonsky’s System Settings wonkiness thread
Jason on Network Locations
Invisible confirm button
Casey has some thoughts and feelings about Feedback/Radar
For Apple people, these are Casey’s bugs. He has received no response on any of them.
FB11080380 (filed 5 August)
FB10684032 (filed 14 July)
FB10491818 (filed 14 July)
FB10636765 (filed 12 July)
FB10566546 (filed 7 July)
FB10394633 (filed 21 June)
FB10391991 (filed 21 June)
Marco’s bug: FB10758252 (response, paraphrased: you’re holding it wrong/it’s broken as designed)
Serenity’s tip about documentation Feedback
#askatp:
How does one manage DNS and certificates for home servers? (via Christopher Anderson)
Pi-Hole local DNS
Tailscale
hosts
Synology QuickConnect
What should a first-time parent know? (via Carlos Quinela)
Baby Connect
How do we protect our focus time and balance versus family time? (via Nick Serrano)
Post-show: John rents a Toyota Camry and 🗣 HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT CARPLAY 🗣
Casey’s discovered but useLiss video
John’s oversized light
Toyota GR86
Toyota Supra
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Aug 11, 2022 • 2h 12min
495: Five Points for Smell
Follow-up:
Android totally copying Java was fair use (via Rob Sayre)
Oracle’s S3 clone
Branded tires (via TK & Sam Abuelsamid)
Ford demands Goodyear remove Wrangler branding
John’s TV updates
Geoff C’s theory
NTP
Justin Winchester’s theory
Bravia Core
Cable Matters Plug & Play USB Ethernet Adapter (USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet to USB, Ethernet Adapter for Laptop) Supporting 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Network in Black
Reddit tip
RTFU: TiVo code search codes
Channels
Support Document about HDHomeRun
SiliconDust HDHomeRun PRIME Cable HDTV 3-Tuner
The solution to the box mystery
Vacation Tech Retrospective
Casey’s Travel Setup
Casey’s new inverter
John’s camera lenses
SEL70350G Sony E 70–350 mm F4.5–6.3 G OSS
SEL2470GM2 Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II
SEL85F18/2 Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Lens
John documents aggressive birds
John’s deer friend
Marco’s monogamous backpack: Peak Design Everyday v1
Chase Reeves on YouTube
Post-show Neutral: Marco’s Car Charcuterie
FJ Cruiser
Toyota 4Runner
Jeep Wrangler 4xe
Land Rover Defender
Ford Bronco
Rivian R1S
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Aug 4, 2022 • 2h 2min
494: Ultra-Wideband Park Bench
Pre-show: Geometry Dash
Number Munchers
Number Munchers on Classic Reload
Number Munchers on the App Store
Unity
Unity CEO’s colorful opinions
The Talk Show #353: Shop Different
Playdate Pulp
VVVVVV
FromSoftware
Follow-up:
John on M1 MacBook Air vs. M2 MacBook Air speakers
You can set up Fastmail to have a catch-all
Casey’s referral code
Find My on vacation
Steps via Steve J. Stutz
Open Find My
Tap Devices
Tap on the device you want to silence
Scroll down and under Notifications toggle off Notify When Left Behind
Paul Squires understood the assignment
HomeKit automation & locations
Derek Martin has tips regarding how to transfer to a new home address
Jim Bruhn provides instructions for how to disable hub features:
Settings
Airplay and HomeKit
Home Hub → My Home
Switch to Disconnected
Are there any decent AppleTV photo-viewer apps? (via Torb Lunde Mirada)
Contact address ordering
Reorder It! from @takaaki024app (via philuop)
Robb Woodring saves the day with changing default messaging address/number
Go to an existing thread
Tap the name of the person at the top
Tap Info
Tap and hold the Message/bubble icon
Select the appropriate number
Unlocking automotive features
Blaine Toups’ Jaguar F-Type’s two extra cylinders
Car & Driver write-up
Tesla’s Acceleration Boost (via Josh Rapoport)
Sean Harding makes a good point about API deprecation
John’s New TV
Amazon link
Previously on ATP…
Dirac Live
FILMMAKER MODE
4K HDR Demo Video
Mac OS X Unix-style crash
Post-show: Is it okay to copy a competitor’s API?
S3
Cloudflare R2
Linode Object Storage Service
Backblaze B2
Ceph
Transmit
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