Accidental Tech Podcast
Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa
Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 28, 2019 • 1h 47min
315: 1.0 Was Just Speed
Follow-up:
16" laptops
Bus-powered Thunderbolt 3 hubs
Elgato
CalDigit
Monoprice
StarTech (2 USB ports! But $183.)
USB 3.2 standard names
Foldable phones from Samsung and Huawei
Upgrade #234: The Ideological Folding Wars
Hypercritical #86: Naked Robotic Core
A giant battery with a phone in it
Panasonic Toughbook
Apple's Rumored March Event and gaming subscription service
Lisa Jackson
#askatp:
How do you purge many old apps at once? (via Mark Heeler)
Does John still want a spatial finder? (via Platy Hsu)
Browser-based Classic Mac emulator
About the Finder...
Why bother with a Synology when you can roll your own NAS? (via Dan Zaccaro)
This post-show was evaluated as Meets expectations.
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Feb 21, 2019 • 2h 6min
314: Kernel Panic in the Night
Follow-up:
Hosting a podcast for free on Anchor or SoundCloud
Contacts syncing limits
Mojave stability
Possible T2 Mac audio glitching bug
Rumor explosion from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman
16-inch MacBook Pro
iBook G4
31.6" 6K3K display with Mini-LED-like backlight
Apple Mulling Preview of New Modular Mac Pro at WWDC in June
Marzipan rumors
Overton window
#askatp:
Could the next Apple TV be wireless? (via Ed Cormany)
Is wireless CarPlay a deal-breaker? (via Eddie Lee)
How is season 3 of The Grand Tour? (via Paul Walker (not that one))
Post-show: Apple ID Management
Two factor requirements
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Feb 12, 2019 • 1h 34min
313: The Residue of Seven People
Pre-show:
Casey is surfing the 'net at lightning speeds
Marco's 👂🏻💦
Eustachian tube
Scott O'Reilly
Spider Strategies
The Dash
Apple's security bug bounties
Apple compensates FaceTime bug kid
Some information on Deirdre O'Brien
Ryan's tweet
Business Insider profile
Apple Joint Venture
The changing role and training of an Apple Genius
Spotify also bought Anchor
Stratechery & Exponent
LibSyn
John on e-books
Amazon buying Eero
Ring video doorbell
Eero Plus subscription
Ubiquiti
#askatp:
How do we feel about buying refurbished tech products? (via David Hadley)
Nintendo refurb store
Apple refurb store
How does one move from being a beginner to intermediate programmer, especially with code structure? (via Ryan Bible)
NSHipster
WWDC sessions
Gravatar
What size wheels should one get on a new car? (via Nathan Miller)
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Feb 7, 2019 • 1h 53min
312: Fashion Phase
Pre-show: Marco's hideous audio code
Accelerate vDSP framework
Follow-up:
Google's enterprise certificate was revoked
Facebook's was reinstated
Apple apologizes for FaceTime bug and takes a field trip
John's "MagSafe" MacBook Air
Marco's USB-C light-up cable
Marco's iPad screen protector
Angela Ahrendts leaving Apple
Today at Apple
Dr. Drang's take
Vogue Profile
About her family
#askatp
What external drives do we recommend? (via Steve Lowe)
Backblaze's Hard Drive Stats
IBM "Deathstar"
IBM Microdrive
Toshiba e740
How does Reopen windows when logging back in work? (via Michael Haren)
The state of Mac web browsing
What does Marco think about Spotify's acquisition of Gimlet? (via Alex Kadis)
Marco on Lex's show
Hello Internet #117: Bandersnatch
Post-show: John's gas station was updated
Speedpass
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Jan 31, 2019 • 1h 54min
311: Mutually Assured Destruction
Follow-up:
👴🏻👴🏻👴🏻 screwed up "finsta"
Debate over the prevalence of the stage lighting problem
Silence of Siri and other IoT info
Wireless Accessory Config
Does anyone doubt that Facebook is straight garbage?
TechCrunch summary
ReCode recaps Apple's response
Confirmation of all internal apps failing
Google wanted in on the snooping action too
Apple's FaceTime bug
Video evidence sent to Apple
Other documentation sent to Apple
Contact Apple About Security Issues
Bloomberg/Gurman iPhone Scoop
#askatp
Is it worth cleaning dust out of MacBooks? (via Oliver Dejon)
Is it worth upgrading the CPU on a family iMac? (via Jeremy Kenison)
Geekbench Browser
Is tweeting a good idea? (via Andrew)
Post-show:
John is very angry at WeRateDogs
Overcast Instant Search
Casey's CR-V Review
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Jan 24, 2019 • 2h 3min
310: Apple Playstore
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Follow-up:
The Terminator saga continues
"Apple One" feedback
Instagram, friendstagrams, and spam accounts
Google+ Circles
John's Internet of Things
Smart Outlet²
Belkin Wemo
Kasa
Casey's [Broader] Internet of Things
Blog post
Docker
Homebridge
MacBook Pro "stage light" fault and iterative development
American Original
#askatp
What happens to projects like homebrew if the ARM transition happens? (via Andrew Jaffe)
How do we avoid crapping on future tech that we don't inherently understand? (via John Wilander)
How do we handle snark? Why is it so prevalent in tech? (via Mike McPhaden)
Analog(ue)
Post-show: What would you say it is you do here, Casey?
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Jan 18, 2019 • 1h 45min
309: Do Not Expect Five Nines From My Plex
Pre-show: Affluent bezelles (Overcast: bezelle, correction)
Follow-up: Casey's WAF-F20 waffle maker 🤤
John's Terminator woes
Apple's universal subscription-management URL
Movies Anywhere
iPhone Smart Battery Cases
XS, XS Max, XR
iPhone X compatibility
Studio Neat Material Dock
John's pouch
Apple's 2019: what do we want, and what will affect Apple the most?
iPad Mini and/or iPod Touch?
iPhone Upgrade Program
#askatp
Why didn't John buy a 2013 Mac Pro? (via Wojtek Pietrusiewicz)
Do we all play Super Smash Brothers? (via Marco Silva)
Post-show: Three middle-aged men explain Instagram to each other
Casey on Instagram
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Jan 10, 2019 • 1h 44min
308: Left-Handed Streaming Service
Pre-show: What is a jam band, mannnnn?
Follow-up:
Unshaky
China is an equal-opportunity financial disappointment for everyone
iPhone quarterly growth
John's graph
Samsung warns of 30% dive also via Horace
China smartphone shipments down
LG sees 80% 4th quarter drop via Charles Arthur
Upgrade #227: Twenty Nine TeeVee
Ben Thompson: Apple's Errors
Firefox is still a thing
Apple is putting iTunes and/or AirPlay 2 in various TVs
Samsung
Vizio and LG
Sony
Myke's tweet and follow-up
Upgrade #222: That's Not a Plan
Nilay Patel's tweets
Is your TV spying on you?
Simpsons did it
MicroLED
Samsung
c|net
Quantum dots
#askatp
What Siri Shortcuts do we use? (via FoTS Todd Vaziri)
Casey's old "on my way home" workflow
How does one preserve podcasts? (via Fred McCann)
Cool URIs don't change
Apparently something Destiny-related. Your show notes author tuned out. Thanks a lot, Graham Wetzler.
Post-show: Is today Mac Pro day?
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Jan 4, 2019 • 1h 53min
307: Casey Apple Pencil
Happy new year!
John reviews the Tesla Model 3
John reviews Casey's Volvo XC90
John reviews Casey's iPad Pro
Casey's sticker situation
Casey reviews his Apple Pencil
SketchParty TV
Marco reviews Linea
Linea blog post
Screen protector update
Apple's financial news
Gruber's take
Ben Thompson's warning in 2017
Is falling stock price going to cause a retention problem?
Gruber on retention in 2013
RSU
#askatp
What does John think about the Nintendo Switch controller? (via Josh A.)
Reconcilable Differences
Hypercritical #49: Pinching the Harmonica
How will the new AirPods charge? (via Ankur Oberoi)
What's up with Apple putting Beats stereos in Volkswagens? (via NEN)
Post show
More on Beats
Beats partnerships
VW Jetta
HomeKit
Wemo plug
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Dec 26, 2018 • 1h 53min
306: My Watch Has Ended
Follow-up:
Casey gets medium very upset about Medium
Did Google really cripple Edge's YouTube performance?
John's 2018 Butterfly Keyboard Watch
Paul and Storm tweet
Clean your Mac at a 75º angle
Marco's fingerprinty iPad solution
Paperlike
John's LEGO and the instructions
John Giannandrea appointed to Apple executive team
Pragmatic #38: Watch This Time and Space
(Overcast timestamp where smartwatch power-consumption analysis begins)
iPad Pros can ship bent... 🤷🏻♂️
Dan Riccio's comments
Marco inspects his situation
#askatp
Does Overcast do anything special to inhibit cookies? (via Mitch Cohen)
Could Overcast get blocked by publishers for not implementing RAD?
If Intel got its act together, would Apple cancel any ARM Mac plans and stick with Intel? (via Gabriel Salkin)
Intel's new architecture
What's the ATP editing process? (via Markus N)
Do Marco and Casey use Xcode in full-screen mode? (via Erik)
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