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May 8, 2015 • 2h 1min

116: Women Aren't a Minority

Pre-show: Marco defends his backyard duck from raccoons Follow-up: HFS+ and Network Attached Storage The Synology we use is the DS1813+, but the DS1815+ is the modern version DS214play Photos.app Saving and transferring edits between photo apps Flickr gives 1 TB free (via @VJGoh) Disabling iCloud Photo Library 1 & 2 LaunchControl for managing launchd jobs Microsoft, iOS, Swift (via @esusatyo) Swift is being worked on Presentation video Marco versus the raccoons, illustrated How do we encourage more women to listen to ATP? John's tweet Rocket App Camp for Girls GamerGate JWZ Example 1 & 2 Overcast changes for Apple Watch Are watches destined to replace smartphones? What were the first iPhone apps we downloaded? Sponsored by: Glide: Beautifully simple, professional app creation. Preorder now on Kickstarter. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code GLASSHALFEMPTY for 10% off. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP15 for 15% off your first order. (Marco's app-icon Fractures)
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May 1, 2015 • 1h 49min

115: Empathy for the Machine

ATP Shirt: Last chance, buy now! Available until Wednesday, 6 May. Pre-show: Neko Atsume ("the cat game") Follow-up: Bad Seagate hard drives How Hard Disks Work (page 7) The MacBook Air survives... for now! launchd launchd plist generator Lingon cron Photos Background processes iStat Menus Hard links John on symbolic and hard links in his Leopard review Shared album photo limit (via Lance Hildebrand) Performance Mucho Spanish Will Hains Deleted photos Restoring from backups Deletion instructions Apple Watch, one week in Luca's wrist Apple Watch bands WSJ on Taptic Engine manufacturing issue Serenity Caldwell's tweet Complications Jason Snell's take Casey's take Repairability iFixIt's teardown MacBook teardown Microsoft Build Visual Studio Code Atom IntelliSense Eclipse Visual Studio Code Node support Mono Homebrew Chris Dias Casey on node-inspector PHP syntax highlighting Gruber on Markdown support Electron Project Astoria & Project Islandwood WINE Dalvik GNUStep Microsoft Band Session video (posted after this episode was recorded) Post-show: Connected follow-out Sponsored by: Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. 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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Apr 24, 2015 • 1h 57min

114: So Far, So OK

ATP T-Shirts available until Wednesday, 6 May! Follow-up: Natural disasters, Thailand, and hard drives Synology hard drive redundancy strategies Synology Hybrid Raid Synology DS1814+ (our Synology) New MacBook battery life under load AnandTech Marco on "battery outliers" TDP Ridiculous Apple Watch case Journey soundtrack is now on vinyl and as predicted Marco is upset about it. WWDC Tickets @swilliams' awful experience New Photos app for Mac Casey's workflow Picturelife Filing script Geotagging script Storage Pricing iCloud Dropbox Amazon Cloud Drive Microsoft OneDrive Picturelife Hypercritical #9: No iLife is an Island Post-show: Casey makes a terrible mistake Sponsored by: Cards Against Humanity: A free party game for horrible people. This week's toaster Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Swirl Bread and Melba Toast Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Engineers: Apply today to experience NYC. JackThreads: Elevated style, every day. Use code ATP for 15% off.
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Apr 16, 2015 • 1h 47min

113: Get Your Ears Ready to Hear Me Complain

Donate to the EFF as a thanks for invalidating key claims of the "podcasting patent" Follow-up: There is no air gap in at least "most models" of the Apple Watch (via Jeremy Heberlein) What watches did we order? Apple Store App (iTunes Link) Marco's Blog Post Casey's Blog Post Joel Housman's Blog Post Dr. Drang challenges Marco ATP is selling T-shirts again! Be sure to order before Wednesday, 6 May! Visit voiceover artist and clothier Matt Alexander's awesome company, Need. WWDC AltConf New ticketing rules Chargeback (please don't do this) John ends his series of OS X reviews Retrospective: 5 years of OS X Retrospective: 10 years of OS X reviews "My Body is Ready" Post-show: Photos Casey tries to avoid doing HTTP Basic Auth on his site John has thoughts about Casey's header John tries to buy a lamp Sponsored by: Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. (Drive-failure blog post) Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Engineers: Apply today to experience NYC.
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Apr 9, 2015 • 1h 60min

112: The Problem Is You

Follow-up: There are some nice people on Twitter MacBook Pros and external displays Specs page Grandma's Boy's seat/display setup Scrubbing streaming video Koenigsegg "One to One" PowerPC Macs with x86 hardware compatibility, PC users, and the power button Meta-discussion about the show format In-N-Out Secret Menu Upgrade #30 Scroll hijacking and modern web design The Verge Apple Watch Review iMac with Retina 5K display splash page Myst Apple Watch reviews Nilay Patel at The Verge Joanna Stern at The Wall Street Journal Joshua Topolsky at Bloomberg John Gruber at Daring Fireball Ben Bajarin at Techpinions Other links Display PostScript Apple Watch Guided Tours Purchase intentions Casey "definitely won't" be getting the 42mm Space Black Link Bracelet (Suuuure. —Ed.) Marco is preordering the 42mm Stainless with Black Leather Loop John won't be getting the 42mm Space Gray Sport, but everyone else in the geek world probably will Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code GETTHELINKBRACELETCASEY for 10% off. Audible: Over 150,000 downloadable audiobooks. Get a free audiobook with a 30-day trial. (Homework: Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli)
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Apr 4, 2015 • 2h 7min

111: That Big Ring Underground Somewhere in Europe

Follow-up: Pork food safety F-16 and F/A-18 control sticks External displays and the current MacBook Pro "This never would have happened if Steve was alive" Comparing past actions versus intentions The Macalope's take Marco is sleepy and Casey is envious Siracusa's reference Fabrication of DRAM versus SRAM X-ray lithography Moore's Law AnandTech on 32mm and SRAM Process size chart (via @GordonMcGregor) ARM Macs and roadmap rumors Surface RT Microsoft Build MacBook Geekbench benchmark Simon Whitty's tweet Apple TV MacBook VGA Dongle Koenigsegg One:1 Roku Amazon Fire TV Amazon Fire TV Stick Chromecast Plex PlexConnect Naming conventions MakeMKV Don Melton's video transcoding scripts discoveryd HBO Now and Apple FAQ NFL Sunday Ticket Post-show Accidental Analog(ue): Twitter Rescue Time Private versus public communities Casey's Apple Pay blog post The Year of Outrage Catcalls in NYC video Communication vector overdose Slack Sponsored by: Reuters TV: Your personalized video news app, with journalists around the world bringing you live feeds and on-demand news tailored to your interests. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase.
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Mar 27, 2015 • 2h 2min

110: And on That Bombshell…

Follow-up: Pronunciation of Marques Brownlee Has Intel Skylake been delayed? Reasons for MacBook limitations 16 GB RAM 1 USB port RAM and silicon process sizes Apple apps updated to use Force Touch trackpad New MacBook missing 3-finger drag? Tim Cook's model-lineup philosophy Intel SkyLake and the wireless PC WiDi WiGig Nintendo and DeNA Partnership Kotaku Pokémon could be bad Post-show about the presumed demise of Top Gear: BBC statement on Jeremy Clarkson Casey's blog post The Incomparable on authors who are bad humans Sponsored by: Automatic: Your smart driving assistant. Get $20 off with this link. Cards Against Humanity: A free party game for horrible people. Prior toaster episode This week's toaster Backblaze: Online backup for $5/month. Native. Unlimited. Unthrottled. Uncomplicated. Song by Jonathan Mann
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Mar 21, 2015 • 1h 44min

109: Bigger in the Pocket

Follow-up: Tipster's compatriot Nintendo World Championships Stadium Events - The rare Nintendo cartridge that starts with an "s." McLaren F1 resale Bluetooth headphones Casey's headphones Marco's Bluetooth headphones (discontinued) AptX codec VoiceOver (via @lioncourt) Watch Edition pricing Gold video MacBook Faster flash John knows about the existing spacebars Mockup by @damnweather Ports MKBHD prediction Jony Ive on design Naysayer notions Thin PCs Asus Zenbook UX305 Official specs Lenovo ad Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro Tiny PC Alto's Adventure Trip-Ability Dr. Drang But what about iOS devices? Serenity's reply Jason Snell on solving for battery Chromebook Pixel 2 charging Display mirroring Post-show: Did you hear that larger iPhones were released last fall? Sponsored by: Igloo: An intranet you'll actually like. Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP15 for 15% off, and tag your app-icon Fractures with #fracturedapp on Twitter or Instagram.
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Mar 12, 2015 • 2h 19min

108: Zero is Better Than One

Pre-Show: Last Exile Follow-Up: More on Crossy Road Previously on ATP 94, 95, 96 Previous interview with Crossy Road creators Anonymous tips from last episode Casey's tweet recap USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter USB-C VGA Mulitport Adapter Monday's Apple Event New MacBook Performance is on par with a 2012 MacBook Air Handbrake Broadwell Robert Thomas' tweet USB-C to USB Adapter Jason Snell on the keyboard Keyboard comparison GIF Internals 13-inch nearly-borderless Dell laptop Will Apple kill the headphone jack? Expandable iPads Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader Lightning Digital AV Adapter Lightning to VGA Adapter Duet Display John's post about thin and light Apple hardware Apple "hockey puck" mouse Post-show: Impacts of new MacBook technology on other Mac laptops Butterfly keyboard Apple Watch Gruber's original predictions and his last-second updates Marco's theory about the Edition BGR on pricing from perspective of a watch person Casey's daily watch Casey's special-occasion watch Panerai Red/Gold Edition John's Watch preference Casey's aspirational Watch preference Marco's original Watch preference Marco's new Watch preference Paper Apple Watches Casey's more-likely-to-buy Watch preference... except he isn't buying one. Really. Maybe. Sponsored by: Hover: The best way to buy and manage domain names. Use coupon code ONEPORT for 10% off. Casper: A mattress with just the right sink, just the right bounce, for better nights and brighter days. Use code ATP for $50 off. Warby Parker: Boutique-quality, vintage-inspired eyewear at a revolutionary price.
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Mar 5, 2015 • 1h 32min

107: We Get the Most Boring Tips

Pre-show: How Marco and John approach owning nice things Analog(ue) Ferrari 488 GTB 488 Seat controls Follow-up: Tesla margins (as brought up by William Fairaday) Being enthusiastic about your "team" Tesla vs. Top Gear Tesla vs. The New York Times Heathrow's self-driving pods (via Michael Luís Brown) West Virginia University's PRT – more on Wikipedia One ship pollutes as much as 50M cars (also via Michael Luís Brown) TED Talk – start at 8:00 (via Nick Thain) The Guardian on ships' pollution Tesla's supply chain (via Sam Abuelsamid) CAN bus America's Right to Repair Act BMW ENET cable Sample OBD2 to Wi-Fi bridge Expensive BMW app Casey mentioned (iTunes link) Tim Cook on Apple Watch replacing car keys BMW Remote app (iTunes link) Apple's "Spring Forward" Event 12" Retina MacBook Air Jason Snell on receiving tips Apple Watch technology page, including Force Touch Post-show: Apple Watch Pricing ATP #82 ATP #83 ATP #84 Veblen Goods Sponsored by: Squarespace: A better web starts with your website. Use promo code ATP for 10% off. Harry's: An exceptional shave at a fraction of the price. Use code ATP for $5 off your first purchase. Fracture: Photos printed in vivid color directly on glass. Use code ATP15 for 15% off, and tag your app-icon Fractures with #fracturedapp on Twitter or Instagram.

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