Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 6, 2022 • 2h 28min
464: Monks at Drafting Tables
Follow-up:
Stuart Hay on chroma sub-sampling, 4:2:2, 4:1:1, 4:2:0
Hyper Thunderbolt 4 Dock
Hyper USB-C Media Hub
A not-too-short aside about iPad connectivity and expandability
Loopback
David Smith’s tweet
Audio Hijack
Audiobus
Drafting table
Xcode and setting up for Apple Watch development (via Andy Norman)
Slideshow App Recommendations
Fotomagico
Adobe Premiere Rush
Canon’s flagship DSLR line will end… eventually.
Single-lens reflex
CES: QD-OLED TVs from Sony
OLED explained
Quantum dots explained
Interview with Gary Geaves, VP of Acoustics at Apple
MaxTech video
Regarding latency
About the UWB spectrum
An aside about Apple TV interruptions
Settings → Remotes and Devices → Bluetooth → Suggest Nearby AirPods
#askatp:
How much do we sleep? (via Nathaniel Gori)
An aside about dog tracking collars
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Post-show:
Should Apple stop using leather?
Thoughts on meat alternatives
Late-episode follow-up:
Fun Fact #52: We’re off Track
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Dec 30, 2021 • 2h 8min
463: No Indication of Progress
Pre-show:
Marco’s desk situation
Casey’s desk situation
VESA stand
…an uglier one
…yet uglier still
…stand and arm
Follow-up:
Jonathan Dietz Comes Through
Glenwing’s page and calculator and forum post
Chroma Subsampling
USB4/TB4 bandwidth (via Dimitri Bouniol)
Marco’s Christmas-movie Adventure
iLife
iDVD
Gang of Four
UXKit
discoveryd and mDNSResponder
Holiday tech we love
Casey joins 2019 and gets AirPods Pro
HiFiMAN HE-6
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250-ohm)
Marco’s new Switch
Tina’s new iPhone car mount
#askatp:
Would we rock a full-on iMac as an external monitor if Target Display Mode still existed? (via Jeff Fowler)
Does Apple like the drama and rumors around it? (via Erik Neu)
Do we close all our apps before rebooting our computers? (via AdamMHead)
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Dec 22, 2021 • 1h 60min
462: Xcode X
Pre-show: “Web3”
Follow-up:
Thank you, ATP members
Casey has changed up his setup yet again
Ian Fuchs at Cult of Mac
Alogic Thunderbolt 4 Blaze Hub
OWC Thunderbolt Hub
CalDigit Element Hub
CalDigit TS3+
Team Arment on Twitch
Elgato HD60 S+
C13 plug
“☝️ Well, actually ☝️”s on Marco’s Synology
J-series Synology devices cannot use btrfs (via Squozen)
64TB maximum limit (via Matt Sullivan)
Marco’s jugs
Capillary action
Apple Silicon in forthcoming LG displays
Chroma subsampling
Thunderbolt Display
ADC
Clarifications on attention-aware features (via Gui Rambo)
Marco’s New iPhone Case (via Oliver Ames)
macOS 12.2 beta
Improved scrolling in Safari with ProMotion
Apple is rebuilding Apple Music as a “full native app”
:::✊🏻::: Kids these days :::✊🏻:::
PICO-8
Swift Playgrounds 4
Post-show #askatp:
When did Corvettes start looking so different? (via Rob Knight)
C8 Corvette
What vaporware would we love to see Apple work on? (via Juno Orion)
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Dec 16, 2021 • 2h 8min
461: Re-tend That Garden
Pre-show:
Why would one deliberately launch TextEdit‽
The flood 😱
Cable Matters 2.5” drive enclosure
Synology DS1813+
Synology 620Slim
Synology DS420j
RAID 0
Backblaze B2
Follow-up:
Andrew shares a Consumer Reports link regarding lithium batteries in smoke detectors
LG Screen Manager (App Store Link) now supports M1 Macs (via Dave Stachowiak)
Casey’s LG UltraFine adventures continue
LG non-UltraFine 4K and 60Hz HDMI
24UD58-B 24” IPS Monitor with Freesync, Black
Menu → Picture → Picture Adjust → HDMI ULTRA HD Deep Color
Casey’s new desk setup
Potential Magic Mouse fixes
Monterey 12.1
Suggestion from Charity Majors
LG is working on three new monitors?
Twitter thread
LG Displays
LG Electronics
#askatp:
Tips for Android → iPhone converts? (via Steve Wellington)
Do any of us use Finder replacements like PathFinder? (via Sam)
Do we use Swift for anything other than iOS/macOS apps? (via Jan de Geest)
Post-show: A Synology Adventure
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Dec 9, 2021 • 2h 5min
460: Desktop Laptop
Pre-show: Christmas Conundrums
Charlie Brown Tree
Follow-up:
Ubiquiti’s breach was from the inside
Casey’s UltraFine 5K seems to be UltraDead
Idan Warsawski’s explanation & more
Casey’s borrowed monitor
Casey’s blog post about Apple’s monitor situation
John’s snarky quote-tweet
Some wish-casting and predictions about the Mac lineup in 2022
Apple Announces Self-Service Repair
Louis Rossmann’s video
#askatp:
How come the TouchBar failed where the iPhone succeeded? (via Todd Kaprielian)
Why is Chromium’s dominance bad for the open web? (via Aryan Aneja)
John’s blog post on open source
Kagi FAQ
Why bother with a Mac Pro? (via Dave Saunders, who clearly wanted to torment Casey)
The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor
Post-show:
The continuing saga of John’s beeps
Marco’s shifts to Neutral
MaxTrax Recovery Boards
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Dec 2, 2021 • 2h 1min
459: The Bluetooth Adds Warmth
Shocking revelations:
Marco’s wrist
Casey’s desk
The myth of digital audio producing stair-step sound waves
Casey’s Double Density appearance
Xiph explainer video
DAC
Nyquist level
Apple’s monitor-pricing conundrum
Luna Display updates
Follow-up: Junior vs. Senior Developers (via Nick Matsakis)
Peter principle
Mac Mini rumors and renderings
#askatp:
Which company would we love to see Apple buy & integrate? (via Ryan)
The Talk Show #330: ‘Headline Goes Here’ with Jim Dalrymple
Sony Xperia PRO-I
Video review
Why bother with backups anymore? (via Joe Athman)
Casey’s scripts
Post-show: John’s beeps
Captured audio
What Is That Beep
Appliance brands: Who owns what?
Forum Post
Nitram’s Mea Culpa
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Nov 22, 2021 • 2h 1min
458: This Is Not Your First Plane Crash
Pre-show:
Energizer lithium AA batteries and 9V for smoke alarms
Marco’s utterly bananas password-managers setup
The ATP on-demand store is back!
Follow-up:
Meta/Facebook
In the Enterprise
workplace.com
An aside about scrolljacking
Parallax Scrolling
Hardware prowess
Gaming
Wearing VR headsets
Apple TV+ on the web
HomePod problems abound (via Joe Mesterhazy)
YouTube video describing the problem
Plex and two-zone playback
ebernet’s explanation
Infuse
Bullstrap leather case review
Marco’s pants update
Banana Republic Traveler
Spoke London Travel Denim and Cord Fives
Laying out the Apple Silicon roadmap
Max Tech video
#askatp:
How can one keep an older MacBook Pro running well? (via Stephan)
How do we organize our pictures? (via Guilherme Alles)
Peek‑a‑View
What’s the ∆ between a junior & senior developer? (via Roar Lochar)
Programmer Humor’s Tweet
Gene Hackman
Post-show: John’s mystery beeps
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Nov 16, 2021 • 2h 9min
457: The World’s Greatest Conference Call
Pre-show:
Watching shows on Apple
Some ATP membership bookkeeping
Follow-up:
Xcode build times (via Abel Demoz)
defaults write com.apple.dt.Xcode ShowBuildOperationDuration YES
Monterey’s Mouse Pointer Memory Leak Bug
Marco has [Original] HomePod Problems
Belkin Soundform Connect
Marco replaces Weather Line with Carrot Weather
Weather Line acquisition
App Store feature on Brian Mueller of Carrot Weather
Weather Strip
Seller risks on eBay
Swappa
Facebook and Meta
Stratechery Interview with Mark Zuckerberg
Oculus Quest 2
Ping
World of Warcraft
SecondLife
IRC
MUD
MUSH
HoloLens 2
Chatroulette
Knowledge Navigator
Idiocracy
Post-show: Casey broke two car keys in the span of 10 minutes
Volvo XC90
Example replacement video
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Nov 11, 2021 • 1h 53min
456: The Monitor Situation
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Follow-up:
iMessage in iCloud Security Overview
Apple’s T2 Macs and Monterey
Avoiding the notch using RDM (via Roberto Jung Drebes)
Casey’s MacBook Pro Updates
Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac models with Apple silicon - US English ($180)
Magic Keyboard with Touch ID for Mac models with Apple silicon - US English ($150)
Magic Trackpad ($130)
LG UltraFine 5K
Starport 75 Podcast
Casey’s iMac Stand
Marco reviews iPhone 13 Pro cases
Apple Silicone
Nudient Thin v3
Peel Clear White
Totallee Pearl White
Totallee Clear Soft
Caudabe Sheath
Pitaka MagEZ Case 2 (not tested)
Bullstrap (not tested)
How Could One Improve the MacBook Pros?
SD Card
CFexpress
HDMI 2.1
A None-Too-Brief Aside About Apple External Monitors
ASUS ProArt Display PA32UCG-K 32” 16:9 FreeSync2 4K 120 Hz HDR Mini-LED IPS Monitor
Post-show #askatp:
Why don’t we talk about processor clock speed anymore? (via Yossi Kanner)
Would we rather use a previous-gen MacBook Pro with an M1 Max, or the new MacBook Pro with an Intel CPU? (via Joel Short)
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Nov 4, 2021 • 2h 18min
455: Your Yanking Force
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Pre-show: Setup Woes
Audition
Homebrew Bundle
Casey’s Post on Homebrew Bundle
Casey’s bundle file
Follow-up:
What does Marco use for a Thunderbolt dock? (via César Cavazos)
OWC Thunderbolt Dock
Caldigit TS3+ Hub
Caldigit Element Hub
John’s AirPods 3 updates
Monterey Status Report
SuperDuper
The Verge’s MacBook Pro review
MacBook Pro Charging via USB-C
Thunderbolt PDF
PC Magazine
ADC
MacBook Pro “Compatibility Mode”
Scale to fit below built-in camera
Tweet with video
Notch codename was Daisy?
120 Hz scrolling on new MacBook Pros
Chrome shenanigans
Marco’s Mystery Terabyte update
Disk Utility → View → Show APFS Snapshots
Purging files on iOS
Marco’s experience with Lutron Caséta
Waveform Lighting
Eve Motion
Caséta Motion Sensor (scroll down)
Quinn’s Smart Home Video
[More] MacBook Pro impressions
Upgrade #379: They Feed on Memory
MagSafe 1/2/3 side-by-side
Luna Display
Post-show: How does Marco unload old computers?
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