Accidental Tech Podcast
633: Moonshoot
Pre-show: 🏳️⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility ! 🏳️⚧️ Happy anniversary, Siracusa! ATP #476 Hypercritical: Independence Day Follow-up: Vision Pro corner: Volume control (via D. Griffin Jones Victor Prieto ) 🇪🇺 Prioritization (via Karan J ) A less complementary take from Thom Holwerda More theories on behind-closed-doors talks (via illustro ) Case document Will EU releases whither? (via David Shayer) An anecdote about John Giannandrea (via Wolf ) Netflix in search on Apple TV (via Ryan Budish) Sony s new RGB backlight tech shines Previously on ATP Digital Trends HDTVTest Folding MacBook? Giant iPad? Folding iPhones ? Oh, my! Neo Cancellation Display sizes leak Weibo post Oppo Find N5 Under-screen Face ID? Weibo post Six Things to Know About Apple s Upcoming Foldable iPhone MKBHD on the Oppo Find N5 Ask ATP: How do we approach feedback? Why are we held to different standards than Apple? Are smaller, incremental releases of software killing the joy of a new major version? (via Thom Bullock ) Things You Should Never Do, Part I Post-show: Casey finally stops kicking another can Cloudflare Pages Cloudflare Pages Functions Example page Members-only ATP Overtime: Vibe coding Tim, don t kill my vibe Cursor Replit v0 Gruber s response Fourth-generation programming language Good Programming Quotes compiled by Henrik Warne UNIX shell as a fourth-generation language Swift Assist isn t even in beta yet Apple (June 2024) John Voorhees did get a demo though kironet s take Sponsored by: Notion : Your notes, docs, and projects in one space. Factor : Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Get 50% off plus free shipping on your first box. Wildgrain : Free Croissants in every box and $30 off your first box Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
1 apr 2025 - 02 hr 09 min 56 seg
632: The Uncertainty Is Gone
Pre-show: Marco s BMW sitrep 🗣️ New ATP Member Special: ATP Insider: Our Websites Follow-up: Vision Pro corner Spatial Gallery has an update! Volume control (via Jonathan Gulbrandsen) Siri delays (via Stephen Klinck) Gurman on the smart home hub Apple sued over false Apple Intelligence advertising Siri shake-up Threads lets you default to following… for real this time iPhone 16e Camera arrangement justifications MKBHD doesn t care for it Full review Teardown from REWA Teardown from iFixIt Battery size comparison 17e already appearing in supply chain? Weibo post iPhone 17 Pro: 12GB RAM? WWDC 2025 Announced EU requires major changes in iOS 19 iOS 20 EU post Timelines Wi-Fi Aware Apple stamps its feet Portless iPhones coming? AI continues to eat the world Apple Developer: What s New Post-show: Casey has to pay to play The Movie Database Members-only ATP Overtime: Solid-state cooling revisited Frore AirJet Frore 🤝🏻 iodyne Dave 2D on a new solid-state fan system Ventiva CFM Pascals Increasing performance with heat management Sponsored by: DeleteMe : Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
27 mar 2025 - 01 hr 46 min 58 seg
631: The Colors Are the Pepperoni
Pre-show: Casey received a present Follow-up: Vision Pro Corner: Metallica immersive concert Colorful Macs MacBook Adorable Hidra List of Apple codenames Hidra M3/M4 interposers (via Jonathan Dietz Jr.) M3 Max does not have a D2D ( die-to-die ) interface EE Times 🇯🇵 Tech Insights …nor does the M4 Max Reticle limits Apple Silicon info Google Sheet Apple s multi-OS redesign (via Jon Tatum) Under the Radar #314: Optimism vs. Pessimism Something is Rotten in the State of Cupertino Apple confirms [one] Siri delay Upgrade #555: What You Are Is What You Ship SMOP: Simple Matter Of Programming Ask ATP: Do we set our phones on a surface face-up or face-down? (via Aaron Bushnell ) What s up with version numbers these days? (via Joe O Connor ) Semantic Versioning Post-show: Restaurant soft opening results Members-only ATP Overtime: Apple News+ Food Paprika Sponsored by: Squarespace : Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp . Mack Weldon : Get 25% off your first order of $125 or more using code ATP . Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
20 mar 2025 - 02 hr 12 min 27 seg
630: Time to Spiral
Pre-show: Marco went to the bank wrong Follow-up: Vision Pro Corner New Adventure episode: Deep Water Solo Spatial Gallery Metallica immersive special is coming Virginia Tech 🤝🏻 Enter Sandman iPad Air corner 2× bass false alarm 404 Appeal Affordable big screen (notes John Spurlock ) 🗣️ ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE PEOPLE LIKE COLOR 🗣️ (via Ryan Manly) Portrait-only iPad apps (via Matt Rippetoe) Example video from Fabian More on colors (via Yossi Kanner) MacBook Air s keyboard has new mute iconography Regarding the Hidra ATP #562: Do You Have a Dragon? Interview with Srouji (timestamp link) Lernaean Hydra Gurman on the M4 Ultra Hidra Early M3 Ultra benchmarks from Geekbench 6 GPU: M3 Ultra Metal : 259,668 10% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio s best at 231,757 20% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio s average at 209,003 CPU: M3 Ultra single core : 3,144 ~10% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio s best at 2,813 ~20% slower than M4 Max MacBook Pro s average at 3,921 M3 Ultra multi-core : 28,119 ~25% faster than M2 Ultra Mac Studio s average at 21,373 ~10% faster than M4 Max MacBook Pro s average at 25,647 More from Ars Technica Apple is working on a larger iMac? (AKA John tries to save face ) ATP #473: Fanboats and Coattails ( Overcast link to 1:31:16 ) Threads timeline setting update ATP #616: I Have No Grippers The Verge s article (25 November 2024) Thoughts on Feedback Apple is allegedly dramatically redesigning the UI for its next OSes Post-show: John s speaker update Vanatoo Transparent Zero Plus ADAM Audio D3V Kanto ORA Kanto S2 speaker stands Kanto ORA4 Kanto S4 speaker stands SoundSource Members-only ATP Overtime: Some Volkswagen news VW s ID.Every1 Concept Physical buttons are coming back! 🥹 ID.2all concept The Verge s coverage Volvo ES90 Euro NCAP puts their foot down Sponsored by: BetterHelp : Give online therapy a try and get on your way to being your best self. TRMNL : A hackable e-ink display. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
13 mar 2025 - 02 hr 36 min 58 seg
628: There’s a Certain Smell
Pre-show: Marco messed with the system Zoom F1 USB Pre 2 Schiit Jotunheim Follow-up: New Boundless immersive episode: Arctic Surfing Bono Autobiography Prospects for humanoid robots macOS testing (via Anonymous) With apologies to Joe Rosensteel Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C Netflix s Apple TV integration It s more than just the app (via Serena ) What purpose does the TV app serve? (via Daniel Luz ) Implementation details (via Anonymous) iPhone 16e Name implications Possible role? (via Patch) Apple C1 MagSafe isn t a problem No, really C1 is just the start Wendover video link It s really quite impressive (via Pedro Fernandes ) 0.0000000000000316 W Andru Edwards Behind-the-Scenes Tour Qualcomm licensure? (via Casey in episode 476 at around 40m) FTC vs. Qualcomm 2018 article on licensing costs The licensing costs were also lowered in 2018 Gurman on future Cx chips Apple investigates custom Wi-Fi chips as well Apple approves new wording for emails Not just in the EU Apple pulls Advanced Data Protection in the UK Full statement Screenshot Time for pressure (via Berbakay ) 🎉 Hyperspace is out !!! 🎉 iPhone 17 camera bumps Leak Apple pledges $500B domestic spend Upgrade #552: Table for Six Woes in North Carolina Post-show: The Hyperspace icon Members-only ATP Overtime: New Apple-like camera: Sigma BF Introductory video PetaPixel s first reaction L-Mount lens Exclusively sponsored by: Google Gemini : A tool to complement and enhance human creativity.
28 feb 2025 - 01 hr 57 min 28 seg
627: Dragged Across the Line
Pre-show: Restaurant adventures continue VoIP ATA Ubiquiti Managed VoIP Follow-up: Apple Account transfers Updated restrictions guidelines Stephen s take The UK s no-good, very-bad law WSJ opinion piece by Green Stamos Matthew Green s blog post macOS UNIX compliance Goodbye, Humane . We hardly knew you. And you hardly knew anything. Jay Peters at The Verge Humane press release Humane support document iPhone 16e announced Intro video Apple TV app is now on Android Netflix and foot-guns The Verge, 14 February, 9:25 AM: Hell hath frozen over Screenshot of linking Netflix account Apple TV app The Verge, 14 February, 2:17 PM: Netflix says our bad Joe Rosensteel Post-show: An update on Casey s status board Installation photo HomeSeer HS-WD200+ Dongle ZWave ZWaveJS UI Members-only ATP Overtime: Robots are, like, so in right now. Meta Bloomberg coverage Tesla As usual, Elon is a blowhard Google Apple Kuo s tweet Sponsored by: DeleteMe : Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Factor : Healthy Eating, Made Easy. Use code factorpodcast to get 50% off and free shipping on your first box. Squarespace : Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp . Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
20 feb 2025 - 02 hr 03 min 04 seg
626: No Longer ery Good
Follow-up: Flighty has other perks (via Stephen Klinck) First reports of Invites use in the wild (via Jim Weinert) You can use a cable with Sidecar (via Matt West ) Why not use a Wi-Fi hotspot for cellar Macs ? Tailgate Tub Why not AirPlay to Sonos speakers? (via Ryan Powers) DeepSeek censorship across models (via Sebastian Raschka) Technical report Has Apple ever… used … Screen Time ? (via Jonathan ) macOS UNIX certification (via Paulo Pinto) Thom at OSnews Migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another The new JoyCons do act as a mouse An alternative for Apple TV audio (via Nicholas Correnti) /r/TVTooHigh Casey s new arrivals WS2812B Addressable LED strip Home is Where the Smart Is WLED ESP32 TRMNL Hyperspace updates Reclaim 1️⃣ file for real! Slack An aside about bug reporting Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally for the UK Original Washington Post article BBC coverage ELEGNT: Expressive Functional Movement Design for Non-Anthropomorphic Robot Ask ATP: What planning/wireframing tools do we use? (via Glen Lam) Is HFS+ still relevant in 2025? (via Mike Hatfield) QNAP Would John tell us more about the many pieces of detritus associated with files? (via Leon Cowle) Post-show: Restaurant-tech update Dante Ubiquiti Flex (Useful little PoE switch) Ubiquiti Flex 2.5G PoE (2.5G version with 10G uplink) Ubiquiti Switch Flex XG (10G switch) Members-only ATP Overtime: iOS 19 UI rumors and the design language of Apple Invites Jon Prosser s video Invites Sports apps Sponsored by: HelloFresh : America’s #1 Meal Kit. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
13 feb 2025 - 01 hr 57 min 44 seg
625: Time and Smoke
Pre-show: BBQ ZZQ Q Follow-up: New immersive video: Man vs. Beast Historical Commission ? Sonos volume changes are local DeepSeek censorship mechanism (via Matthew Cave ) Docker Rosetta (via Brian Reiter) Hypervisor.framework Docker vs. OrbStack (also via Brian Reiter) Sending email Mailhog (via Matt Barlow) Mailpit (via John Caruso) Maildev (via Yves Serrano) ddev.com (via Bram Esposito ) Also consider Development Containers (via Dewald Reynecke) Marco s TV audio sync issues Match Format and Match Dynamic Range (via Marco Arment ) Quick Media Switching Previously on ATP… QMS marketing page Demo video (via Nit ) Apple Invites App Store Web Competitive (and very similar) app Partiful It s not great on Android Demo video from Stephen Robles Flighty Sorry, iPad Pornography on the iPhone AltStore s post Riley s response AltStore s second response Jason s take Ask ATP: Why are Casey and Marco so excited for cellular Macs? (via Matthew Fenselau) Should one use their personal Apple ID on a corporate Mac (via Stephen Swift) Localsend ↪️ Gruber ↪️ Underscore Luna Display Synergy Post-show: Marco had a good weekend. Dante Food Safety Talk Members-only ATP Overtime: Subsequent Sonos Stuff Sonos take on the Apple TV? Ventura OS? Sonos has another round of layoffs Letter from interim CEO Tom Conrad Sponsored by: Squarespace : Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp . DeleteMe : Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Wildgrain : Free croissants in every box and $30 off your first box. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
6 feb 2025 - 01 hr 56 min 51 seg
624: Do Less Math in Computers
🗣️ New ATP Movie Club Special! Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Follow-up: Honda Prologue vs. GM equivalents (via Matt Rigby) Apple insists it s still going to make fetch happen ship next-generation CarPlay Handheld gaming PCs are having a moment Lenovo Legion Go S Ryan London is trolling John Black Brown John has so much RAM, he can t even remember how much he has Hyperspace scrolling updates AppKit vs. WebKit NSCell vs. NSTableViewCell Every UUID Writing down every UUID Not all phone jacks are created equal (via John Haydon) Casey s notification/LED project Garage door ↔ home assistant was already sorted Home Assistant Nice G.O. integration ratgdo ESP32 ESPHome Did you know you can just straight-up cut some LED strips ‽ (via Kiel Olesen) WS2812B Candy buttons Historical commission application process Switch replacement options: HomeSeer HS-WX300 (via Drew Stephens ) Inovelli Smart Dimmer (via everyone, including Drew Stephens ) DeepSeek causes a tech stock sell-off Siri Is Super Dumb and Getting Dumber Ben Thompson s FAQ DeepSeek-V3 paper DeepSeek distilled GPT-4o? R1 is more open than Open AI OpenAI s justification for hiding chain of thought Interview with DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng R1 censorship Example 1 Example 2 (via Greg Pierce) Example 3 (via Gruber) Prompt engineering The Questions the Chinese Government Doesn t Want DeepSeek AI to Answer Self-hosted doesn t seem to censor Post-show: Marco wants to do some local web development x86 images on Apple Silicon Members-only ATP Overtime: Sonos Shakeup Sonos CEO Patrick Spence exits ✌️ …and also Chief Product Officer Maxime Boulat-Merlin ✌️ …and also Chief Commercial Officer Deidre Findlay Wall Street Journal coverage The Last King of Scotland Sponsored by: Members like you ! Become a member for ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited bootleg feed!
30 ian 2025 - 01 hr 52 min 46 seg
623: It’s About Human Connection
Pre-show: #GALP 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️ Jeff Atwood: Stay Gold, America Follow-up: Apple pauses notification summaries for news apps Marco s BMW does have dual-screen CarPlay Acura RSX: Honda s first all-original EV Another 5K monitor enters the arena: ViewSonic VP2788-5K Thom Bullock s tweet As per Dave Hamilton (of Mag Geek Gab), $800! Fast directory sizing lives! /System/Library/Filesystems/apfs.fs/Contents/Resources/apfs.util man apfs.util Apple sample code is on GitHub (via David Rönnqvist ) Backyard Birds Food Truck Video of an iPhone 16 Pro upgrade 128 GB → 1 TB (via Joe Beninato) Also on YouTube Tim Cook on Table Manners with Jessie Lennie Ware Overcast link Hyperspace updates Van Halen s Brown M Ms John s Hyperspace Instructions Ask ATP: What should a nerd consider when buying a house? (via Jeremy Kelleher) MoCA Post-show: Casey s Rube Goldberg machine… simplified? ATP #376: Monogamous Gaming Lifestyle Raspberry Pi Zero WH UDP Homebridge Home Assistant MQTT Mosquitto Eric Welander Members-only ATP Overtime: Nintendo Switch 2 announced The Verge coverage Sponsored by: DeleteMe : Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Use code ATP . Squarespace : Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ATP . Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!
23 ian 2025 - 02 hr 08 min 03 seg