Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
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Jul 14, 2022 • 2h 4min
491: Salmon and SwiftUI
Casey and Marco have 99 problems, and SwiftUI is every. damn. one. of. them.
Casey’s problems
PhotosPicker
FB10491818
FB10566546
presentationDetents()
FB10636765
ImageRenderer
FB10393458
Under the Radar #246: Hard Forks
UIStackView
UIViewRepresentable
UIHostingController
Pointer
Follow-up:
Alternative pi-hole fix
BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR=false in pihole-FTL.conf
Switching bbetween SwiftUI’s HStack & VStack
Updating the .if() modifier
objc.io explainer
WWDC 2021: Demistify SwiftUI
macOS Support Lifetime
IPv6 Benefits (via Dan Chandler)
Apple & Ive Break Up
Sony’s new gaming monitor
Hardware Unboxed review
#askatp
How does one diagnose a Mac randomly waking from sleep? (via Radu Piroșca)
SleepAid
What do we do when someone changes their phone number?
What would get us to leave the hell site? (via Carl Rozas)
micro.blog
Mastodon
Post-show: BMW is charging subscriptions for… seat heaters‽
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16 snips
Jul 7, 2022 • 2h 5min
490: Tiny Pictures of Knobs
Pre-show: Some thoughts on who should have agency over womens’ bodies
Roe v. Wade
In-vitro fertilization
Ectopic pregnancy
Evidence-based medicine
Trigger law
Follow-up:
Using a M1 Mac mini as a Plex server
Other video transcoding
M2 MacBook Air available to order Friday at 8 AM OTTZ
Quick Pi-hole tip from Tod Weitzel
Advantages for Apple getting into Buy Now, Pay Later
A possible motive for bitcode deprecation
LLVM
Why passkeys will be simpler and more secure than passwords
Janis Peukert asks some questions about passkeys
appleid.apple.com
App-specific Passwords
On stateful hardware controls
Dancing faders (via Jordan McEwen)
Guitar amplifiers (via Samuel Cohen)
AirFrance Flight 447 (via Dave Rowenhorst)
Anton Yelchin’s odd death back in 2016
ZF 8HP transmission
Apple announces Lockdown Mode
M2 MacBook Pro thermal throttling issues
MaxTech’s video (timestamp link)
Gary from The Everyday Dad can’t reproduce the issue
Hardware Unboxed: Apple M2 Review
Some notes on macOS Ventura Beta 3
System Settings
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Post-show: Marco is diving into SwiftUI
Carbon
.if()
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Jun 30, 2022 • 1h 55min
489: Very Inappropriate Thoughts About This Computer
Pre-show: Marco flirts with his past
Follow-up:
Bitcode has been deprecated
Previously, on ATP #205 (Overcast timestamp link) (Transcript)
New big HomePod rumor
Ricky on Passkey syncing
YubiKey
Very important Caffè Macs follow-up
BNPL
Planet Money
The 256GB 13” M2 MacBook Pro has crummy SSD performance
15” MacBook… something?
#askatp
What makes WWDC ‘22 different than the before times? (via Elijah Yap)
Are we living in the gilded age for Mac professionals? (via Wade Tregaskis)
How close is APFS (🛎️) to ZFS? (via Dave Aton)
Post-show:
Casey impulse-bought a computer
Marco traded in iPads
Casey got his Playdate
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Jun 23, 2022 • 1h 55min
488: Pebbles on the Scale
Pre-show: Marco’s HomePod journey continues
HomePod mini
USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter
Follow-up:
iPad Pro (2018) has 4GB or 6GB RAM
The offending party has been sacked
Apple educational discounts & software bundles
Pro Apps Bundle for Education
Education Store
Macintosh SE/30
Your beloved hosts have a violent reaction to the 13” MacBook Pro
Bart Reardon’s System Preferences experiment
AMFI Launch Constraints
Copy/Paste adjustments in Photos
macOS Ventura Preview
Gaming on the Mac on The Talk Show Live
macOS Ventura hardware support via Mr. Macintosh
Christina Warren’s take
iOS and head-related transfer functions (via Josh Hunt)
CarPlay and Android Automotive
Real-time operating system
The Verge talks to car manufacturers
Decoder with Mercedes-Benz CEO
WWDC Platforms State of the Union
SwitchGlass
Post-show:
John’s mouse problems
Casey’s AT&T → Verizon journey
Verizon coverage map
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Jun 16, 2022 • 2h 24min
487: Mid-Life Rally
Pre-show:
🎂 HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, Marco! 🎂
Congratulations, Alex!
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Jason on storage allocation
Copy/paste edits in Photos
Eric deRuiter on Safety Check
Personal Safety User Guide
Passkeys
Can be shared via AirDrop (See 6m14s into the video)
How do you recover them?
About the Security of Passkeys
Set Up an Account Recovery Contact
Semi Analysis on the M2
The MacBook Air has color-matched MagSafe cables
It is also 500 nits
Desk View clarifications
Messages
Stage Manager
James Thomson
The Talk Show (timestamp link to 46m58s)
Purple window widget
archive.org copy of “Shrinkydink” story
Why is it only on M1 iPads?
Statement to Rene Ritchie
Federighi interview with Matthew Panzarino
Swap hardware requirements
Steve Troughton-Smith on Swap
System Settings
Federighi on The Talk Show (timestamp link to 43m11s)
Bento box
Examples:
Dock
“Cross-Platform UI”
Trackpad
Print
Oh notifications still stink too
Craig Hockenberry’s Tweet
Post-show: Casey went on a secret adventure.
Spoiler
Referenced Video
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Jun 7, 2022 • 2h 56min
486: Field Day at Apple Park
Pre-show: Marco is [always on vacation] in California! 😎🌴
Jason & Dan’s view of the stage
WWDC 2022 Keynote
iOS 16
MDM
Parcel
Hypercritical #9: No iLife is an Island
Jacqui Cheng’s tweet and article
Eric Welander’s YouTube channel
John’s CarPlay tweet
MacBook Air
macOS Ventura
Ace Ventura
Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Moom
WebKit updates
Camo
iPadOS
Running Up That Hill
_ on WeatherKit pricing
SubEthaEdit
Paging
Post-show: The food
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Jun 2, 2022 • 2h 27min
485: This Is Casey Actual
Pre-show: Streaming changes
Audio Hijack
Our Twitch channel for live streams
Follow-up:
Fastmail
The Price is Right is available for free on Pluto TV
Regarding filming workout videos
Amulet Hotkey DXZ4
X Windows
Display Postscript
WWDC in-person info/schedule (via Paul Hudson)
John’s Mac Studio report
WWDC Hopes and Predictions
CSS1 spec (1996)
Flexbox
Rediscovering the Mac by Federico Viticci
Casey’s review of the MacBook Adorable
The Talk Show Live from WWDC 2022
Post-show: Is John sleeping more?
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May 26, 2022 • 2h
484: Hot-Spare Price is Right
Pre-show: Sick-kid TV
Channels
Paramount+
AppleTV Channels
Follow-up:
Warnings about PoE splitters from Matias Korhonen
Pro-fiber propaganda
Adam Papamarcos’ OM4 fiber cable
Assmann Group
Ad-blockers on desktops (via Ryan)
“Sign in with X” (via Brian Donovan)
A concert-related Apple Music tip from Jonathan Dechko
Amber gives us feedback on the Apple Fitness+ control room
Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support of FIDO standard
Apple press release
WWDC 2021 video
Ars Technica’s write-up
PGP
Apple’s Self-Repair Program
Quinn fixes a phone
Quinn opens up the tools
The Verge repairs a phone
Old CNet roundup of modular phones
Project Ara
The Verge reviews Project Ara
What Happened to Project Ara?
Dithering
John’s blog post on thin computers
Post-show:
The John Siracusa Podcasting Universe
Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
ATP #96: The Windows of Siracusa County
Reconcilable Differences: Preparing the Way
John’s headless Mac Studio 😢
Mac Studio Under-Desk Mount
John is preparing the way for a new AV setup (‼️)
TV Stand
Receiver (Pioneer VSX-LX305)
Blu-Ray (Panasonic DP-UD820-K)
Surgery results
Eve Spectrum
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May 19, 2022 • 2h 4min
483: The Faceless Knob
Pre-show: Two is one, one is none.
Zoom F3
USBPre2
MixPre-3
Follow-up:
Cleaning apps and “launch services”
launchd
Launch Control
A hint more on Casey’s frivoLiss ethernet project
Many recommendations for Monoprice slim 6A patch cables
Jonathan Litt reminds us about fire stops
PoE “medusa” cables exist, for USB-C and barrel plugs
Why bother with ethernet at all? (via Andrew Larson)
Millimeter-wave
IPv6
Pi-Hole
NAT
On USB-C KVMs and the Studio Display (via Alex)
Magic cable
Demonstration (YouTube timestamp link)
GSuite is now free for “personal use”
Casey’s Fastmail referral link
Apple Fitness+ “Studio Tour”
iJustine
Etalk
KCAU-TV
John on “filling your TV”
Quinn Nelson’s Rivian and bad controls
Quinn’s Instagram video (seek to 1h10m47s)
2001 Buick
Apple Pre-Announces Accessibility Enhancements
Shelly Brisbin’s take
TextSniper
ADB
#askatp:
Is there any bespoke music app for listening to concerts? (via Bill Steinbach)
Live Phish
Barrowclift’s iOS Music Player Showcase
What Safari extensions are we running and recommend? (via Robert Bateau)
John
Safari Reload Button
Safari Keyword Search
Instapaper
Downie
Hush
Fixerrific is bundled with Twitterrific for macOS
NetNewsWire
Marco
1Password
1Blocker
Casey
Noir (App Store link)
StopTheMadness
Super Agent
Vinegar (App Store link)
How does one remember how one enrolled in a service? (via Brian Hamilton)
Ashley Bischoff’s idea
Post-show: Casey’s Ethernet adventure continues
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May 12, 2022 • 2h 10min
482: I Should Probably Get Reading Glasses
Follow-up:
A little more on Bartosz Ciechanowski’s explainers
Mechanical Watch Explainer
GPS
Naval Architecture
Patreon
Apple’s New Developer Center
More from Parker Ortolani
John’s multi-factor authentication college account update
An aside about password managers
Protobuf
John’s Microsoft Precision Mouse
Casey’s Ethernet Project
Cat 6A cable types
Playdate impressions
Panic Podcast
Playdate Podcast
Altered Beast
Super Mario 64
Total Annihilation
Scorched Earth
Non-Season Playdate Games
The iPod Touch is dead, but the music lives on
…it meets the same fate as macOS Server
#askatp:
Will an Apple Silicon Mac Pro have ECC RAM? (via Robert Boyle)
HBM4
Are software clean-up apps snake oil on macOS? (via Jon Sulek)
Pacifist
Does choice of programming language matter for server-side crawling? (via Abel Demoz)
Go
Rust
Post-show: Marco’s capture system
Sonnet Echo Express SEIIIe Enclosure
Magewell Pro HDMI Quad Capture Card
Sonnet Allegro 4-port USB-A card
Sonnet Allegro 4-port USB-C card
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