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Feb 12, 2016 • 1h 45min

156: A Mac on Fire

Follow-up: Previous-episode feedback and constructive criticism Einstein's quote Photos.app crop/aspect behavior theories Keyboard shortcuts Bluetoot (©MerlinCo 2011) headphone dongle concept TDK Boombox AGPtek Bluetooth to headphone converter Modern equivalent Sennheiser MM 400-X, Marco's pick for portable Bluetooth podcast listening Arctic P311, Casey's pick for inexpensive Bluetooth headphones Casey's new job The Life, by John Gruber Memberwise Initialization in Swift Casey briefly tries using an iPad full-time PDFPen Myke on the iPad Pro Firewatch Campo Santo Panic Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post-show: Steam Sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Igloo: An intranet you’ll actually like. Try Igloo for free. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account.
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Feb 5, 2016 • 1h 47min

155: Edit, Crop, Aspect, Original

Follow-up: Serial numbers on serviced Mac logic boards Long-distance wireless charging Artemis Shared iPad developer guidelines Walt Mossberg discovers the functional high ground Jim Dalrymple weighs in John Gruber weighs in Apple app design Marco's piece from last year Photos.app UI design Microsoft Word toolbars Apple TV UI design Hockey-puck mouse Rene Ritchie on fixing the remote Operation Why are we so critical of Apple? Ending theme by Jonathan Mann Post show: The state of Apple hardware Sponsored by: Audible.com: With over 180,000 audiobooks, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP10 for 10% off your first order.
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Jan 29, 2016 • 1h 34min

154: A Rich Toddler’s Toy

Follow-up: Audiobus used MIDI SysEx, not loopback networking Inter-App Audio on iOS offers Audio Unit extensibility Could Apple make a universal Lightning-headphone replacement cable? John's Destiny Heads-Up Display HDR Panasonic P55VT60 Pirate Eye Patches Quirks & Quarks Podcast Red lights & astronomy VESA mount iMac serial numbers Apple Earnings More graphs from Kieran Healy iPod graph Trucks vs. Cars El Camino Subaru Baja Subaru Brat All-product-lines performance graph (Posted after the show by Kieran Healy) Will the next iPhone be waterproof? Craig Hockenberry on waterproofing in the Apple Watch Post-show: Inductive iPhone charging Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP10 for 10% off your first order. Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code ATP for 10% off your first order. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.
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Jan 22, 2016 • 1h 40min

153: Larger, Less Portable Pastures

Pre-Show: Winter weather The Long Dark Memory barrier Pirate eye patches Follow-up: Protocol extensions Testing NSURLSession with Swift Studies on blue light and sleep quality National Center for Biotechnology Information (via @technorav) Harvard The shade of blue Casey's iMac Where is the iMac Serial Number? Casey's desk DragThing John on the Dock (redux) iAd App Network Discontinued Overview from Michael Tsai Under the Radar New Apple music apps Garage Band update Music Memos Serenity Caldwell's review Connected #74 iOS limitations vs. powerful Mac hacks Loopback Audio Hijack Canvas Fraser Spiers on how it's recorded & edited Call Recorder for Skype Jason's noise plugin, iZotope RX Audiobus Marco on the expandable MD101LL/A Post-show: Marco jailbrakes two phones batteryLevel Modern Cydia screenshot SBSettings Saltines vs. Wheat Thins TrumpScript Sponsored by: MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code “ATP” for 10% off your first order. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code atp10 for 10% off your first order.
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Jan 14, 2016 • 1h 54min

152: Daddy Didn't Want the Good Graphics Card

Casey bought an iMac... and you won't believe what happened next. Plex vs. Infuse Mac Power Users on Plex Casey's blog post Follow-up: Swift and default final Mocks C#'s treatment (via @neilcronin) Objective-C's equivalent hack Rust vs. Swift vs. Go MagSafe vs. USB-C UpThere Little Snitch's tweet Crashlytics adds a theory UpThere's Confirmation Apple TV Tech Talk iOS 9.3 WiFi Assist Update f.lux Night Shift PNAS study (PDF) iPads in the classroom Connected with Fraser Speirs Post-show: Wheel of iMacs Sponsored by: Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get your first two meals for free with this link. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code EGGSALAD for 10% off your first purchase.
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Jan 8, 2016 • 1h 43min

151: The Opposite of Final

Follow-up: UpThere AWS Little Snitch Upthere's response EC2 iPhone 7 Headphone Jack New USB-C peripherals for the MacBook One Griffin "MagSafe" Hyper USB-C Hub CES E3 Swift Code of Conduct linux-kernel mailing list Randi Harper (FreeBSDGirl)'s post Swift proposal for default final Method swizzling Jordan Rose What does Swift mean for Go and Rust? Post-show grab bag: RIP WebObjects? Chevy Bolt Faraday FFZero1 Mechanical "Apple Watch" Space Black Milanese Tag Heuer Connected Flip camera FitBit Blaze Withings Activité Steel Internet of Things Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you’ll actually like. Try Igloo for free. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired glasses at a revolutionary price. Try up to five pairs at home for free. Audible.com: With over 180,000 audiobooks, you’ll find what you’re looking for. Get a free 30-day trial. Armada Ready Player One Ready Player One on the Incomparable
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Dec 31, 2015 • 1h 55min

150: A Mac Pro in Every Pot

Follow-up: Foliage in Apple stores Casey gets a new Apple TV Plex Harmy's Despecialized Editions Casey gets a new RetinaPad Mini Apple SIM Steven Troughton-Smith making windows on iOS Cintiq What plausible/realistic things are we hoping for in 2016? Marco — Apple TV: get better Nilay Patel's piece at The Verge O'Reilly Polar Bear Book Guy English Casey — App Store: get better John — Mac Pro: get newer ...and a new 5K Cinema Display Marco — Finish the Retina transition Casey — Swift on the server Taylor Perfect John — New filesystem (🔔) Marco — Apple Watch: get better Casey's recent re-review The Upgradies Casey — Unification of the package management Swift package manager CocoaPods Carthage John — Apple Pencil for non-Pro iPads Marco — iPad Pro: get better ...and an Instagram app for iPad Bonus: iPhone 7 wishes More milliamp hours in the battery More secure feeling in the hand Casey — iPhone battery: get better John — OLED screens in iPhones Bonus: non-curved OLED TVs with best-in-class picture quality Bonus: TV stations: stop with the logo bugs Marco — Apple: show more focus John — squash more bugs Post-show: Fantasy Macs John G4 review Sponsored by: Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off. Blue Apron: A better way to cook. Get your first two meals for free with this link.
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Dec 24, 2015 • 1h 54min

149: Everyone's on Vacation

Casey's reconciled differences Three truths and a lie Marco experiments with his website Second Crack CentOS Under the Radar Chrome vs. Safari on the desktop Phil Schiller takes over the App Store Ben Thompson's take (Stratechery members only) Apache Mesos Les Moonves CBS/60 Minutes feature on Apple Riccio's quote John Gruber and Phil Schiller on The Talk Show Upthere Bertrand Serlet Cloud to Butt Post-show: Neutral: Marco has ordered a Tesla The great bagel dispute Sponsored by: Linode: Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $10/month. Get a $10 credit with code ACCIDENTALPODCAST10. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use promo code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.
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Dec 18, 2015 • 1h 54min

148: Your Feelings Are Real

Follow-up: Green shifting (see also) Continuous release schedules Jeff Atwood's Infinite Version iPhone 7 battery theories 4-inch iPhone 6S predictions Marco's SOLEMEMO battery case Marco's slim battery brick Negativity about Apple Apple TV App Store challenges Ctrl-Walt-Delete: A Cycle of Despair BMW X6M Swift Open Sourcing The Talk Show #139 Chris Lattner's tongue-in-cheek tweet First non-Lattner commit Lattner's reply Apache 2 License patent grant Package manager Code owners Homebrew Max Howell's snarky tweet swift-evolution Erica Sadun's blog Mailing list Links to tweets in Swift source (via Danny Greg) Post-show Neutral: Casey drives a Tesla Model S Sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code “ATP” for 10% off your first purchase. MailRoute: Hosted spam and virus protection for email. Use this link for 10% off for the life of your account. Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get 20% off with this link.
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Dec 11, 2015 • 1h 45min

147: Here I Am, I'm a Battery

Follow-up: The iPhone Lightning Dock exists Benefits of Lightning headphones USB Type C supports analog audio Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader Remote.app for iOS now works with the new Apple TV Swift/Foundation bridging Apple iPhone 6S battery case Porsche Panamera Joanna Stern's Review Anker Ultra Slim Apple "No" video Marco's preferred battery brick "Flower" iMac G4 Chin-less battery case Casey's Lenmar battery case Apple updated all of their OSes State of our Watch usage What the future may bring for Watch apps Post-show: Three nerds talk about fashion... again. We're sorry. Timex Weekender Sponsored by: Squarespace: Build it beautiful. Use code “ATP” for 10% off your first order. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated.

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